I wish I had more childhood pictures of my Christmases but alas, it's not to be. The only one I could find is this one where my mother posed us three kids (Dana wasn't born yet) at North Beach with a sign she made from driftwood. Not sure why she took it or how I ended up with it but I figure it's around 1949.
These next two b/w photos were also taken during my childhood. I remember Santa Claus coming to the Uptown Theater and we got stockings with candy in it. Looks like ice cream bars were also handed out. These gatherings were sponsored by the Elks Club.
The pictures of my aunts and uncles and cousins are mostly all outside photos taken at picnics and such. I did find three cousin photos. This first one is my cousin Linda and her mom with 4 of Linda's kids. She went on to have two more. Lillian loved buying for all her grandkids and relished her role as gramma.
This next one is of my cousin, Denny's kids, Sheldon, Andy, Janelle, and Tiffany.
And Denny's mother, Lorraine, and his sister, Susie, are shown in their house on Franklin, probably around 1955.
This photo shows my brother, Dana, and the dog he had then called Mickey. My first daughter had just been born on Nov. 30th, 1964 at St. John's Hospital and I was living at home on Kuhn until my husband returned from overseas. He was in the Navy.
This photo shows me at our house in N. Seattle in 1967. Our second daughter, Mary, had been born the previous June and my gift was a toaster oven.
This 1968 photo was at our Kirkland house. My sister, Janie, and her husband, Bill Forcier, had come over for dinner. Another year, Bill played Santa Claus and I sat on his lap. Poor guy.
These next three were at our Kirkland house when my kids were small.
Mary wearing the pjs and nightcap I actually sewed for her. haha
Joe & Jenni with Santa in 1976
Various grandkid shots:
Catie helping the twins see what's under the tree
Catie's tree at her apt a few years ago
Maddie & Hunter at their first Christmas in 2000
My last grandchild. Jacob was born Dec. 23, 2013
Jake with Santa a few years apart
Other Christmas shots in no particular order:
My brother, Les and me
Janie and me at her apartment house
At Janie's apartment at Claridge Court
Jenni peeking through her Xmas tree
Sue, Catie, and the twins at my Port Angeles house
Going to look at night lights in Renton with Andy and Mary
Sammy asks: are you going to eat that or not? (with Kathy & Ed in P.A.)
Jenni fixes Christmas dinner at her house
Wayne & Jenni's tree on Owen Avenue
playing a game at Christmas at Mary & Andy's house in Renton
a group sit-down picture
Opening presents at Mary & Andy's in Renton
Mary and Jenni with Poppy at Jenni's house on 12th street in Port Angeles
me, Sue, and Jenni at the Port Angeles house
Jenni, Wayne,Hunter, Mary, Andy, in back: Lill, Maddie, me
AND NOW THE SNOW PHOTOS: in no order whatsoever 'cause I'm getting tired
5th & Union in Seattle, 1943
Larry Grewell in golf course with my neighborhood in background. 1949 pic taken by Tom Camfield
The twins build snowmen in my back yard in Port Angeles
April Fool & Penny Too store on Water Street in winter, Port Townsend
1st national bank on Taylor Street in 1950's, taken by Tom Camfield
view from the upstairs bedroom window of the pink house on San Juan Avenue
The twin's snowmen knocked over by vandals during the night
The goat barn and yard on San Juan Avenue
Blaine Street by golf course photo by Tom Camfield in 1949
Hunter shovels my driveway in Port Angeles. Such a sweetie.
by back yard in Port Angeles when the snow just wouldn't quit
Port Townsend view from up on Morgan Hill
Jenni cleans my Port Angeles back porch. She's a sweetie too.
Maddie poses with her snowlady
My mobile in Green Acres in Sequim
Busy work on Mary and Andy's street in Renton with neighborhood kids
View of 19th Street in 1949
My pig snowman that I built
view from the golf course on the pink house on San Juan
another view of San Juan Avenue
The Rose Theater in winter
Always loved this photo by Tom Camfield of high school girls around fire at the lagoon
I shovel outside the Port Angeles house
My kids playing in yard of San Juan House
Harrison Street in Port Townsend
Water Street, Port Townsend
junior high building in 1950's
kids playing on Lincoln School playground
Chetzemoka Park
S-Curve coming into town, around 1951
another view from hill of Port Townsend during snow season
I shoveled my walk at Port Angeles so I could get to my mailbox
Water Street, Port Townsend
Mary pulls Jake on sled on Renton street
Andy and Mary build a snowman
My house in Sequim at Christmas. So pretty. House is gone now and lot is empty as of this writing.
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