GRANDMA’S DIARY — CHRISTMAS AT THE OLE HOMESTEAD
SUBMITTED BY BEALUH WOMER AND LAURA MAE DEATER
Thursday, December 24, 1942—
WARMER Well today it was warmer we baked mince pie & apple tart bread & cinnamon buns stuffed a turkey after making stuffing washed windows made cranberry sauce mopped the floor washed lamps & windows the girls washed their heads there was a lot of water carried we did a lot then trimmed the tree just as we had trimmed the top put the tinsel on Lynn & Isabel came They helped finish it then Lynn Isabel Harvey Helen & Verna went to Tucksville for Russelll Then June and Bob came Martha & Beaulah were to bed Mona & Carl had come before June & Bob and we had laid out all the presents oranges candy & nuts Little Isabel had quite a time over the tree & the dolls when June got ready to go homeshe discovered she had lost her purse she went back to Spencers to see if it was there but it wasn’t It was late when the bunch got back from TRucksville and Lynn Isabel & Russell hadn’t had supper yet so I fried eggs and made sandwiches coffee and cookies of course the other ones came for cookies & coffee too well Isabel laid out the other presents and after the regular visit we went to bed that was about 2 o’clock
Friday, December 25, 1942—
NOT SO COLD Well the big day everybody has opened their presents and sure filled up at the dinner table the men are playing cards some of the other carroms the girls running over to look at Keiper’s presents as they are having an extra nice Christmas at night Tom Lois Janet Tommie Jr & Tommie W. Russell had gone to bed Tom & Tommie Wilson went up to see him after visiting a while they went down to Mona’s for the night but Janet ray & Tommie stayed here June and Bob went home. Martha went with them