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Kitty Quote of the Day

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul. - Jean Cocteau

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Photos of Christmas Past - Join In!

I thought it might be fun if we dug out some photos of Christmas's past either of ourselves or the kids, other family, precious pets, what ever you like.

Here's a couple of mine;


Thats me in the middle in the very fashionable 'Holly Hobby' dress at about 7 years of age in 1973 with two of my precious cousins who would have been about 3 & 4 at the time. I can't quite work out why we had that little tree behind us as from memory it was taken at my Aunty & Uncles place where there was always a live Christmas tree that reached from the floor to the top of their 20 foot ceiling. Maybe it was just a filler in a spare corner. Our Christmas's were magic & we were totally surrounded by family, great food & lots of love. I loved that dress!


Easy to tell when this was, 1974, aged 8 in McKays Department store in Nelson, New Zealand. Thank goodness the pudding bowl haircut had departed but the ample sprinkling of freckles were still with me. Holly Hobby was but a memory & I had started in to my 'blue' clothes phase to match my eyes. Poor Santa's looking a bit jaded, no doubt thinking 'oh no, not the bigger kids, me knees are killing me already!' I imagine that was about when I kicked the sitting on Santa's knee habit too.

So how about you - any fashionable secret santa sessions to share with us? Type your details in to Mr Linky so we can all come visit & share in some Christmas cheer. This is my first time using Mr Linky so let me know if any problems, it's been another learning curve!




Happy stitching
Tracee xx

7 comments:

  1. So fun seeing you as a littlie... I will try and dig out some pictures... not sure what I have!!
    I will come back and look at others anyhow...
    Hugz

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  2. What a great idea Tracee,sad but i have none,i lost all my pics when my tower crashed a couple of weeks ago

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  3. I need to go looking...you were super cute...and i remember when Holly Hobby was the height of fashion!

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  4. What a great idea. You were a very cute little kid. I'm not at home at the moment, so can't join in but I do hope lots and lots play along.

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  5. I love your photos of Christmas past...real treasures for your family and I am so glad you have wonderful memories too.

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  6. The Santa photos are so Christmas :) We usually take a group photo with everyone holding a gift they got. Corny but fun.

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Thank you friends for leaving a comment on my post - love to get them! Tracee xx