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Bess Peebles Fox letters to her daughter, 1943-1945

1944-12-21 Bess Peebles Fox to Helen Fox Page 2

If you fold that wide paper the way I do it will fit in the envelope better -
Here is what I had in the Parden basket - the Wedgewood pendant & silver chain for Mary - a box of cookies for Jim - the lunch cloth for Mae - box of candy for Charles - a pressed wood oval dish full of cookies for Dorothy - a cross stitched bib for Steve and for the family a box of candy - can of sliced pineapple and 5 pop corn balls.  They had their tree up and it was lovely - I have about 30 more letters to write then I'll clean up the house - stand Santa on the mantel and sit down in my den and open my boxes one at a time and write each thank you letter before opening the next box.  I now have several to open - from West Union - Stribleys 2 from Jean Haas - 1 from Gertrude - 1 from Dorothy & Charles - and 1 from June - Mae said Mary & Marg would be over Christmas Eve - Grace Allen is going to send me some of her Christmas bread.  I plan to have a nice time catching up on reading as soon as Christmas is over - the library is cold so I got the candy off your bed and have fixed it up for daylight reading - put more pillows on it and covered the whole with that wool "hall runner" you crocheted for several years.  Have a bed blanket & your I blanket on it and look longingly at the spot every time I trot by the door - Rumor has it that the Red Cross material isn't here yet and may not come till the middle of Jan.  So with only one day a week at the Ration Board till their next rush comes I ought to get a lot done here at home for a change.  As soon as I finish the home made linen lunch cloth for Blanche I think I'll get (brag?) on a blanket for Kenneth's baby - I have quite a list of things to get made before the next garden has to be made.  Grace Allen loaned me a Public Library mystery book and I guess I'll start it tonight so I can give it to Forrest when he brings me my Christmas bread.
Good night & lots of love to you
Mother
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If you fold that wide paper the way I do it will fit in the envelope better - Here is what I had in the Parden basket - the Wedgewood pendant & silver chain for Mary - a box of cookies for Jim - the lunch cloth for Mae - box of candy for Charles - a pressed wood oval dish full of cookies for Dorothy - a cross stitched bib for Steve and for the family a box of candy - can of sliced pineapple and 5 pop corn balls. They had their tree up and it was lovely - I have about 30 more letters to write then I'll clean up the house - stand Santa on the mantel and sit down in my den and open my boxes one at a time and write each thank you letter before opening the next box. I now have several to open - from West Union - Stribleys 2 from Jean Haas - 1 from Gertrude - 1 from Dorothy & Charles - and 1 from June - Mae said Mary & Marg would be over Christmas Eve - Grace Allen is going to send me some of her Christmas bread. I plan to have a nice time catching up on reading as soon as Christmas is over - the library is cold so I got the candy off your bed and have fixed it up for daylight reading - put more pillows on it and covered the whole with that wool "hall runner" you crocheted for several years. Have a bed blanket & your I blanket on it and look longingly at the spot every time I trot by the door - Rumor has it that the Red Cross material isn't here yet and may not come till the middle of Jan. So with only one day a week at the Ration Board till their next rush comes I ought to get a lot done here at home for a change. As soon as I finish the home made linen lunch cloth for Blanche I think I'll get (brag?) on a blanket for Kenneth's baby - I have quite a list of things to get made before the next garden has to be made. Grace Allen loaned me a Public Library mystery book and I guess I'll start it tonight so I can give it to Forrest when he brings me my Christmas bread. Good night & lots of love to you Mother (over)