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That is a special story!!!

One Christmas I also wanted a bike. While we were opening presents my mother told me that I needed to throw a load of clothes in the washer before we started out on our Christmas day - visiting three other places after our family Christmas morning.

I promptly obeyed, lifted a sheet covering the washer and there was my new blue bicycle! I jumped up and down clapping my hands!!

She always hid things, gave you riddles to solve in order to locate your gift - lots of fun. She was very creative! Christmas was always the bomb in our house growing up!