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!

Sunday, July 1, 2018

December 24 - 25, 1967 Christmas Eve and Christmas Day


Getting ready for Christmas while Poppa puts up ceiling tiles






Sunday, December 24, 1967

Buster here and got the bathroom most all done, run out of material. Bill worked on ceiling. Baby cunning all day.  Carmen excited about Santa coming. Betty, Walt and Carmen over to Joys and Aunt Ava’s. In evening we went to Fern and Lloyd’s for a buffet lunch and they opened their gifts. Had a very nice lunch and a good time.
Christmas Eve at Fern and Lloyds
Bill, Kim, Nanny, Betty, Carmen, Billie, Jeff, Dorothea, Fern and David



Monday, December 25, 1967 A very happy Day

All up early. Carmen real cute about her things and Kim too. Dorothea and family, Fern and Lloyd all came early. I got the dinner to going. We began to open the gifts. All had many and nice ones. Kim and Carmen were excited. Jeff enjoyed it too. Fern and Lloyd here for dinner. Turkey, potatoes, onions, shell beans, turnip, celery, relish, olives, salads, rolls, dark bread, custard, chocolate and pecan pies, cookies, cake and coffee.










 



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