Cornerstone Community Church, San Jose Ca

Because my grandparents and parents lived through the Great Depression way back in the 1930s, we kids were taught from an early age that it was a sin to waste anything. The opening of presents on Christmas Eve became something of a marathon in our family because my Grandmother insisted we not tear the wrapping paper because that would be wasteful. Instead we had to use scissors to carefully cut the tape, then slowly unwrap the present and give the paper to Nanny so she could neatly fold it up and save it for next year.