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Was it just our family? A South Carolina thing? A Southern thing? December 23, 2016 As dependable as gifts from Santa and the Nativity story on Christmas mornings growing up was the phone ringing before we were barely out of bed. “Christmas gift!” my grandmother would exclaim when we answered. She lived across the street and would see us later at brunch, where she would serve ham and fresh biscuits. But she often couldn’t wait till then. She had to be the first to say, “Christmas gift!” The tradition came from her large family, who lived in upstate South Carolina. Back then, in the 1930s and ’40s, the saying was a way to claim the first gift of the day. By the time the custom trickled down to me, there was no particular prize just the glory of having been first. For years I didn’t question the tradition I only knew I had to try to beat my grandmother to the saying; I would even sneak over to her house early, ring the doorbell, and, before she could answer, yell, “C

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