Family Christmas Memories

When I was a child, one of the greatest joys of the holidays was sitting in front of my grandmother’s decorated Christmas tree.

The sweet-smelling cedar coming out of the woodland was placed where all the children could see. The gifts were wrapped in big boxes with Santa paper, and red and green ribbons. I stared at the beauty of the tree, knowing Santa would leave one present for me.

—Dorothy Steele, Lilesville, a member of Pee Dee Electric