" CHRISTMAS ON THE ISLAND CHRISTM- CHRISTMAS , ON THE ISLAND , WAS A SPECIAL TIME FOR ME , HILLS AND SNOW-COVERED VALLEYS , SURROUNDED BY THE SEA . THESE TIMES OF YEARS GONE PAST, BRING MEMORIES TO MIND , WHEN MOTHERS STAYED AT HOME AND COOKED , WHILE FATHERS WORKED THE MINES . WEALTH , WAS SOMETHING KNOWN BY FEW , AS WE SCRIMPED , TO SAVE EACH YEAR , TO BRING A LITTLE CHRISTMAS , TO OUR FAMILY, AND FRIENDS SO DEAR . TRADITION , WAS PART OF OUR HERITAGE , CARRIED DOWN FROM PARENT TO CHILD , NOT FORGETTING THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS , I OFTEN THINK OF IT, ---------- AND SMILE . OUR STOCKINGS WERE HUNG BY THE BEDPOST , WITH ONLY THE FEWEST OF TREATS , FILLED WITH APPLES, ORANGES, AND GRAPES , MAYBE, SOME CANDY FOR SWEETS . OUR PRESENTS WERE THINGS THAT WERE NEEDED , LIKE HOMEMADE MITTS, SCARVES, AND HATS, TO KEEP US WARM FROM THE HARSH WINTERS, AND WE WERE HAPPY, TO BE GETTING, JUST THAT, YES ........... CHRISTMAS ON THE ISLAND , WAS A SPECIAL TIME FOR ME , NEVER HAVING MUCH IN MATERIAL THINGS , YET , WE WERE AS WEALTHY AS COULD BE . WRITTEN BY MARGARET HIGH"   Submitted By: NULL