There once was a family who posed
Each year in their holiday clothes
Christmas, Easter, and such
It was never too much
[can you finish my limerick for me?]
My family faithfully took posed family pictures. We suffered through them as kids.
Then those group photos morphed into pictures of birthdays, graduations, weddings, anniversaries, and family reunions.
I know X-mas was a stretch for this A-to-Z Challenge. I’m not sure exactly when many of those photos were taken, but here’s a posed family picture that was clearly Christmas:
My mother painted this picture of our family on plywood and it stood outside our house in Fort Devens at Christmas time. I marvel that she did that.
Hot Dogs and Marmalade 
What were they thinking do you suppose?
Beautiful photography.
why was the younger boy so much more casual in 1963?
I wondered that myself!
There once was a family who posed
Each year in their holiday clothes
Christmas, Easter, and such
It was never too much
[can you finish my limerick for me?]
The chance to escape never arose.
Great photos, but as you say definitely posed 💜
I love that one brother was quite a rebel for 2 years 🤣
Yeah, he hasn’t changed.😆
Sparky’s family always posed in front of the Christmas tree with a convenient sign on the tree of the year. It is very easy to put them in chronological order! We continued the tradition but because we spent holidays at various relatives venues we don’t have the same span of continuity!
By adulthood they’d all become (pose) pros.
I love the plywood version at the end. Great job with this post.
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J (he/him 👨🏽 or 🧑🏽 they/them) @JLenniDorner ~ Speculative Fiction & Reference Author and Co-host of the April Blogging #AtoZChallenge international blog hop
Just dropping by from the A to Z challenge and wanted to say I enjoyed your limericks and photos
Regards
Anne
Thanks, Anne. I’m glad you enjoyed them. I completed the A-to-Z Challenge, but I failed miserably at visiting other bloggers. You inspire me that it’s not too late!