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Good morning from Collegeville,

 Six days until Christmas.  I found the last stocking stuffer yesterday, so I have only one more gift to buy.  I need something for the littlest granddaughter, Leah.  Perhaps I can find something in the campus bookstore.  Children love Christmas, as well they should.  As with most families, some years Christmas gifts were easy to come by and some years they were hard to come by.  The Christmas of 1956 was a memorable one.  My mother had to take an apartment in Little Falls, having left Dad after years of his not being very responsible.  That Christmas, Santa brought us six big Tonka Toy 18 wheel trucks.  There was a cattle truck, an oil tanker, a freight truck and three more.  For years I had the impression that they were from a social agency that served the poor.  It turned out that it was Dewey Johnson, a classmate of my mothers who was acquainted with one of the founders of Tonka Toys that was the gift giver.   Dewey had already passed on before I learned this from my mother, so I did not get a chance to thank him. 

 Perhaps you know of a family that has come upon hard times and they could use a Secret Santa.

 The show this week is live from The Town Hall in New York City.  Special guests include Robin and Linda Williams, Walter Bobbie, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Rivera and the Pavlishyn Sisters plus the Royal Academy of Radio Actors.  Enjoy the show. 

 For those of you who miss The Morning Show, simply go to www.radioheartland.org  and click on “listen”.  Fred Bursch and Busch Travel are proud to support online broadcasts of Radio Heartland. 

 “It is better to give than receive”   Jesus , Acts 20:35