This is Christmas Dinner in 1972. I took the photo, so you don’t get to see me at 9, but that’s my dad on the left, my grandmother in the middle, and my grandfather on the right. Yes, my dad put on a tie for Christmas; not sure about my grandfather, who usually dressed up as well. As was often the case, one light in the chandelier is out. They always burned out on a different schedule. And you may not be able to see it well, but those curtains have a kind off old english town street on them. I always thought they were very odd, but if I you go back to this photo, you can see that they were replaced with an even worse (in my humble opinion) floral print (although time may have altered the photo a bit).

The other interesting note (to me) is that at this time my dad wasn’t using arms on his wheelchair. I’m not sure when he put them on for good, but I think it was fairly near this time. And of course, there’s the serious over-the-top 1970s mustache he had, but then everyone did at that time.