Today's blog is a Christmas story written by Renea Winchester . Renea graciously shared this story as her Christmas gift to us. Enjoy, and please check out Renea's website and books. A Hardscrabble Christmas Stories from a Georgia Sharecropper As told by: Billy Albertson Written by: Renea Winchester In the late 1930s, strip malls didn’t exist in rural America. There were no Secret Santa’s, no Elf on a Shelf, no white elephant gift exchanges; but Christmas came nonetheless. Born to Egbert Tabor Albertson and Ola Belle Etris Albertson on March 31, 1932, Billy Albertson knew about hard work and hard times. Christmas trees weren’t purchased from a commercial grower. Finding a tree was a family affair. “Momma and Poppa and us kids lit out in search of a tree. After everyone decided on the right one, Poppa chopped it down with an axe and we drug it home. Didn’t cut one till the week before Christmas, lest the pine needles dried out and fell ...
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