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Ghost of Holidays Past

Ghosts of Holidays Past: Christmas at Rockefeller Center Edition

by WaterGirl|  January 1, 202110:00 pm| 14 Comments

This post is in: Ghost of Holidays Past, On The Road, On The Road After Dark, Photo Blogging

randy khan

My wife and I have a regular holiday season trip to New York City, and we go by Rockefeller Center regularly.  I thought it would be fun to share photos of the Rockefeller Center trees from over the years.

A funny thing:  They’re all from the north side of the plaza.  I don’t know why.

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Rockefeller Center, New York, New York.December 12, 2009

These are all in chronological order.  This is the first one I have.

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Ghosts of Holidays Past: Janie M Christmas Snippets Edition

by WaterGirl|  December 31, 202010:00 pm| 8 Comments

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A few Christmas memories. Thanks to Steve from Mendocino for editing.

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Portland, Maine

My son lived outside the US for several years after college, so to have him come home for Christmas, on a snowy train no less, was a great occasion.

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Ghosts of Holidays Past: Raven Edition

by WaterGirl|  December 23, 202010:00 pm| 13 Comments

This post is in: Ghost of Holidays Past, On The Road After Dark, Open Threads

 

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Family Christmas Dinner in the mid-1950s

 

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Get your hands off my sister bubba.  (editor’s note: classic raven!)

 

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Even the 7th Infantry DIvision in 1967 was part of the “War on Christmas.
Season Greetings indeed!

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Christmas Tree in Southeast Asia

 

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Daniel Boone and the pups.

 

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Ghosts of Holidays Past: Flashes From The Past Edition

by WaterGirl|  December 22, 202010:00 pm| 24 Comments

This post is in: Ghost of Holidays Past, On The Road, Photo Blogging

Wonderful flashes from the past from ET and AliceBlue

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Grandma's house

Wonderful flash from the past, in 1970-something, from ET:

It was the year of the stove. Was it a portent of the future?  No. I don’t so much remember it but remember that I loved it.

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Ghosts of Holidays Past: Albatrossity Christmas Edition

by WaterGirl|  December 21, 202010:00 pm| 24 Comments

This post is in: Albatrossity, Ghost of Holidays Past, On The Road, On The Road After Dark, Photo Blogging

For the next couple of weeks, we are having Ghosts of Holidays Past instead of the usual On the Road After Dark.

So send in your pictures!  Either as a full set for a post, or just send one or two that will go into a group post.  Be sure to include some text so we know what we’re looking at.  If you want to send photos but not have them identified as yours, let me know that, too.

We haven’t declared war on Christmas, but we did switch to Holidays so all celebrations are welcome!

My father was a professional photographer, so there are lots of pictures of the family Christmases, as well as home movies etc. It’s hard to pick just a few, and I also don’t want to embarrass myself or my siblings, so here some that I chose with that parameter in mind. Be forewarned, I’m officially old, and grew up in the middle of the country, so some of these items and customs might be novel for some of you youngsters! But I’m still impressed by Kodachrome; some of these slides are over 60 years old, and they look great, color and tone-wise!

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Montezuma KS

One of the family traditions when I was young was a Christmas Day trip to my aunts house in the tiny town of Montezuma KS, about a half hour away. Here we would gather with my dad’s parents and some of his siblings (most of whom were still in that part of KS), have Christmas dinner, wash a lot of dishes, and open presents. We took turns opening one present at a time, starting with the youngest and proceeding to the oldest, so my grandfather was always the last to get to open his first present. But he always had more than anybody, so he could keep opening presents long after the kids had completed theirs. Here’s a pic of my sister “helping” my grandmother open a present; other relatives can be seen in the background.

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