The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Saturday, May 23, 2015

December 23 - 27, 1954 Christmas Time



Thursday, December 23, 1954
                                              
I went down and got a permanent this forenoon, a Christmas present from Billie. I cooked in p.m. In evening went down to the Christmas party at the church with Betty. She was singing with her class in it.



Friday, December 24, 1954

Bill didn’t have to work. He and I went to town in a.m. I cooked and cleaned up the house. Billie brought home Betty’s sheep. Bob’s folks called. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called to see the tree. Late in eve. Fern, Lloyd and Uncle Os came and we called the Deming family and Dorothea. It was so good to talk to them. Church S. S. went singing carols in evening.

Susan Deming, Esther Smith Deming and Cliff Deming 1954



Saturday, December 25, 1954 Christmas Day

Very nice day. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis here for dinner. We all had a lot of nice gifts. In eve, Kennie, Dot, Bob and family here for supper and evening. Had a good time. Chicken, turkey, gravies, mashed potato, onion, turnip, shell beans, two kinds salad, pickle, rolls, graham nut bread, custard, date filled, and apple pie, chiffon, chocolate cake, jellyroll, ice cream, suet pudding and coffee.



Sunday, December 26, 1954

Fair. Kind of cold. Took out the Christmas tree, and got the house back into shape.





Monday, December 27, 1954

Kennard and Delores came home after spending Christmas at Brud, Verna and Nola Raye’s. Fair, washed.




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