Merry Christmas From Aunt Eunice

This is Beetle's Aunt Eunice tree. It is
decorated with Aunt Eunice's jewelry!

 A visit with Aunt Eunice (Mommaw's sister) was one guaranteed to be full of laughs. She was a great story teller, and an unbelievable character! Everyone’s face beamed with joy when they heard Aunt Eunice was coming to Dwarf, especially at Christmas time. Aunt Eunice consistently bought the best Christmas presents. Now, take a moment to ponder what your idea of the best Christmas present would be. And now, sit back and listen to what our idea of the best Christmas present was.

Eunice did her shopping throughout the year, and did it all at the “Catholic Store” (a second hand store run by the one and only Catholic Church in Wolfe County)! One never knew what to expect when receiving these gifts. Why, it could be anything from a classic rain hat (umbrella hat) and poncho to a pair of hot pink silk bloomers! Thus, the excitement surrounding an Aunt Eunice Christmas present was completely justifiable. Aunt Eunice would sometimes visit Dwarf before the holidays, bringing everyone’s Christmas present a little early. If you think for one minute we waited until Christmas to open these, you’ve plum lost your mind! And when one feller is not in Dwarf, but his present is, the others are on the horn, “Your Aunt Eunice present is here. Can we open it?” It doesn’t matter if the person on the phone consented or not, the phone call was just a courtesy. That present was going to be unwrapped!

Aunt Eunice on her tree.

Let’s see if I can remember a few of these precious gifts. There was Glenn, who one year was the proud recipient of some barely-worn hiking boots; unfortunately, the boots were 2 different sizes, neither of which matched his foot. Curtis got a nice set of cufflinks, too bad someone else’s initials were engraved in them. Doug got some bright blue women’s winter gloves. And best of all, Jason received a big can of Dapper Dan hair wax; Jason is bald. These presents may sound insulting to some, but Aunt Eunice truly felt that she was buying us wonderful gifts, and these presents were prized possessions to us.