Time to go shopping with mom. Just for a little while, just a day or two before Christmas. At night. That was strange. We didn't usually go shopping at night.
Coming home, as we drove into the driveway of our home, where all the lights were out, we could see a strange glow through the front room window.
Could it be?
My brother and I didn't dare expect or hope...
We dashed into our front room.
Dad was sitting there nonchalantly in his reading chair. He was sitting there as if this happened every night.
He was sitting there watching.....
Was it real? Could it be so? Did we really have one of those new-fangled inventions?
Yes, Virginia, it was for real. My dad was sitting there watching our very first television set.
The perfect Christmas gift of the fifties.
