We are Bahá'í, but our faith says if you have friends or relatives of another faith celebrate with them to increase unity of family, people and the world. Besides, the kids got used to it from when they were little. Especially Jon, who is special needs and will celebrate any holiday/holy day with anyone.

So here from the Way Back Machine is Christmas dinner 2013, Jasmine, 19 at the time, decided she would do all the decorating (outstanding job), Mom would do all the cooking and Jon and I were assigned to "fetch and carry". Unless we drive over to visit her, we won't see her this Christmas. Being the newest Pediatric Resident at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, guess who has to work Christmas Day? In fact, she may still be doing double shifts (over one week already) due to so many MDs being sick with Covid, Flu Etc. It is something about they spend a lot of time around sick people and catch stuff.

Then a shot of Jon and the other people from BOT (adult special needs training center) on their trip to see the Bass Pro Shop Santa last week.

The giant Teddy Bear and freight car of gifts is from the Santa's Work Shop display in one of our car barns at the Railway Museum, where we have a family membership. I don't recall just which year. Due to Covid and other things, I haven't been out to the museum this year. I need to start going again, renew my operator's licenses etc. and just plain have some fun playing with trains and streetcars.

Santa Arriving at Track One!!! Can you guess why the train came into the station backing up?

And finally from 1973. This was at Debra's family's Thanksgiving dinner, but the outfits went on our Honeymoon with us after our wedding, Dec 8. We drove to Disney World, then to visit my family in Western Kentucky, and then to my Dad & Stepmother's for Christmas in St Louis. I still have the little 12" gold tree we got at Walmart for our bedroom at their house. It is on my desk right now for a new battery, aww, OK Goldie, the last picture is you!

We are Bahá'í, but our faith says if you have friends or relatives of another faith celebrate with them to increase unity of family, people and the world. Besides, the kids got used to it from when they were little. Especially Jon, who is special needs and will celebrate any holiday/holy day with anyone.

So here from the Way Back Machine is Christmas dinner 2013, Jasmine, 19 at the time, decided she would do all the decorating (outstanding job), Mom would do all the cooking and Jon and I were assigned to "fetch and carry". Unless we drive over to visit her, we won't see her this Christmas. Being the newest Pediatric Resident at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, guess who has to work Christmas Day? In fact, she may still be doing double shifts (over one week already) due to so many MDs being sick with Covid, Flu Etc. It is something about they spend a lot of time around sick people and catch stuff.

Then a shot of Jon and the other people from BOT (adult special needs training center) on their trip to see the Bass Pro Shop Santa last week.

The giant Teddy Bear and freight car of gifts is from the Santa's Work Shop display in one of our car barns at the Railway Museum, where we have a family membership. I don't recall just which year. Due to Covid and other things, I haven't been out to the museum this year. I need to start going again, renew my operator's licenses etc. and just plain have some fun playing with trains and streetcars.

Santa Arriving at Track One!!! Can you guess why the train came into the station backing up?

And finally from 1973. This was at Debra's family's Thanksgiving dinner, but the outfits went on our Honeymoon with us after our wedding, Dec 8. We drove to Disney World, then to visit my family in Western Kentucky, and then to my Dad & Stepmother's for Christmas in St Louis. I still have the little 12" gold tree we got at Walmart for our bedroom at their house. It is on my desk right now for a new battery, aww, OK Goldie, the last picture is you!