""I seen my father under the Christmas tree, getting it ready and putting presents under it," he said. The next morning, he said, "I asked my sister if my father was Santa Claus's helper. She said, 'No, fool. He is Santa Claus.'" "That's probably one of the best Christmases I've ever had," he said. He recalled the feeling of his mother and father kissing him goodnight, and tucking him into bed."
""Going to my grandparents' house, eating dinner and spending time with my family." They always ate turkey, cranberry sauce and stuffing, she recalled. With tears in her eyes, Schneider said she misses her grandparents, who died a few years ago. A Sacramento native, she and her husband ended up on San Francisco's streets after they lost their house, their dog (who was like a son) and her mother-in-law in the span of two months, about two and a half years ago."
William Rentie remembered leaving two cookies, an orange and an apple for Santa at age nine and discovering his father arranging presents under the Christmas tree. He recalled the excitement of that Christmas, the gift of a popular ride called the " Green Machine," and the comfort of his parents tucking him into bed. This year Rentie has no plans but hopes to see his mother and sister, saying Christmas should be about family. People at the northeastern 16th Street BART plaza experience scarce holiday cheer but hold strong nostalgia for past Christmases and vague yearnings for miracles. Sara Schneider treasured dinners at her grandparents' house and now misses them after losing family, home and a dog, which led her and her husband to the streets.
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