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!

Friday, January 22, 2016

December 24 - 25, 1957 Christmas



Tuesday, December 24, 1957

A very nice day. I cooked. Es, Cliff, Susan, Billie and Betty all went to town and called on Fern. In evening Blanche, Bob, Joy and Ronald here last evening.



Wednesday, December 25, 1957 Dorothea called

Christmas day. Esther and family here for dinner. We had a nice Christmas and a good time. Dinner turkey, roast pork, mashed potatoes, turnip, onions, celery, pickles, olives, salad, rolls, graham nut bread. Date filled, apple, custard, lemon sponge pies, tarts, cookies, sponge cake and chocolate Angel cake. Ice cream, coffee, tea and Kool aid. Deming family, Kennard, Fern, Lloyd, Kennie and Dot, Bob, Blanche, Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis, Phonie, Sis, Wanda Jean, Bill, Lila, George and Thena. All had good time and lot of nice gifts.








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