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Image: rawpixel.com Hello Dear Readers, I've enjoyed writing about some favorite holiday memories over the past few years. This week, I thought I'd "round" them all up to share as my Christmas 2025 post. I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I did writing them.  If you have your own holiday memories to share, please drop a comment or post a link to your own stories. I'd love to read them. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Nancy My Holiday Blog Post Round Up  Butter Cookies - No Christmas was complete without Mom's wonderful cookies (recipe included)! Mom's Chocolate-Covered Cherries Caper - How my mom unwittingly became a Christmas thief! Spider's Christmas - A fun holiday story written by our daughter, Anne, about how this tiny creature learned about Christmas.   My Mom, the Queen of Christmas - No one loved to celebrate like Mom! The Thumb's Christmas - Another cute little story written by our Anne for her little brother James. The Fir...
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GENEALOGY CHALLENGE 2021 - Seeing Double

James, dwarfed by a Union Pacific engine.


 
James' grandpa, James Casey, Sr. enjoys his time on a train.

GENEALOGY CHALLENGE 2021

Seeing Double -  January 25th entry of a 31-day challenge to post a document, photo or artifact on social media every day in January.  

by Nancy Gilbride Casey


What is it about little boys and trains? Our son James was enamored of trains from the day he first noticed them as a tiny little guy. 

Whenever we saw one, he would want me to slow down the car so we could watch it, or roll the car windows down so that he could hear the train whistle. He collected Thomas the Tank Engine cars and track. I read him Thomas the Tank Engine books, and we watched the TV show too. With every library trip we took, we looked for any book with a train theme. I'm sure there was a train-themed birthday party at some point too.

James also loved a trip to the train museum with his Papa (James D. Casey, Sr.), or visiting other train exhibits in local small towns. Imagine his thrill when we took a ride on the actual Thomas the Train one year in Grapevine, Texas!

The love of trains must run in the family line: proven by this wonderful black and white photograph of James' Papa, standing on a train stairs when he was a little man. It wonderful to see shared interests passed through generations.


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