Christmas 1972 (I think)

Our tree - a better shot of it - with tinsel!!

Lori and David, looks like we're gonna open gifts real soon!

Dad and Buffy.  Mom's little town on the TV behind him.

Holiday Time Again!

"Autumn paints in colors that summer has never seen."

Don't you just love the magic of fall?

Sno-Cones anyone?

The rough idea for the machine was invented by Hasbro 

(then known as Hassenfeld Brothers) in the early 1960s. 

The Frosty Sno-Man Sno-Cone Machine spit out chunks of ice 

through Frosty’s gaping belly.

After kids stuffed cubes into the top of his head and turned the 

hand crank on the back, they could fill up a (small) cup and 

flavor it with the included sweetener.

Christmas bounty!  Great smile, David!

And our tree .... with plenty of tinsel, of course!

Christmas Again

And it's Christmas once again .....

Mom's little town has a few more pieces

Our tree appears to be full .... 

of lights, of ornaments and of course, tinsel!

David and his remote control barking dog!

(this slide must have been scanned from the wrong side....

you can't read David's shirt, and the TV controls are on the wrong side!)

Lori must have gotten a new outfit...

remember when wide white belts were IN?

I wonder if her shoes are white, too??

And maybe this shirt was a body shirt - 

the kind with the snaps?  (Glad those aren't back!)

Wonderful Christmas

Ahh, the Holidays once again.

Here's our Christmas Tree, things must be good,

loads of presents!  (And always tinsel, of course!)

Such a big smile with her little baby doll..... 

Dad and David, one of my fav pictures

building with the Thing-a-ma-Jigs!

And I have to laugh, they built it on mom's

"Trim Twist Executive Exerciser" by Jack Lalanne

(I remember watching his TV show in black and white.)

And an oh so fun farm set! 

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world,

and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."

-Norman Vincent Peale