This years Johanson Christmas Party might be the last one unless someone wants to keep up the tradition. Hopefully it will keep happening since it is so much fun to get together and see how everyone's family has grown. Talmadge was so fun this year. He really understood what was going on. Since Grandpa Johanson passed away 2 weeks before the party, Grandma Johanson decided to give each grandson and great-grandson one of his ties. Along with the tie was a touching poem about his ties and how the tie that the grandchild received might have been a tie he wore for one of their special occasions. When Santa Claus came, Talmadge was so funny. He must have been caught up in the moment because he just ran up to Santa Claus and gave him the biggest hug (I've posted this picture because I couldn't believe it). All sentiments ended as soon as it was time to receive his present from Santa. As you can see in the picture, Talmadge wanted nothing to do with Santa. Even though Talmadge refused to sit on Santa's lap, he still got a present. He recieved "The Three Little Pigs" and an orange. The very first picture is a picture of Talmadge dressed up as a shepard. He really enjoyed dressing up for the Nativity scence. After the nativity, Grandma Johanson rallied a few grandchildren to sing a few Christmas Carols. Talmadge loved having his front row view of all the action. Even though it was sad that Grandpa Johanson was not at the party we could feel that he was checking in on us and probably getting a kick out of everything.
This years Johanson Christmas Party might be the last one unless someone wants to keep up the tradition. Hopefully it will keep happening since it is so much fun to get together and see how everyone's family has grown. Talmadge was so fun this year. He really understood what was going on. Since Grandpa Johanson passed away 2 weeks before the party, Grandma Johanson decided to give each grandson and great-grandson one of his ties. Along with the tie was a touching poem about his ties and how the tie that the grandchild received might have been a tie he wore for one of their special occasions. When Santa Claus came, Talmadge was so funny. He must have been caught up in the moment because he just ran up to Santa Claus and gave him the biggest hug (I've posted this picture because I couldn't believe it). All sentiments ended as soon as it was time to receive his present from Santa. As you can see in the picture, Talmadge wanted nothing to do with Santa. Even though Talmadge refused to sit on Santa's lap, he still got a present. He recieved "The Three Little Pigs" and an orange. The very first picture is a picture of Talmadge dressed up as a shepard. He really enjoyed dressing up for the Nativity scence. After the nativity, Grandma Johanson rallied a few grandchildren to sing a few Christmas Carols. Talmadge loved having his front row view of all the action. Even though it was sad that Grandpa Johanson was not at the party we could feel that he was checking in on us and probably getting a kick out of everything.
1 comment:
When Talmadge desided to not have anything to do with Santa it reminded me of several of your brothers not wanting to be near Santa either. I loved the picture of Talmadge hugging Santa before he realized that he didn't want to be so close.
Love Mom
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