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A Date With Infamy

By Jack Skinner

Hearing his mom cry made him understand something was terribly wrong.
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A Fun and Comical Christmas in Germany

By Toni Boozer

Here's proof that Santa and the Sears Wish Book really did go all over ...
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A Kielbasa Tradition

By Dave Borowski

This Christmas tradition is celebrated by this family to this day.
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A Toddler During World War II

By Rhonda R. Baird

These sisters learned to carry on with their lives while their dad was at war.
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A USO Kind of December

By John Scanlan

It was a night to remember, with smiling soldiers, dancers and gut-busting laughs for this ...
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Caroling in the 1940s

By Jewell Johnson

They spread Christmas joy to everyone in town and to one another.
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Christmas Season Starts With Songs

By Barbara Tebben

Making their home ready for the holidays meant playing music greats and required lots of ...
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Favorite Season

By Ed Tar

Ice hockey was his pastime during the winter months.
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Fruitcake

By Lee Stevens

Holiday traditions may change here and there, but the memories they bring back never will.
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Glad They Met

By Dick Daniels

It seemed their romance was meant to be, and it lasted for over 60 years.
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Good Old Days in the Kitchen -- From Grandma With ...

By Georgia Kohart

Nothing captures the feelings we get from our grandmothers like ...
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Good Old Days on Wheels -- Mr. D and Me

By Lynn Assimacopoulos

Even after 60 years, her memories of her driver's test and the ...
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Letters to Santa

By Arlene Shovald

The Big Guy knew this family exchanged gifts on Christmas Eve.
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Looking Hollywood Way -- Meet the Smith Family

By Michael O'Donnell

Although filmed during World War II, audiences appreciated being ...
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My Dad, JFK and Me

By Steve Patschke

A voice and a touch that will forever be in his memory.
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My Little Brother

By Arlene Shovald

When no little brother was on the horizon, the next best thing was to request one from the ...
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Night of Wonder

By Ruth G. Smith

It may have been the same program every year, but it was different every time.
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On the Way Home

By Madeline DeVanero-Ihnken

It was the best surprise any family could ask for during wartime.
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Santa Sees Double

By Martha Wentley Riley

When it came to sharing their Christmas lists with Santa, these twins would have rather ...
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Sharing the Beatles

By Robert Myers

Two events changed this country forever.
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Sputnik 1

By Steven M. Sybert

Man's first successful venture into space was seen with little effort in this neighborhood ...
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The Christmas Present That Kept on Giving

By Lynn Cassity

A special gift from her uncle on his first holiday out of the service ...
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Two Christmas Pageants

By Thenie Posch as told to Sarah Ashley Posch

Whether the pageant was at school or at home, the spirit of Christmas was everywhere.

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Traditions From Our Youth

Christmas Caroling, Holiday Programs and Family Dinners

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Memories of Those Historical Events That Remain With Us

Recollections From The Home Front

Veterans and Families Reflect On Wartime Stories

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Dear Friends of the Good Old Days,

As the years seem to go by faster and faster, the best part continues to be all the new memories we create as we move along. In this issue of Good Old Days, we revisit our Christmases of the past, share wartime stories, and even a few "Where were you when ...?" moments. I enjoy reading and sharing your memories, and I hope it brings back happy thoughts for everyone else who reads them. I know it...

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Night of Wonder

By Ruth G. Smith

On Christmas Eve 1932, at Bethesda Evangelical Lutheran Church on the north side of Milwaukee, Wis., all the classes in our elementary school took part in the highlight of the year -- the Christmas Eve program. I had attended our beautiful red-brick Gothicstyle church since the day I was baptized, and now I was in the school's third-grade class. I was 9 years old and had been given a special...

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