Years ago, I remember how exciting it was to go Christmas shopping with my mom in downtown Chicago and admire the decorations in the windows along Marshall Fields on State Street. The year this picture was taken I was in third grade and I distinctly remember I was on the fence about the whole Santa thing. Just in case he really was the one behind the gifts, I went to pay him a visit with my little brother because well, you know—I had to keep up the act for my younger brother.
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