The Christmas List of Richard Lindsay

Based on a true story of a boy who helps bring Christmas to his family despite the hard times of the early 1930s. Young Richard wonders if Christmas will come this year. Money was tight for most families during the Great Depression, and the Lindsay family was well-acquainted with hardship. When Richard asks his widowed mother about Christmas, she reassures him that their family has everything they need. Without a Christmas turkey, they will have the fat red rooster from the chicken coop. "What about the rest of Christmas?" Richard asks. "Where will that come from?" His resourceful mother invites him to write down the names of people he loves, and asks, "How could you share Christmas with them?" Richard has an idea. He has exactly one dollar in coins that he'd saved from neighborhood jobs. He will buy everyone on his list a five- or ten-cent present from the corner store. With his Christmas list in hand, he chooses a handkerchief for Grandma Emma, a tin of marshmallows for his brother,