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Protected: CHRISTMAS 39 – 2009
Saturday, December 26th, 2009CHRISTMAS 7 – 1977
Sunday, December 20th, 2009
There is something special about Christmas Eve 1977 that I can’t quite put my finger on. Somehow it epitomized my entire existence in the 70’s on Echo Hill Lane. It is fondly remembered as one of the greatest Christmases of my life, although I can scarcely remember any particulars of the evening. Yet still I can perfectly visualize sitting on our green couch in front of the roaring fire, A Very Mancini Christmas album playing on the reel-to-reel tape, with family surrounding me as we spent our very last holiday season in this house. Read the rest of this entry »
CHRISTMAS 4 – 1974
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
The Christmas of 1974 is somewhat of a ‘lost Christmas’. For starters, being just three years old at the time, I have very little recollection of it. Dad took just a little over two minutes of Super 8 footage of it and it was consigned to a little 50 foot reel of film, coupled with the footage of 1973 – and therefore infrequently viewed. And finally, the few photos that were from this Christmas were all consigned to Kodachrome slides, and therefore were never perused repeatedly along with the other photographic prints in our photo albums. Read the rest of this entry »
The Fall Holidays of ’77
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Along with the start of my kindergarten year came the Fall of 1977. Within this time frame fell my sixth birthday, Trick or Treat, and Thanksgiving – all of which would be enjoyed for the very last time during our occupancy of the house on Echo Hill. Arriving first was the big birthday party. My actual birthday fell on Sunday, October 2 – so my party was doubtlessly that day or the day before. This was most likely the first time that I had friends (rather than just family) to my party. Clearly, I hadn’t made many new friends in Kindergarten class yet as the only ‘outsiders’ were neighbor kids. Read the rest of this entry »