{"id":17920,"date":"2023-12-22T01:57:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T08:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/?p=17920"},"modified":"2023-12-21T16:58:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T23:58:23","slug":"christmas-memories-of-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/?p=17920","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTMAS MEMORIES OF THE PAST"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I love looking at Christmas photos from the past! The Santa above is totally right out of 1947 classic, “Miracle on 34th Street.” <\/em>I’m looking very scared!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We lived in Germany for a few years when my dad’s air guard unit was called up. He flew all over Europe and even North Africa. Christmas that year was a pretty pared-down affair but we were a happy family never-the-less!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marla has some seriously beautiful cheek bones!<\/strong> The Girls were so cute!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’d better keep my eye on this Santa Claus!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Neighborhood sleigh ride with the grandchildren.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One Christmas we had a bunch of snow and the Dallas Grandsons just loved it!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paxton puts an ornament on the tree.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lisa and Logan do their part decorating. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christmas cheer!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My Mom with Santa!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even kitty loves Christmas!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vaughan tells Santa what he would like for Christmas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Owen’s birthday is the day after Christmas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Somebody’s going to get in trouble for peaking!”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Can we open a present?”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My mom opening a present on what would be her last Holiday with us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The wonder of the season.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the Girls…last week!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos: Dick Gentry. Not to be shared without permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love looking at Christmas photos from the past! The Santa above is totally right out of 1947 classic, “Miracle on 34th Street.” I’m looking very scared! We lived in Germany for a few years when my dad’s air guard unit was called up. He flew all over Europe and even North Africa. Christmas that year was a pretty pared-down affair but we were a happy family never-the-less! Marla has some seriously beautiful cheek bones! The Girls were so cute! I’d better keep my eye on this Santa Claus! Neighborhood sleigh ride with the grandchildren. One Christmas we had a bunch of snow and the Dallas Grandsons just loved it! Paxton puts an ornament on the tree. Lisa and Logan do their part decorating. Christmas cheer! My Mom with Santa! Even kitty loves Christmas! Vaughan tells Santa what he would like for Christmas. Owen’s birthday is the day after Christmas. “Somebody’s going to get in trouble for peaking!” “Can we open a present?” My mom opening a present on what would be her last Holiday with us. The wonder of the season. And the Girls…last week! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you! Photos: Dick Gentry. Not to be shared without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[385,242,440],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas-memories","category-family","category-happiness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1_result.jpg?fit=578%2C700&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17920"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17951,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17920\/revisions\/17951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}