Annual Christmas Photo Shots

Every year, during the month of November, the whole family would choose one day on a weekend to take pictures of our children for our Christmas cards. We did this routinely until after both of them left for college. This year, 1980, we chose the picture for our card from between the two pictures shown below:

In 1980, I had just made the final switch away from slides to Kodak color prints. To have a Christmas card made using a commercial service, you must send the negative of the picture you wanted to use so that they could print it on the cards you have chosen. Our finished product was just a card with a Santa on it and a very simple holiday wish!