Kids
Santa’s Pants
“The year is 2001. You get your kids ready to take them to the mall photo store for Christmas pictures. Years later your kids question your judgement of putting them all in Santa’s pants.”
(submitted by IG @michellehagan)
Just Dad
“My Dad decided to wear this shirt on family vacation in 1993.”
(submitted by IG @thatslaurendyas)
Taking The Plunge
“My father took this picture of me, the toddler in the pink coat, at the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris in 1978. All the adults look happy, but oblivious to the girl falling in the water in the background.”
(submitted by Catherine)
Welcome To The Dollhouse
“This is a photo of me when I was about 2 years old around Christmas time. I’m at a house that was decorated every year with hundreds of dolls in various Christmas-themed scenes, but what a pyramid of dolls has to do with Christmas, I don’t know. I don’t remember this at all, so I must have blocked out the creepiness.”
(submitted by Erin)
Waste Management
“I get it, the 70’s were a bit different. But one photo explains my lifetime of poor self-esteem.”
(submitted by Melissa)
“C” Is For “Creepy”
“Found this gem while digitizing the family photos. It was taken sometime in the late 70s in Des Moines, Iowa. I’m the little guy with Cookie Monster and my brother, who’s sole comment upon seeing this photo was, ‘miss that hat.'”
(submitted by David)
Facebag
“I was a cool kid, with my 8-bit face on my tote bag just in case we got separated.”
(submitted by Victoria)
Into The Woods
“We were going for the perfect family photo. Our son had other ideas.”
(submitted by IG @sybkirk)
Pose-pourri
“The Sears portrait photographer couldn’t figure out how to get the families to stand/sit cohesively, so she came up with this pose with me sitting on my husband’s back, trying to get our oldest son to look and smile at the camera. My husband was annoyed, my father-in-law (standing) was done with the photo session & this became our family photo of 2009.”
(submitted by Elizabeth)
