Christmas Picture 1 (A Christmas Theme?)

So, you may have read about Aunt Smitty, her son Bert and Bert's wife Jane here before (if not, here is the link). If you don't want to read, you can still tell it all by this picture.

Smitty, the mother, is being hugged by her son Bert here. She is thrilled to be in the spotlight (a rare smile in this picture). Assuming this was in the early 1960s*, Smitty was around 70 in this picture Bert was in his early 50s and Jane 5 years older.

Jane's grimace says all you have to know about how she feels about "Mother Lewis". She is particularly annoyed because we celebrated Christmas on her birthday (Dec 21) and to have her spotlight taken by Smitty was infuriating. 

For Gavin, Lynn and Mom, you may remember that coffee table and couch from my time living with Mark on Laurel Ave in West Hollywood. I loved that stuff.

*I say early 60s because Bert didn't get out of bed after about 1965. And there is a doll unwrapped under the tree, which means Martha was old enough to love dolls. Martha had a doll fetish thru the early 60s, but not until after 1962-ish.