Deborah Lundbech's photos with the keyword: vintage christmas

My father and brother Nicholas, mid 1970s I think. When we were growing up we used to have really, big noisy sing a long parties at my house with my Dad playing piano. Our family friends always came (Browns and Jamiesons, etc.) but sometime in my late teens my friends starting coming too - so they learned all the old English music hall songs - along with carols and show tunes. Many great memories of my family and friends belting out California Here I Come, Knees Up Mother Brown, Any Old Iron, Oklahoma, Boiled Beef and Carrots, Side By Side, etc. etc. - three sheets to the wind a lot of the time - but still tuneful.: ) Uncle Harry singing "Tangerine", Uncle Maurice singing "Girls Were Made to Love and Kiss", my parents singing "Too Late Now To Forget You." Wonderful times.

That's what we called my Dad and Uncle Maurice when our families got together. My mother and Auntie Vera were, of course, "The Girls". This is at the Brown's house in Fairfield, CT. 1968. We spent the holiday there - great times. Anyway, here are the men striking a pose for the camera - which was Polaroid's "The Swinger" my absolute favorite Christmas present of 1968. How many of you can still sing the ad for The Swinger? . "...it's more than a camera, it's almost alive. It's only nineteen dollars and ninety-five." I have hundreds of those jingles in my brain. I can sing the whole thing if you want. lol It was such a fun, great camera. I can still remember the smell of that weird pink chemical that you dragged across the new print to fix it. I have tons of Swinger photos to upload. .