Christmas Season: Parties & Gifts

December 1984

The ‘84 Christmas season was a busy one …

On December 9, we went to Green Street, a private club in Salt Lake City, for a fundraiser called “Glass Slipper” …

This was our Christmas Tree …

… And this was the tree our landlord put up.

On December 13, we attended a Christmas party at the Maxfield residence …

With Robyn and her son, Taylor.

As was our tradition, we opened gifts on Christmas Eve, December 24 …

Electric footbath/massager from Mui.

This glue gun has served Mui for 27 years.

An appointment book from Mui (L); and an apron from Aunt Lorraine (R).

One of my gifts to Mui was a sweater to keep him warm.

A Christmas Eve photo from Turkey.  My paternal aunt and her family always visited on December 24 to help my mother and sister celebrate their Christmas Eve birthdays …

On Christmas Night, we were invited to the home of Connie and Rudy (Robyn’s parents) …

Here I am with Mr Christiansen … or as he was fondly known, Mr C.

Merry Christmas

Christmas 1983

Mom and Aylin share a Christmas Eve birthday.  So, it was a tradition in our house to open Christmas gifts on December 24.  After Mui and I got married and moved to the US, that tradition continued.

Yes, we went a bit crazy with the gift giving.  After all, we weren’t together for our first Christmas in the US; Mui was at Air Force Basic Training, and I was in Wichita with my brother.  In our defense, many of the gifts were from friends, and we bought “household” stuff as joint gifts for each other.

Music box from the Pinskis.

Duck decoy lint brush from the Rapps.

Pair of  “Christmas Love” mugs from Mui.

Six chocolate “Kisses” from me.

Gloves from Mui.

Wool sweater from me.

I opened the practical “house” gifts; Mui used them.
Left: Thin Slicer; Right: Pressure Cooker

Left: Brass Planter; Right: Turkish Rummikub

That's what I call a microwave!

Mom made the Christmas stockings for us.

And here we are on Christmas Day …

Merry Christmas!

It was a great first Christmas together since starting our married life.

Company Christmas Party at La Caille

14 December 1983

The Petrolex Christmas party started out with cocktails at the Maxfield residence and then continued with dinner at La Caille, located in Little Cottonwood Canyon.

With Sandy and Andrew.

The Petrolex Gang with their spouses.
(L to R: Dave & Joan Dallof; Robyn & Burke Maxfield; Andrew & Sandy Parker;
the little boy on the far left – Taylor Maxfield.)

This wasn’t our first time to La Caille — we’d had dinner there in July.  (Click here for that post, and photos of the grounds and interior.)  The atmosphere was much more festive on this occasion.  A good time was had by all.

By the way, the red dress I wore for the occasion was the evening gown I had custom-sewn for my high school graduation ball.  I got more wear out of what could have been a one-time-wear dress after I had it shortened to cocktail-length.