Our Family's Christmas Photos: 1966 - 1968

Riddle: What kind of pizza did good King Wenceslas like?






1966
L is 5 years old.




















1966
L and D, our first foster child.
















1966
These flannel pajamas came with a bunny tail and hat.


















1966
The doll is Chatty Cathy.
















1966
Appliances were popular women's gifts. L got a toy stove, Mom a real vacuum cleaner.










1966
A vacuum cleaner and an iron!





















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1966
Notice L's fashionable stirrup pants.














1966
Grampy is wearing the knee socks and gumboots necessary for men and boys in Maine winters.













1967
Santa and Mrs. Claus


















1967
Daughter R is on her way. Grampy's brother J and family are visiting.
















1967
L with her cousin R.
















1967
L is 6, in first grade.
















1967
Since Dad was the official popcorn maker in the family, he too gets a small kitchen appliance as a gift, along with socks, handkerchiefs (both white and bandanna), and Old Spice aftershave lotion.









1967
Our family always gave very practical gifts.















1967
L holds an toy time-teaching clock from Hammett's educational classroom supply company, while Dad demonstrates his new saw.













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1967
Girls still had bare legs in winter.
















1967
Family portrait of the 3 1/2 of us.























1968
2 new additions to the family, baby R and the mustache.















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1968
Mrs. Beasley is watching R.


















1968
R isn't much bigger than the doll.




















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1968
A toboggan is a great gift in Maine.





















1968
My own sweet Christmas doll.

















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Riddle answer: deep pan, crisp and even (say it out loud if you don't get it)

Our Family's Christmas Photos: 1961 - 1965

Riddle: Why does Santa wear red suspenders?






1961
The best gift ever under any Christmas tree.
L, age 3 1/2 months.


















1962
Who is this man, and what has he done with my Grampy?
L. is 15 1/2 months old.














1962
The voice sounds familiar, and he did give me this nice present.
















1962
The flowered chair was mine as a child.
















1962
A sweet Christmas doll to love forever.
















1962
In Freeport, ME at Aunt A. and Uncle Harry's big farmhouse.
Me, Grammy Nickerson, twin cousins G and N with baby L between them, and their little brother C.











1963
A refurbished Silver carries a fourth generation rider.
L is 27 months old.
















1963
L and friends.



















1963
Portrait of a very young, loving family.
Grampy, Grammy and L.
















1963
Mom and L.
Notice the lampshade decorations. I made them from cut pieces of see-through green and red cellophane straws strung together on string.














1963
Notice that the TV set is larger than in the 1956 photo in the previous post.















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1964
L is 3 years old.
















1964
L with Mom and Dad.

















1964
Me, L and Grampy.



















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1964
Nurse L listening intently to a patient's heartbeat.



















1964
Twin baby dolls came with this double stroller, but aren't in any photo.
















1965
L is 4 years old.


















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1965
L and our first foster baby.


















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1965
Santa brought L a bride doll.












Riddle answer: to hold up his pants