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Deanna Durbin and the Christmas Wish

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

In the Fall of 1997, I decided to incorporate my ‘talent’ and interest in collecting autographs into some early Christmas shopping for my Grandpa Murphy. In those days, we had a family gift exchange which was determined by drawing names out of a bowl. So I had to make sure the fix was in when it came time to draw at Thanksgiving. I’m not sure who I drew, but I made sure that I ended up with Grandpa. The object was to get Grandpa a signed photos of one his favorite child actresses Deanna Durbin, so someone in the family kinded traded names with me. Read the rest of this entry »

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CHRISTMAS 3 – 1973

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

The tree was up, the presents were wrapped, the food was prepared, and our little family was ready to enjoy another Christmas celebration. As a two year old, I’m sure that I really began to enjoy Christmas effective this year and also began to understand that by gingerly ripping off the wrapping paper on these boxes, I would find toys to distract and delight me…for minutes at a time! As you can see in the photo at right, there was certainly no shortage of toys under the tree to contribute to the spoilage of this two-year old. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Murphys of Christmas Present, Specifically 2008…Two Days After Christmas

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

It wasn’t Christmas. It wasn’t even a reasonable facsimile of Christmas. Traditions had been broken all accross the board. For starters, we held our annual Murphy family gathering two days after Christmas on Saturday, December 27. The reason for this revolved mostly around Mom staying at Denise’s house through Christmas and the day after so she could be with her for a good portion of the holiday. Denise was unable to travel in her pregnant state…doctor’s orders! And for this reason, the Murphy gathering wasn’t held at Mom’s house either, where it had been held for closing in on a decade. Darlene quickly stepped up to the plate and hosted for the first time in about a dozen years. Read the rest of this entry »

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Sunday, December 28th, 2008

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CHRISTMAS 38 – 2008

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

This Christmas celebration marked a distinct departure from events of the past dozen years or so in many ways. I had hosted Christmas Eve (which is the major family Christmas gathering) every since 1995 (with the exception of one year), but this year the honors went to Denise and Aaron. This was mostly because Denise had been ordered by her doctor not to travel since it was so close to time for the new baby to come. And because Mom was going to be staying in Columbus until Friday, this also was a deciding factor that we would not get together with her family on Christmas Day, but two days later on Saturday the 27th. In addition, this was the first year in many that Briana did not attend the celebration. This was because she was in Florida with Billy and Jill for the holiday. And finally, this also represents the only year that someone gave a gift that I had given them back to me…right on the spot! Read the rest of this entry »

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