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!

Thursday, May 21, 2020

December 25 - 28, 1974 Christmas Day





Time to wake Santa










Wednesday, December 25, 1974 Christmas day

Well it was a snowy day. Anyway we all, Thomases, Yates and Crooks all went to the Horton’s for Christmas. We watched them open up their will gifts. The kids got a lot of things they were very glad of. Toys, books, clothes, money and all. Betty got a new Electrolux vacuum cleaner. They got a lot and had a very nice Christmas. Dinner: Turkey, stuffing, gravy, mashed potato, sweet potato, squash, turnip, onions, shell beans, celery, relish, olives, cranberry sauce, rolls, pumpkin bread, custard and lemon sponge pie, cake, tea and coffee. All the candy, cornballs, nuts etc. you can eat.



Tuesday, December 26, 1974

A sunny day. I washed, down to Betty’s while she took Fern to town in p.m. I cleaned up the house, changed my beds and washed. Also I done a lot of odds and ends jobs after the big eventful day of yesterday.



Friday, December 27, 1974

Sunny when we got up about seven. Then clouded up. I done regular work. Billie didn’t do much. Bill done chores at Betty’s. Bill took me to town shopping. In p.m. we, Betty, Billie, Zak and I went to Dorothea’s to see if the humidifier came.





Saturday, December 28, 1974

I didn’t do too much. I did some cooking. Cleaned up the house, washed w will indows and floors. Down to Betty’s while she and Walt went to Naples to see about the house he is interested in buying for an office. Kids were good, we played Old Maids. Cathy Smith was down there. Brud, Verna and girls came down for the weekend to see about the wedding plans etc. In evening Esther came over. Cliff on a Scout camping trip. Kim up to stay all night. Mr. Saltman called and paid Bill $15.






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