[stylist] Christmas story assignment try again

[Eve Sanchez]

Here it is I attached and pasted. Curious of what your guys' readers read
'Mrs'. Mine says letter by letter rather than the word that sounds like
Missus. Drives me nuts. Is it just my crappy stuff or do they all do this?
Eve




Christmas Spirit

by Eve Sanchez


The neighbors all agreed that Mrs Haderly had the most Christmas spirit of
all of them. They often said she was an inspiration during the holidays.
Mrs Haderly had to be in her eighties and she lived alone. Every year Mrs
Haderly opened up her garage and took out her rickety wooden ladder. With
many impressed on lookers Mrs Haderly would climb up and down that ladder
hanging lights and moving the ladder along as she went.

The neighbors were impressed when they saw Mrs Haderly pull into her
drive-way every year with a fresh cut tree that was purchased at the local
charity tree lot strapped to the roof of her car. Many neighbors watched
with wonder as Mrs Haderly cut the twine holding the tree in place so that
it fell to the ground. Mrs Haderly would then drag that tree into her house
and set it up near the front window for all to see. Mrs Haderly used her
antique Christmas tree stand that caused the tree to lean to one side, but
this did not bother her. Mrs Haderly would be seen stringing lights around
the tree before carefully hanging the most beautiful glass ornaments you
would ever see.

Mrs Haderly would wrap the posts of her porch with garlands and holly. A
wreath of green and gold with silver bells would hang from Mrs Haderly's
door to greet visitors. Mrs Haderly would always bake small fruit cakes for
the mail man and the paper boy. Mrs Haderly would wrap these loaves with
foil and ribbon. The neighbors saw her leaving these in the boxes and smile
at Mrs Haderly's generosity.

When walking by Mrs Haderly's house, Christmas classics sung by Bing
Crosby, Burl Ives, and Nat King Cole could be heard playing. The neighbors
would smile at Mrs Haderly's Christmas spirit. “She's an inspiration to all
of us.” they would say. In the front yard, to go with the carols being
played was a plastic trio of carolers that Mrs Haderly had placed out every
year since 1968. It would stay there until the end of the holiday season
when Mrs Haderly would take down the Christmas lights.

The neighbors were impressed by Mrs Haderly and her devotion to Christmas.
Every night Mrs Haderly would turn on the outside lights as well as the
twinkling lights of her Christmas tree. Mrs Haderly would then sit down in
her recliner admiring the beauty of her tree topped with a porcelain and
satin angel with feathery wings. As Christmas approached and the nights got
chillier, Mrs Haderly still ventured out to turn on her Christmas lights
and inspired the neighbors with her spirit.

On Christmas Eve Mrs Haderly would bake cookies of many types. When evening
came she would take the prettiest of these cookies and place them on a
plate with a golden ribbon trimming it's scalloped edge. Mrs Haderly would
place these cookies on a small table next to her recliner facing the tree.
Mrs Haderly would sit and look at the tree with the colored lights and the
ornaments from years past and fall asleep.

On Christmas morning the tree would be the first thing Mrs Haderly would
see when she woke. The neighbors would be coming and going outside and
seeing Mrs Haderly's lights still on, they would smile about her Christmas
spirit. “Mrs Haderly is an inspiration to us all.” they would say. Inside,
sitting alone in her recliner, looking at her decorated tree, Mrs Haderly
would silently cry.
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