The Carousel

It was Christmas time. The big shopping mall was overflowing with hurried shoppers. Mom & Gram were on their first Christmas shopping trip. This would over the years become a tradition for Mom & Gram – because Bo & Daddy were kinda “Bah! Humbug!” about Christmas – but Mom & Gram loved Christmas & now they really loved Christmas. Why? Because now they had a wonderful little boy named Sean to enjoy Christmas with. Sean was seven months old & this was his very first Christmas.

Sean had been such a good baby on the hour-long car trip from Nacogdoches to Longview. Mom had heard that the Longview Mall was very pretty at Christmas time, with each store putting up the pretty red, green & gold decorations. Everywhere were strung twinkling mini lights. Christmas carols floated thru the air as it came from speakers throughout the mall.

Mom had put Sean in his stroller & the first annual Christmas Shop began.