Grandpa at the head of the table, Ernie's mother, Ernie (standing, Amy's husband), Eric (Petra's husband), Mae (Quentin's wife), Ned (Christine's husband), Arnie (standing, Rhea's husband), dad, Mother, Amy (both standing), Christine, Quentin, Petra, Rhea.
This was the grownups table, we kids were eating in the kitchen. We opened our present Christmas Eve after dinner and when all the dishes were done - and always complained about how slow they were. Christmas Dinner always included Norwegian meatballs, lefse, lutefisk (cod boiled in lye that stunk like you can't believe!) and jello - we had jello at every gathering I can remember. In later years they got fancy and added things like kiwi and pineapple.
My favorite present that year was a pink radio (my very own radio) from Petra and Eric. My sister and I shared a room and we spent many nights listening to the latest songs on that little pink radio.
Of all the people in this picture, only one is still alive today. Aunt Amy is now 87.
3 comments:
I'm sorry Sandy, but that dinner sounds pretty sad. The meatballs were made of what? I can remember DRINKING jello during the summer and my mother telling me it was thick kool-aid. She always put cottage cheese in the jello she made and I hated it. What a wonderful picture. Who was our
Amy's mother?
PS...you have made your blog home look beautiful. I like the quote on the top and the slide show.
I never thought it was odd until my friends would say "you had WHAT for Christmas?" Everyone figured meatballs s/b served with spaghetti! Re tradition: I picked out the best, left the rest. Our Amy's mother is my sister,Camille. She named Amy after our aunt, Mother's sister. The picture shows all of the sisters and one brother. Two brothers were in Minnesota and one brother left home when he was young (after an arguement) and they never saw or heard from him again. Thanks for the nice comments re the blog!
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