Merry Christmas to all of you.
This is a photo of my first Christmas.
Looks like Santa gave me a cardboard box. Either that, or it was my pram.
As the years passed, Christmas became more bountiful. Dad started handing out inflatable Santas.
Stand in line for a Santa! I wonder why the majority of children have hands on hips?
Low-riding 'Scoops' were obviously 'hip'.
Anyway, enough of my happy memories.
Thank you all, for reading. Your comments make it worthwhile keeping up the blog. I wouldn't do this otherwise.
I hope you all have a lovely, peaceful Christmas day with your own families, or horses, or cats or dogs.
I think I need a break. MMMC. xx.
I think I need a break. MMMC. xx.
You are very cool. And funny. And I like your mid-century stuff. I've got lots in my house too and was glad to keep almost all of it when husband walked out 18 months ago (bonus - I also got to keep the kid!). Seriously, you have a terrific blog and since I've started following just recently, I always manage to laugh when I pop along for a read. Have a terrific Christmas with your rather awesome looking family.
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Merry Christmas MMMC , hope you and your smalls have a good one! ( your kids not your underpants ). I love reading your blog so thankyou for keeping us so entertained. x
ReplyDeleteRodger that MMMC!
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous Christmas with your rather scrumptious family. I'm Going to take a bit of a break too.
Looks like arms akimbo was the thing to do in the 70s.
ReplyDeleteHappy Christmas, MMMC. xx
Have a super wonderful Christmas!! See you when all this festive madness is over.
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Merry Christmas! Hope someone gives you a container load of stuff from a Scandinavian country. x
ReplyDeletePerhaps you were the Christmas present when you were delivered in that box! Was it Boxing Day?! Have a hoot, MMMC. I have just come up for air to read your blog tonight before diving back into Christmas. Crocheted stars abound.......Hope Santa brings you all happiness and fun and a big sleep in!
ReplyDeleteYep, it's time for a break. But it's wierd, isn't it. As much as I think I need a blog break too, it's hard to say I'm definitely going to... like it matters though! There's plenty still to do before Saturday! Thank you for a wonderful read this year. Stacks of laughs, chuckles with my husband when I get him to come and read what you've written, and so many conversation starters because of what you've written. Enjoy the holiday, lovely friend. We'll catch up in the new year. Definitely. Well done.
ReplyDeleteWishing you the happiest of holidays, full of good things for you and your family. (And Horsey. It's been rather awhile since we've heard from him, no?) Enjoy your break, MMM-C!
ReplyDeleteHey, Happy Christmas and thanks for blogging funny smart stuff.
ReplyDeleteI just love your blog. Great family photos!
ReplyDeleteGreat memories MMMC. Have a happy Christmas with all your Childs. The excitement in your house must hold no bounds.
ReplyDeleteYou are the best pal.
p.s. We're having rain for Christmas!
I bet you wish you still had that swim suit...you were all so cute!
ReplyDeletemaybe you were the present, and that's why you're in the box?
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you and your family also Carmel, hope it is a lovely one and enjoy the break :)
Merry Christmas to you too!
ReplyDeleteAlways love popping by here!
(we might be over there very soon!)xx
I am still laughing about the cardboard box!
ReplyDeleteHappy and safe Christmas to you and your family.
Pam x
Such fantastic photos! Merry christmas to you and yours from one of your (more than three) readers!
ReplyDeleteNice Christmas-photos. Fascinating observations :)
ReplyDeleteI wish you and your family all the best for the holidays and the new year. ALL the best!
Warm wishes from cold Norway (-20 degrees celsius outside right now)... Lena. See you in the new year!
Frida (the cat of the house) says thank you for Christmas greeting..
Merry Chrissy Missy. It has been a joy to read you in 2010.
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ReplyDeleteI wish you and your family a Merry (and cosy of course...) Christmas.
Ariane.
Enjoy your Christmas break.
ReplyDeleteI must say it seems weird to see Santa and kids wearing shorts in the same picture.
I don't think I could do Christmas someplace warm...you'll have to invite me over for Easter instead!
