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, February 8, 2020

December 21 - 24, 1973 Christmas Eve


Friday, December 21, 1973 RAIN, TABLE AND CHAIRS


Everything is all upside down this miserable day. I got a lot to do and no way to do it. I washed, done refrigerator. Bill came home and is all done at that job. Well in p.m. Betty and I to town to shop. She and Walt bought at Thurlow’s a brand-new table, Moosehead and three chairs. It was for a Christmas gift and it is beautiful. We all like it so much. Betty and Walt up to see it tonight and Esther and Cliff.



Saturday, December 22, 1973

A nice day. Very cold. I baked beans. I like the new table very much. Done some washing. Billie home all day. Hustling and bustling, getting ready for Christmas. Kids down to Christmas play rehearsal.




Sunday, December 23, 1973

I done up my regular work. Changed the beds. Cleaned up the house. Made fudge, candy, worked all day. After supper I went to the ME church Sunday school entertainment with Betty and Walt. The children had a very nice program. Carmen, Kim and Zak had parts. I enjoyed it very much. Billie went with Lawrence. I washed and ironed.



Monday, December 24, 1973 Jeff gone to Michigan, DAVE AND DOROTHEA here all night

A beautiful day. I got up early and did a big day’s work. Took bath, went to town. Got an early supper. Went down to Ferns, also the Horton’s and Deming’s were there. They opened the guests then we had refreshments, then all came up to our house. Dorothea and Dave were here, we opened our gifts and also the Horton’s and Deming’s were here. We had refreshments. Zak passed them out at Ferns. Kimmy here passed out the gifts. About 12:30 Dorothea and I went down to Betty and Walt’s. Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus were working hard in the kitchen getting the gifts ready for the tree. It looked very nice. Bill, Billie and I got many nice useful gifts. We are very pleased with them. Billie went with Lawrence again today.

First down to Aunt Fern and Uncle Lloyds




Then up to Nanny's

PANTS!


The infamous pant suit!
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