A royal treat, exactly—in the 1860s, Almanzo Wilder got an orange in his stocking in “Farmer Boy,” by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1933): “He pulled out an orange and he pulled out a little package of dried figs. And he thought that was all. He thought no boy had ever had a better Christmas.”
E.Z. Smith Premium Member about 12 hours ago
When kids considered apples and oranges, a treat.
davidf42 about 11 hours ago
Life was simpler then!
ddjg about 11 hours ago
A royal treat, exactly—in the 1860s, Almanzo Wilder got an orange in his stocking in “Farmer Boy,” by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1933): “He pulled out an orange and he pulled out a little package of dried figs. And he thought that was all. He thought no boy had ever had a better Christmas.”