Christmas, 1960 on Dublin Drive in San Antonio. The girls got some baby dolls that probably came with just a diaper. I had a lady across the street makes some clothes for the dolls. The Santa pillow was fabric with a Santa printed on it. We had this pillow for a number of years. I made the Christmas stockings out of red/white stripped flannel that I sewed a heel and toe on. However, it would be a number of years and moves before we had a mantle to hang stockings on.
A friend, Carolyn Bruggar took me to this place on the west side of San Antonio where you had to really nose around and look for the good deals. I remember getting Kate Greenway dresses for Kathy and Shauna were really inexpensive there. As I recall, the more things you bought from this man, the better the price he gave you. I recall seeing this small old trunk and also some old school desks. I didn't say anything to Carolyn or whoever else was along with us because I feared they would also want them. So I went back on another day and bought the trunk for $1.50 or less and I don't remember what the desks were. Maybe $5.00 for both of them. We didn't have a lot of spending money at the time so I know it had to be a good deal to be able to buy them. I lined the trunk with felt and painted it light green and antiqued the outside. I painted the school desks bright blue and put decals on them. The kids really loved playing school and now they had school desks . In the photo below are Shauna, her doll and Scott and in front are Chris and Kathy with her doll. 
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