And I was like a jack-in-the-box on Christmas Eve, repeatedly coming downstairs to report to my exasperated family that I was far too excited to sleep and couldn’t possibly be expected to go to bed (again).
I remember waking up on Christmas morning to the weight of my stocking, balanced precariously on the end of my bed. I’d run down the corridor to open it with my brother.
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