Lessons Learned: Guest
Blogger- Grandpa A.
It All
Happened In A One Room Country School:
The
Christmas Season
(This week is Grandpa A's 87th birthday! With
pure joy and rapt attention, we hear Grandpa's incredible stories about growing
up in the Wisconsin Northwoods and then offer them to you here as a sweet
glimpse into the heritage by which we have all been touched. Be blessed by
Grandpa A's birthday gift to all of you in this first of a three part Christmas
Blog.)
The Christmas Season started the first week
in December. The Christmas Tree had to be chopped down, taken to school, and
decorated. The Christmas Pageant had to be prepared and presented at the
Christmas Program, which was always some evening between the 15th and the 20th
of December. The school room had to be decorated, and the stage needed to be
built in the front of the room. The stage was constructed of perhaps a dozen
3/4 inch by 4 feet by 7 feet storm doors which were usually used to cover the
windows when the school wasn't being used. The dozen doors were placed on top
of wood saw horses that were about one foot high. Every country school had a Christmas
Program, so scheduling became important as some grandparents had kin in three
or four schools, and they certainly did not want to miss any of their
grandkids' performances.
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