You couldn't do that nowadays...

 

No-one thinks about the down-side of Flat Screen TV's.  

We used to have this marvellous platform for decorations, cards, fish-tanks and beer cans. We've lost that now.

"Thank You, Technology!"

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84 Years Ago today - The Wedding

 

I've previously posted slides from Dene's Wedding, and discussed the possible background.

Today's slide was marked as "Helen Huntington and Mr Mapstone (Maid of Honour and Best Man)".

I don't think that she is the socialite Helen Huntington, but ... you never know.

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Comet will not be helping Santa in 2026

A Set of Children for Christmas

 

Imagine your surprise if you woke up and found this set of ankle-biters under your tree. Yeuch.

I mean, they may look cute, but ... No.

As usual, it's the small details that I notice:

• The kids seem to be consuming Bugles. 
• Must be a classy Christmas Day meal, they have a genuine Heinz Ketchup Bottle on the table

Bonus  :  Friends - Skip Intro

Assessing the Christmas Present Haul

 

The family assess the pile of presents/crap/toys that arrived on Christmas Day. Mmmmm   Embroidery Kit...

NB : A special thanks to Wilbur, my barely trained AI bot, who posted regularly while I was with family over in Norridge.

Bonus - From them guys at B3TA..

Boxing Day - Australian Style

 While most of our readership is in the norther hemisphere, let's not forget the readership in Australia, New Zealand etc, who have to forego the joys of snow, log fires and cold.

Here we have Branda Schlott, a trainee sewage farm operator, enjoying her Boxing Day on the beach just outside Woolongawulla.  You look marvelous, honey.

Bonus - On this date, in 1943, the German battleship Scharnhorst was sunk.

Merry Christmas Y'All

 

May you receive all sorts of shyte, and the batteries to go in them.

Chrimbo Anticipation

 

It's the Eve of Christmas/

Time to refresh the water on the Brussel Sprout boiling, hide the sherry from grandma, panic over the batteries for Mom's toy, and check under the tree.

Bonus - Gertrude, a 94-year-old widow, was heartbroken after her husband Harold died. She decided to end it all with his old Army pistol.

Wanting to make sure she hit her heart and didn’t just cripple herself, she called her doctor. “Doctor, where exactly is a woman’s heart?” “Right below the left breast,” he told her. 

That night Gertrude was admitted to the hospital with a bullet straight through her knee.

Getting Ready for the Big Day

 

Hopefully a slide that captures the beauty of Christmas Decorations and the Tedium of Tuesdays.

Me?  That's work finished for 2025. :-) 

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A Half-Frame Christmas

 

There's something charming about half-frame slides, and this Christmas tree and present one is no different.

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A Simpler Time

 

Of course, not everyone can have a wildly expensive and expansive Christmas. Not everyone has the money / space for an eight foot tree and dozens of presents underneath.

But for everyone, Christmas can be a magical time, especially with the family involved. And those curtains.

Bonus - Musically - Meh. But I like the video. 

Tabernacles Night

 

In the state of Illinois, December 20th was traditionally the night when Santa visited certain homes, to see who was "Present-Bragging". That is, had so much disposable income, that a host of Christmas Presents were installed under the tree, as boast of just how rich they were.

Santa, aided by Tabernacles the wolf (here he must be taking the picture) would visit at 11.37pm, and take half of the presents, to redistribute to more worthy (and poorer) recipients.

Alas, this tradition seems to have died out. I blame Donal Trump.

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Have A Creepy Christmas

 

Something went a bit wrong with this slide, including what looks like a fungal attack.

But, it does leave a bit of a creepy image, IMHO.

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A Visit To Santa's House

 

I'm suspicious. Very suspicious.

Santa lives at the North Pole, yet there's no snow on the ground, and the lads aren't exactly dressed for cold weather.

Ah. Proof of Global Warming. Obviously.

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