Paula loved the original Strawberry Shortcake dolls

With the holidays drawing ever closer, it seems a good time to look back, both today and next Monday, at some slide images from Christmas past. I shared at least some of these pictures back in May 2017, but happily I recently had the chance to re-scan them and come up with more vivid and realistic colors. They were shot during Christmas 1983, when my niece and nephews were very young and living in Anaheim. I also include one image that I overlooked two weeks ago, of my dog, Phoebe, at home in December 1983.

Dave unwraps the Sit ‘n Spin

Kevin and Dave try out the Sit ‘n Spin