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Christmas Photo Saga

January 1, 2018celebrations, Challenges, connecting, Our story7 commentsElizabeth Griffin

I could write a saga about our annual photo shoot for the Christmas card I endeavor to send to friends and relations each December. One year I actually wrote a poem about it for our “letter.”

This year, I decided to be real and send one of the 40 photos that our niece, Joie, took as we stood on the deck of GrandBob’s house on Bainbridge Island, shortly before consuming a large Thanksgiving dinner. Not the final photo, mind you. Just one of the long string of “process” photos. (Honestly, there wasn’t one that I could call “final” because none of them met with my approval.)

I decided to try to make people laugh this year — to send a sort of spoof on the perfect family photo we all send — to show what it’s really like in our family. I’m not sure everyone got the joke, but kudos to those who did.

Here are five of the best and why four of them didn’t make the cut:

#1 Zack looking away.

#2 Zack with Jay’s glasses on — he doesn’t wear glasses!

#3 Zack with a strange expression on his face — perhaps our best choice. But Gaby is not looking at the camera. So, no go.

#4 Jay looking at Zack. (Probably taken after the one I chose to use.)

 

 

 

AND HERE IT IS — THE CHOSEN PHOTO FOR CHRISTMAS 2017.

“Why this one?” you ask. “Why not?” I answer.

It’s the classic pre-perfect-photo-moment of MOM (that’s me, far left) looking over to make sure everyone looks good, seeing that Zack needs his shirt pulled down, and asking her husband, the DAD (that’s Jay, far right) to adjust things. Zack is irritated by the adjustment, as seen in his face. Cassidy (middle) is halfway between an obedient smile and wondering what the heck is going on in this fairly new family of hers. And Taylor has his classic pose of looking at the camera and smiling no matter what is happening around him look. Gaby is following his example.

It’s perfect. Totally us. The Real Deal of a Christmas Photo. And hopefully one that made a few people smile.

Or maybe it’s just an inside joke that would have been best kept inside.

 

 

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Melissa
January 1, 2018 2:33 am

I like number 2!

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Elizabeth Griffin
January 1, 2018 10:52 pm

Interesting — up close the glasses are more obvious.
Thanks for commenting!
Elizabeth

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Yolanda
January 1, 2018 7:33 am

Hilarious! Now I appreciate the humor even more. I like the chosen one but #2 was also a good one!

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Elizabeth Griffin
January 1, 2018 10:51 pm

Even with the glasses on? LOL

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Cheri
January 1, 2018 8:38 pm

I “got it”, and loved it! We have plenty of family photos with someone crying. Often it was that now obedient little imp in the center of your photo.
Taylor, Cassidy and Gaby doing their perfect children act made the juxtaposition all the funnier.

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Elizabeth Griffin
January 1, 2018 10:49 pm

Ha ha I can only imagine! Thanks for commenting. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
Elizabeth

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Trish
January 25, 2018 3:09 pm

I love the second photo. Zak with glasses on. It’s priceless. He has that silly grin as if he’s getting away with something! 🙂

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