Aberrant Prose

Kids ’n cards

This is a fun time of year—time to throw my imagination into gear and come up with a design for our Christmas card.

I have made our Christmas cards since 1971 and over the years, have come up with lots of different ideas. Many of my favorites are from 1971 to 1986 starring Chris and Kathy.

I didn’t always just sit them down and take their picture. Oh no. I had them climbing into a mailbox, hanging from a fireplace, riding in a hot air balloon, standing in a cloud, laying in straw and standing in a chimney.

Did they really enjoy this parade of silliness? How much coercing and bribing did I have to go through to gain their cooperation? Well guess what? I found the cards and it really does look like, for the most part, they had as much fun posing for the cards as I did creating them. Take a look.

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