I spent a bit of time over the holiday weekend telling family members to smile and say cheese. As usual some of them were more cooperative then others. The other day, as I was looking at the photos I took, I wondered if there were any interesting Christmas photos in Nebraska Memories and I’m happy to report I wasn’t disappointed. Here are a few of my favorites.
My favorite Christmas picture has to be the photo titled “
Family by Christmas tree“. Unfortunately we don’t know the name of the family featured in this photo from the early 1900’s but the looks on their faces are priceless. As the description states none of the six people in the photo are looking in the same direction. In some ways it is a typical family photo however with two of the boys messing around, the third one facing the wrong direction and the fourth one looking very unhappy. Thankfully I don’t think any of my family photos turned out quite this bad. The lack of names on this photo however does serve as a good reminder. I need to take the time to add names to all of my family photos so a hundred plus years from now folks will know the names of everyone in the photo including the person who was making bunny ears.
I really have to admire the photographer, children and anyone who helped with this photo of the “
Immanuel Children’s Home at Christmas“. Somehow they managed to get eight small children to sit facing the camera, have fairly happy looks on their faces, stop playing with their toys, and hold still long enough to snap a photo. I find that pretty impressive! It’s also a cute picture.
I also enjoyed looking at all of the
Christmas trees in the different photos. Some of them are pretty scraggly compared to the artificial trees I’m used to seeing today. And finally what would a set of Christmas pictures be without a picture of
Santa Claus with his sleigh and reindeer.
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