Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Randy Visits Santa Claus -- Post 495 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

I'm posting family photographs from my collection on Wednesdays, but they aren't Wordless Wednesday posts like others do - I simply am incapable of having a wordless post.

Here is a photograph from the Seaver/Carringer family collection handed down by my mother in the 1988 to 2002 time period:




This photograph was probably taken at Marston's Department Store in downtown San Diego where my grandfather worked for 55 years. This photo was probably taken in the 1947 to 1950 time frame, when I was 4 to 7 years old. My guess is that my grandfather, Lyle Carringer, took this picture, although my mother may have taken it.

It looks like Santa has a good hold on me - an arm around my waist and a hand holding down my left arm. I was never scared of Santa Claus, so my smile is genuine and anticipatory. Either that, or someone made a funny face at me when the picture was snapped.


I wish I could remember what I asked for from Santa Claus.  I'm quite sure it wasn't socks, pants or shirts.  It was probably the "toy of the year."  Maybe Mr. Potato-head?  Or a small bicycle with training wheels?


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FYI:  I've posted this photo almost every year at Christmas time.

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