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!

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

December 23 - 24, 1969 Christmas Eve


Tuesday, December 23, 1969

Went down to Betty’s. We have a lot of snow. Bill worked last night all night. Betty made cookies. We made popcorn balls. She went to town. I came home, wrapped some gifts. I ironed and washed today.



Wednesday, December 24, 1969 Oil

Clear and cold. I rushed around, got my work done and went down to Betty’s. I made two custard pies first. Betty and I cleaned up her house, washed windows, made preparations for Christmas. Cleaned woodwork, washed floors etc. It looked real good after we got done. I came home, wrapped Bills gifts that had just come. Made a pecan pie, loaf of Graham nut bread. Got supper. After supper Betty’s folks came and Fern. We had our Christmas gifts. After that we went over to Aunt Ava’s and down to Fern and Lloyd’s. Had a good time. I came home, made my bread. Got to bed at 2:30 AM. Betty’s gift came today from Sears. A (?) draw safe from Walt.

Aunt Betty and Uncle Milan's house in CT



Santa Came Christmas Eve

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