Christmas morning would come and the children would wake up early to have a look in their stockings. In those days we did not get very much in our stockings. I remember there would probably be half an apple. We might get a full one if were lucky. There would also be a bun and maybe a small piece of cake wrapped up. Mother would also wrap a few raisins and peppermint knobs and put them in the stocking for us. Some years we would get a few candy if mother had them. We were always happy with the little we got and never complained.

For Christmas dinner mother would always cook a big feed. She would always save vegetables during the year for Christmas dinner. She usually cooked a couple of ducks with potatoes, turnip, carrots and cabbage. She would also cook two or three puddings with that as well. A few days before Christmas mother would always make all sorts of cakes, pies, old fashioned buns and cookies. This would be our dessert after Christmas dinner was over. There was always plenty of food left over from dinner and we'd have that as leftovers for supper. We would also eat bakeapple and partridgeberry pies for supper. On Christmas we ate like kings. Sadly there were people in Deep Water Creek who would have little food to eat on Christmas Day. People who had food would always share with those people who had little food. It was a blessing for the people who got the food and for those who gave the food.

Christmas night people would go around visiting each other. They would sing songs, tell stories and jokes. In those days the community was bound tightly together, like one big family. In those days people could trust and depend on one another. Looking back Christmas was always a happy time for me, not because of the gifts I got but because of the time I would spend with my family and friends.