Scary mustache, happy Christmas kids, stern parents.

Here are three more photos from the same source as the previous couple of posts. As ever, click on any photo to see it full size.

Perhaps someone who knows military uniforms can share what service the son top left is in. The photos were copied in Wausau, Wisconsin, but the father's mustache looks a little out of place in wartime America, don't you think?

Five happy siblings at Christmas! I'm happy to see the imperfections of real life...parts of a new game, it looks like Candy Land, on the floor. Maybe that's also a new Christmas doll.

From happy and candid to posed and unapproachable. At least, I think the father here looks a bit scary as a dad! Thankfully the two younger girls break up the sternness with little smiles. Oldest daughter has a beautiful dress. I wonder whether she made it herself.

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anyjazz said…

I'd say she made her dress. The seam in the skirt looks hand stitched.

March 14, 2014 at 8:14 AM

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