Village Squire, 1976-10, Page 19had been extremely cold and blustery. The
smaller children talked about Santa Claus.
Mrs. Mucalysk knew there would not be any
presents -- not even enough to eat, but how
do you explain to little children that Santa will
not be able to find them this year.
After the evening meal, she and her
husband had discussed their problem; and he
had decided to carry a sack of grain to the
store
store that evening and exchange it for .
oranges and candy and maybe a few little
gifts. All store -keepers took grain or any farm
produce in exchange for their goods during
these hungry years. It was the only form of
currency most farmers had.
After a long, cold walk, Mr. Mucalysk
dropped his sack on the scales and in, most
small villages, the local post office was also
housed in the general store. Looking up, the
proprietor said, "Glad you go in to -night
Lars, there's a box here for you from Ontario,
likely for Christmas." Lars looked surprised,
"Don't know nobody in Ontario", he
answered.
A miraculous Christmas morning, 1932 in
Saskatchewan arrived and with it a complete
renewal of faith in God, in Canada, the
Mucalysks adopted homeland, and the dawn
of a new lease on life for the Mucalysk family.
Surely God was in His Heaven and all was
right in this depressed world. We five
children from Ontario had just learned an
age-old lesson, it is more bless to give even
when you have very little to share.
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