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Hot: Christmas Morning, My Son Said I Was Too Old To Matter — So I Sold The $250,000 Farm He Thought Was His And Left Without A Word. The first snow came early that year, frosting the apple trees like ghosts of hands that once built this place. By sunrise, my kitchen smelled of cinnamon and black coffee—the kind that bites the air just enough to remind you you’re still alive. The radio crooned about truck sales and Christmas miracles, and I stood barefoot at the stove, scraping at a stubborn egg