The Christmas Epistles: 1950s and 1960s

After the death of my mother, Charlotte Pauline Hovick Thompson Lohman (1925–2015), I found copies of all the Christmas letters she had written over the years. They were all compiled into a book, along with photos, and given to my siblings in 2018.

1953

back: Richard, Charles, Charlotte; front: Jeanne, Paul, Douglas

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1955

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1958

Christmas Pageant – back: Douglas; middle: Charles, Paul, Jeanne; front: Jeffrey, in our home at 2812 Humboldt Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Christmas Morning – back: Charles, Paul, Douglas, Jeanne; front: Jeffrey

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1959

Douglas

Charles

Paul

Christmas Pagaent – back: Charles, Douglas, Jeanne, Paul; front: Jeffrey

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1961

back: Jeffrey, Jeanne; middle: Paul, Douglas; front: Charles

David’s first Christmas

Jeffrey’s last Christmas

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1963

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1964

back: David, Charlotte, Jeanne, Paul, Richard; front: Douglas, Charles

Charles, David, Paul, Douglas, Jeanne

Douglas, Paul

David

Paul, Charles, Charlotte, David

back: Raymond Jensen, Charlotte, Jeanne; middle: Priscilla (Lohman) Jensen (Richard’s sister), Jane Jensen, Charles (with Tippy), Grace Lohman; front: Todd Jensen, Margaret Jensen, Scott Jensen, Paul, Douglas, Grant Jensen

back: Douglas, Nell Hoagland (Dick’s aunt), Betty Ellingboe (Char’s best friend), Charlotte, Jeanne; front: Paul, David, Charles

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1965

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1966

Paul, Charles, Richard, Charlotte, Douglas, David in the parsonage where we lived in Butterfield, Minnesota.

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1968

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Christmas Epistles: 1970s – 1980s

Christmas Epistles: 1990s – 2010s