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Tag: Christmas

Holiday Memories: We’re Going to Kick Your @%&^

On December 6, 2014 By Tony AcreeIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

  It was 1985 and I worked as an assistant manager for a store called The Toy Works in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was located in the first Biggs mall in the United States. The top toy that year was Optimus Prime of Transformers fame. A lady came in and a bought the last one we …

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Holiday Memories: That’s Why You Want Off???

On December 5, 2014 By Tony AcreeIn Uncategorized1 Comment

I was 16 years old and working at Long John Silvers in La Grange, Kentucky. The calendar flipped to December and I asked for a rare Friday night. The only problem? Two other people also asked off for the same night. Dave, our manager, called the three of us into the backroom and explained the …

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Holiday Memories: Tiny Underwear

On December 2, 2014 By Tony AcreeIn Uncategorized2 Comments

It was the Acree Christmas at my grandmother's house. Back in those days, the adults drew names of the children to buy an exchange gift. We gathered around the tree in the back room and all the kids tried hard to stretch and get a look at the gifts, each trying to find our own …

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Holiday Memories: Egg Nog

On December 1, 2014 By Tony AcreeIn Uncategorized2 Comments

I was only about six years old, sitting on a stool in my grandmothers kitchen, watching while my mother fixed eggnog for the Christmas party. Once she had the eggnog itself mixed up into a large bowl, she opened up a cabinet and took out a bottle filed with a dark liquid and poured some …

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