I received some very nice presents each year and, as I have mentioned before, there were always books in our stockings. I suppose they were the best present that I received since I got one practically every year and used them every time I had to give talks in church. I think I also used them when I talked at seminary graduation my senior year. There were other presents like clothes for school that I received every year and there were also toys, usually one a year. I remember a large tractor one year that we played with in an old tractor tire filled with sand. Along with some other toys that stayed there for several years. It was a lot f fun and we all enjoyed it.
There was one present however that remains in my memory or actually one present that I never got when I was young like I had expected. Each one of the older boys got a .22 single shot rifle when they turned about 14 years old. So I expected one as well. It was year after year that I was disappointed in that I never received one. In fact I went on my mission and had still not received one. I didn't ever really need one because I had one to use since dad owned one that I was always able to take. It wasn't until a few years later that I learned why I had never received a rifle for Christmas and it was because dad had always intended that I receive his rifle as an inheritance. The rifle no longer works well since the firing pin is worn down from all of it's use but it remains as the best present I didn't receive until I was suppose to in later years.
This was dad's brand bar triangle. Everything was marked with that brand.
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