Valentines Day required a lot of preparation. First of all, you had to pick out the perfect pack of Valentine cards. I was partial to Disney characters. And you could count on at least one classmate to give cards with a small heart-shaped sucker stuck in it. Once the cards were picked out, the real work started: decorating a box to hold the cards you would get. I can't remember if we worked on the boxes in class or if we did them at home. But I digress. Most kids used a shoe box with a slit cut in the top of the box. I remember one year I couldn't find a shoe box, so Gram found the next best thing for me to use. She took the bag of Special K out of the box, and I used that. She wrapped the box in some butcher paper, and I had a ball decorating the box.
After the cards were delivered, it was time to party. The "Room Mothers" would hand out decorated cupcakes or cookies, and would give each kid a Dixie Cup full of cherry KoolAid. Good times.
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