Joe holding Pete after stockings had been opened. Sam's in the background with his army guys. Next step? Christmas morning mass and then the opening of presents under the tree followed by Christmas dinner.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Christmas 1981 - Sam and His Army Guys
Sam got some army guys in his stocking. Here he makes sure they're all in order.
Christmas 1981 - Pete and His Teds
Pete loved his teddy bears. Here he is with two of them on Christmas morning.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Christmas 1981 - Sam and Pete Opening Stockings
Sam and Pete opening stockings. I think the green canisters are holding pepperoni sticks. It looks like nuts were used as stocking stuffers too. Mom often got a poinsettia plant for the house at Christmas which you can see on the coffee table.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Christmas 1981 - More Opening Presents
Pete is showing some cool toy cars that he got for Christmas. Next to him on the left is the game Connect 4 which I've always loved.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Christmas 1981 - Opening Presents
After mass we opened presents from under the tree. Pete sure loved his stuffed teddy bears!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Christmas 1981 - Joe's Reindeer Sweater
Why do I have that band-aid on my face? I'm sure I had a particularly nasty pimple that morning.
Christmas 1982 - Joe, Pete, Sam
Joe, Pete and Sam, Christmas 1982. We're dressed for mass and I'm wearing the sweater I got for Christmas 1981.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Christmas 1982 - Stockings
Here we see Pete and me opening stocking stuffers before mass on Christmas morning. I remember Mom aiming the Polaroid camera at me and looking down just before she pressed the button. Why wouldn't I look at the camera? Because I hadn't washed my hair yet and felt I looked a frightful mess! Anyway, Pete looks happy and why shouldn't he? He got a big carton of Whopper Juniors!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Christmas 1982 - Grandma Jean's Tree
A polaroid instant camera photo of another of Grandma Jean's tree. This one from 1982.
Christmas 1982 - Grandma Jean's Poinsettia
This is a Polaroid snapshot taken by Grandma Jean of one of her poinsettias. The back of the photo is written "Christmas 1982 Poinsettia from Anne [Mom]."
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Christmas 1983 - The Tree
It was very rare for us to have a long needled tree. Although they are very pretty I prefer the shorter needled ones. I find it easier to hang ornaments from them.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Christmas 1983 - Joe, Pete and Sam
Joe, Pete and Sam
I believe the original of this picture was taken with a Polaroid instant camera and that this is a color photo copy that Mom made when she was making photo albums for the three of us. As Polaroids didn't have a negative, copies had to be made so Mom could have one for each of our photo books.
Christmas 1983 - Grandma Jean's Tree
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Christmas 1984 - Joe's Winter Break
Christmas 1984 was an exciting one for me as I had just finished the first semester of my first year in college. I had been working really hard so the break during the holidays was very welcome. My school offered what was called a J-term meaning that during the month of January you had to take an intensive one month course. Only two J-terms were required to graduate so I decided that I'd give myself a break and take the month of January off for my freshman year. With the two weeks off for Christmas in December and the four weeks in January I had a total of 6 weeks off. It was a wonderful experience. I basically hibernated!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Christmas 1984 - Pete's Tree
I used this plastic tree in my room starting in the early 70's. Here Pete is using it to display his ornaments.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Christmas 1985 - Grandma Jean's Tree
I've looked high. I've looked low. I can only find one photo related to Christmas 1985. Every year Grandma Jean put up a Christmas tree and took a picture. She always put up a fresh tree that she got on the land that she and Grandpa Les owned just outside of Two Harbors. The trees got smaller over the years I'm sure because it was just easier that way. I found this Polaroid instant photo among some of Mom's photographs. The writing at the bottom is Grandma Jean's.
Christmas 1986 - White Christmas
Although the movie White Christmas is from 1954, 1986 is when I first saw it. I remember it was on the local independent television station and, having heard about it before, I decided it was time to watch it. I fell in love with the movie and was introduced to one of my all time favorite recording artists, Rosemary Clooney. I think I've seen it just about every Christmas since.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Christmas 1986 - Santa Bear
1986 was the second year of the Santa Bear promotion at Dayton's Department Store in Minneapolis. The bear's hat was labeled "1986 Santa Bear." I still have mine and it's pictured here. The deal was you had to spend a certain amount of money in the store and then you could get a Santa Bear for about 20 bucks. Mine was a gift from a friend who made a mental note when I mentioned that I thought they were cute.
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