The Christmas Epistles: 1970s and 1980s

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.

Christmas Epistles: 1950s – 1960s

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1971

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1971

back: Charlotte, Nell Hoagland, Thora Ellingboe; front: David, Betty Ellingboe, Evie Olson

Paul, David, Charles

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1972

Paul, Jeffrey Kaeder (Jeanne’s son)

Douglas, Jeffrey

David, Jeffrey

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1973

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1970s

(clockwise) David, Thora Ellingboe, Grace Lohman, Helen Spranger, Richard, unknown, Gertrude Van Doren, Nell Hoagland, Betty Ellingboe

Eldon Christeson, Ordella Moberg, George Moberg, Signe (Hovick) Christeson, Charlotte, David, Lola (Christeson) Moberg, Grace Lohman, Pauline Hovick

Charles, Helen Spranger, Gertrude Van Doren, Grace Lohman, Betty Ellingboe, Charlotte, Nell Hoagland, Douglas, Jeanne

Charlotte, Thora Ellingboe, Charles, Nell Hoagland

Jeanne, Richard

David

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1975

Douglas, Jeffrey

Aunt Nell

Paul

David

back: Robert Kaeder, Charles, Douglas, Paul; front: Jeanne, Daniel, Jeffrey, Richard, Charlotte, David

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1977

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1978

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1980

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

Connie, Daniel, Jeffrey

Connie

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1981

back: Robert, Jeanne, Douglas, Catherine Pususta, David, Charles, Patricia Cosgrove, Cynthia (Dunbar) Lohman, Paul; front: Jeffrey, Daniel, Richard, Constance, Charlotte

Patricia, Charles

Douglas, David

Charles, Daniel, Jeanne

Jeffrey, Connie

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1982

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1983

back: Paul, Cynthia, David, Douglas, Catherine, Jeanne, Robert; middle: Patricia, Charles, Charlotte, Richard; front: Nathaniel, Constance, Jeffrey, Daniel

Richard

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1986

Tyler, Charles, Patricia, Nathaniel

Tyler, David

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1987

back: Martin, Douglas, Paul, Jerry, David, Jeanne; front: Charlotte, Catherine, Richard, Cynthia, Constance, Daniel, Jeffrey

David, Constance, Douglas, Jeffrey, Paul

Frances Jorgenson

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1988

(clockwise) Jeanne, Daniel, Constance, Douglas, Catherine, Jeffrey, David, Scott Simon, Cynthia, Paul, Charlotte

Jeffrey, Daniel, Constance, Jeanne

Martin, Douglas

Catherine, Martin, Douglas

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1989

Paul, Cynthia, Martin, Douglas; front: Daniel, Jeffrey, Constance, Jeanne, Catherine, David, Charlotte, Richard

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Christmas Epistles: 1990s – 2010s (coming!)