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You both gave great smiles and I loved hearing about the good memories of Christmas with grandpa. Wagon train is not something we hear nowadays, I remember my grandpa calling the trains that passed near his home just that.

Great tie and I’m glad you wear it on occasion.

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thank you for reading 💓

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Made me smile especially when you realized that by wearing Grandpa Don's tie, it gave you the opportunity to share his story and his memory with strangers. Merry Christmas!

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❤️❤️❤️

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Just by reading this, I love your Grandpa.

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aww💓

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❤️

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What a great "tie in" to Christmas today... It reminded me to look in the closet and get out something of Jim's and wear it, to feel his jolly and merry. Thanks for the reminder! Happy holidays to all reading

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love ❤️

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Merry merry right back to you

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Sitting down to write my Keepthings and using this as a motivation :) What a wholesome story this is! I want to be like your grandfather and I hope my grandkids will remember me this way!

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i hope you write it!

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I finally did! And all these wonderful essays helped tremendously :) Just need to get the pictures in this weekend and I shall submit SOON!

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"It’s a showman’s holiday, after all—the music, the colored lights, everything shiny and bright." Yes. Yes, it is. I'm so glad to have found a kindred spirit in the story of your grandpa and his tie. It warmed my heart.

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thank you for reading 💓💓💓

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So wonderful! I love your grandpa, and how you bring his magical spirit to life in this story. You are blessed to have had such a great role model. I imagine he is smiling now as he reads this. 😊🎅❤️

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