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In reply to the discussion: What Was Your Favorite X-mas Present as a Kid? [View all]mitch96
(13,869 posts)My father was a merchant seamen and not home that often.. So when he would show up on Christmas day it was a treat.. He would have presents for me and Mom and help with the cooking... He was a Jew and loved the Christmas holidays when he could make it.. I don't remember the gifts but remember the great feeling when he showed up..
One Christmas when he could not make it, we got a phone call.. Now mind you this was in the mid 1950's. The gent on the phone asked if this was the Mrs and Mom said yes.. He then explained he was a ham radio operator and had phone patch equipment and my father was on a cargo ship in the north Atlantic and would like to speak to ME! It was really exciting to talk to him over the phone via Ham Radio in the mid Atlantic.. The North Atlantic in the winter is a nasty place so we did not talk long but I will always remember it dearly...
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