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, May 12, 2023

December 22 - 24, 1985 Christmas Eve

 

Sunday, December 22, 1985

 

A nice sunny day. I done up the work. Made two chocolate cakes. Milan called. Joy and two girls. Benji here. Carmen called on way to work. Walt up for coffee early. Zack called.

 

 

 

Monday, December 23, 1985

 

I did a wash. Made a salad and Graham nut bread. I been wrapping some things. Went over to the girls houses for a little while. I been picking up and putting things away.

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 24, 1985

 

Been busy all day getting ready for Christmas. Made two pies, cleaned up the house etc. etc. This year we went down to Milan and Betty’s for their tree in evening. They got a lot of nice things. Then we had a lunch. Then came up here and we had our gifts. We also got a lot of nice useful things. We got a nice colored TV for the kitchen. I got a new chair. Dorothea and Fern was here. We had a nice feed Kim prepared. Laurie here too, called in PM. Betty, Walt, Zack, Milan and Betty here in evening. Another nice Christmas for us.

 






 

 


 



 












 

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