Vintage chalkware Santa piggy bank on hearth was a gift from Edgar's great aunt and uncle, Margaret Johns Parr and Albert Parr of New Orleans, circa 1956. Online references say this collectible was a popular carnival and midway prize in the early 1950s
Edgar and Julia's stockings were made by Edgar's mother, Virginia Walton Torbert, and Sam's blue stocking by Edgar's cousin, Pat Tuberville Strickland
Damaged, but still working, Seth Thomas clock on mantel was a wedding present for Edgar's grandparents, Edgar and Lucile Johns Torbert, in 1918 during the Spanish Flu pandemic
Our 2020 Christmas tree purchased from Boy Scout Troop 129 as we have 20+ years
Screenshot of 11Alive News promo of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Holiday Celebration concert with metro area musicians, including Julia on piccolo, joining the symphony for a rousing virtual performance of "Ode to Joy"
December 19, 2020
"Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse"
December 21, 2020 was a spectacular evening with a beautiful quarter moon and the "Christmas Star", the first 1/10 of one degree conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn at night in 800 years, both shot with Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L II lens (note several barely visible moons of Jupiter on a diagonal through the planet; roll your mouse over photo to see same planets farther apart the following night)
Christmas Day 2020
Edward arrives for Christmas-New Year's visit
December 27, 2020
Grandmother Julee's brief, impromptu Christmas-New Year's-95th birthday (January 2, 2021) observance on the way back from a doctor's appointment