Ah love old photos. Enjoy your break if you have one. I'd like one too,I'm thinking of going to somewhere in Siberia, hopefully with no juke box. Merry Xmas to the whole MMM-C clan. May it be filled with Scandi goodness, health and merriment. x
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy reading your posts, you always put a funny slant on the story, very clever with words :)
ReplyDeleteHave a great time with your family over Christmas. It'll be a quiet for me, a bit of time with the family, then probably mostly the dog. I liked that you mentioned pets above as I suppose not everyone has family or gets to spend Christmas with them x
My recent post was in homage to you re the snow here in the UK and aeroplanes being grounded. I forwarded your post on Oprah to my darlings in Sydney and they loved it. Please don't take too long a break or we shall all be in rehab. With no little ones here for Christmas, it's all booze and excess food. Hurrah! Oh, and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos. Have a lovely Christmas and thank you for all you wonderful posts MMMC. You are a winner.
ReplyDeletewhat a sweet memory! wish you a beautiful and restful time. and a harmonious 2011.
ReplyDeleteThe baby in the box... guess it fell off a speeding ute (that happens a lot in Australia). Maybe you too came from Scandinavia; it's a plausible explanation. Lovely seeing that santa, my grandparents had one, but I had forgotten about it...
ReplyDeleteWe wish you, our favourite family, an absolutely wonderful Christmas! See you later! Kisses and hugs
merry Christmas to you MMMC, enjoy the holidays!
ReplyDeleteHey MMMC, My hubby's blow-up santas from his childhood only died last year sadly. Someone needs to start producing those things again. They will be a definate top seller!!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your break. Wishing you, your hubby and your (4) babies a happy and wonderful Xmas!!!!
Thank you so much for all your lovely comments on my blog. I really appreciate them!!You have a great generous spirit.
Thank you also for your wonderful blog, it is a well written, highly entertaining part to my day (not that I am a literary genious). Sorry but I am still chuckling about your brother's encounter with a christmas hat.
Once again have a great break, you deserve it!
Your blog pictures make me remember my boys when they ran around shirtless and tan in the Summer. I also was reminded about my penpal from Perth Australia when I was in the 6th grade. Fun! PS It's gonna be a white Christmas here in Missouri! Zootsuitmama
ReplyDeleteI wish you a happy and magic christmas...
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Hey Carmel, merry Christmas! Love the pics....my family has almost identical pics..ha. I have a couple of those blow up santas...I just love them! Hope you all have wonderful Christmas, it has been fun getting to know you through this bloggy caper throughout the year. Sorry I have been a bit slack with the comments of late I have been having a bit of a break since lotte finished school and we stopped eBay ing for the year xx Katherine
ReplyDeleteChristmas in bathing suits and green grass is quite hard to understand from here. It's so cold your breath freezes and dogs won't go out. Santa has to wear his warmest coat. And I fantasize about moving to somewhere warm. Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteOoh, so lucky you got that wonderful photo!!! Merry Christmas to you! You may want to pop over my blog for my latest giveaway.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you and your family... looking forward to seeing you in the new year xo
ReplyDeleteYour memories are just standard 1970's Christmas in Australia, it wasn't showy or posey. You can go all out for your children though, all the Christmas dreams you wanted, or keep it simple. We're with simple!! Merry Christmas!! Love Posie
ReplyDeletehello , thank you very much for joining my followers , I wish you a merry Christmas, happyness for you and your beautiful family !
ReplyDeleteLOL! the box...you my dear...make me laugh!!! i love it! love your blog! take a break, enjoy your Christmas, pass out some boxes - you know thats all they play with anyways...oh, to be a fly on the wall at your house tomorrow morning, your kids are too darn cute!
ReplyDeletewish i had one of those inflatable santas they're classics!
XO Milady - stephanie
Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI remember those inflatable santas! Dad used to buy out old store stock to sell at Swapmeets (at the Drive-In theater on weekend days), and he got those santa and some reindeer. We played with them, of course!
You bet I am! ;)) Thanks for cheering.
ReplyDelete-Hope your feet are dry down under. Just seen massive floods on television...
I can still hear being told "get your hands off your hips" ... it was regarded as looking like a washer woman, it was not the done thing!
ReplyDeletePushing kids round in a cardboard box was super fun ... cardboard boxes were rare! Have I gone too far back? Looks like a fabulous day no matter the era. Hugs, xo.