The Christmas Epistles: 1990s – 2014

Posted on by David Hovick Lohman

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

Christmas Epistles: 1970s – 1980s

1990

Martin
Martin

1991

1993

1995

1996

David, Paul, Catherine, Martin, Scott Simon, Douglas

1997

1999

Paul, Cynthia, Jeanne, Charlotte, David, Martin, Douglas, Catherine

2001

2004

2006

2008

Dawn, Douglas, David, Jeanne; middle: Patricia, Tyler, Charlotte, Lillian Thiel, Janeen Rae; front: (Wystan), Paul
Paul

2011

back: Jeanne, Paul, Janeen; front: Douglas, Charlotte
Janeen
Destiny

2013

JoAnne, Douglas, Martin, Paul, Janeen, Charlotte, Jeanne

2014

(clockwise) Jeanne, Tyler, Roxanne, Patricia, Paul, Janeen, Douglas, Constance, Nathaniel, Martin, Destiny
Tyler, Charlotte
back: Nathaniel, Janeen, Paul; front: Tyler, David, Jeanne, Destiny, Patricia, Scott Silva
Charlotte with her lutefisk and lefse burrito
Patricia, Charlotte
Constance, Destiny, Paul
Constance, Nathaniel, Charlotte, Martin, Tyler
back: David, Tyler; middle: Scott, Jeanne, Constance, Destiny, Douglas, Nathaniel, Janeen, Paul, Patricia; front: Charlotte, (Wystan), Martin

This was Charlotte’s final Christmas. She died on 8 November 2015.

Published by David Hovick Lohman

I earned my Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University in 2019, and have a passion for digging in 18th and 19th century Norwegian parish records. I am also a musician, and I spent 3½ years as Associate Conductor for national tours of The Phantom of the Opera.

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