CarrollBlog 12.29
She was talking about her childhood in Macedonia and how they celebrated Christmas there. In that time before the fall of Communism, fruit was an expensive rarity and bananas in particular were prized possessions. On the evening of January 6, the date the holiday is celebrated in Macedonia, there would be a loud knock on the door. The kids would run to answer it. A figure in a long cape with a hood hiding his face would ask in an ominous voice, "Are there children here?" The kids, knowing it was their father, would shout yes, us, we're children! From beneath his cape, this Grim Reaper would slowly and dramatically bring out a large wicker basket full of fruit with many bright yellow bananas on top. The kids always knew what was coming but nevertheless they were jumping with delight. Bananas! Look at all those bananas for us!
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