Christmas Time Fun on the Farm

When Christmas came around, shooting firecrackers was what I enjoyed the most! These days they call them fireworks but in my day they were called just plain firecrackers. We lived about five minutes’ walking distance from a beer joint called Dobbins’ Place. Mr. Dobbins always had a good supply of firecrackers on hand and whenever I had a few cents to spend, I’d walk over and buy whatever I…