Photographs and stories by Jim Grey

Since 2007

Tag: holidays

Photographic holiday memories: A story from my book, A Place to Start

A story of a Polaroid camera for Christmas.

16 December 2020
A COVID-19 Thanksgiving

Because of the pandemic, we choose to celebrate Thanksgiving only with family members who already live here.

26 November 2020
Christmas spaghetti

One of my family’s Christmas traditions used to be a big spaghetti meal.

24 December 2019
The Christmas experience

Blending Christmas traditions between two established families is hard, it turns out!

24 December 2018
Photos of Christmases past

Just some photographs I’ve taken of Christmastime scenes over the years.

25 December 2017
The Christmas card you didn’t get from me

I stopped sending annual Christmas cards years ago. Here’s the story of how and why.

20 December 2017
Photographic holiday memories

A rerun, from 2008 and 2012, as this Christmas nears. Now with new photos. My grandparents always owned the latest Polaroid cameras, and they passed on that tradition in 1977 when they bought my brother and me Polaroid Super Shooter cameras for Christmas. When I unwrapped the gift, I remember thinking how cool the box…

23 December 2016
Always meet a fellow blogger when you get the chance

Our day along Northern Ireland’s Atlantic coast brought us near the home of fellow film photography blogger Michael McNeill. He writes the North East Liberties blog, which is named for the area of Northern Ireland that Michael calls home. When he read here that we were coming to Ireland, he wrote to offer a meetup. We…

12 October 2016
What’s the best compact 35mm film camera to take on vacation?

As I get ready to visit Ireland with Margaret later this year, I’ve been trying to decide which film camera to take with me. I’d love to shoot nothing but film over there, but ay yi yi the cost of processing the film when I get back! So I’ll pack my digital Canon PowerShot S95.…

1 August 2016
Making traditions up as you go

A rerun from Nov. 2011, with an update at the end. It’s my ex-wife’s turn to enjoy Thanksgiving with our sons, so I’ll be home alone tonight. Don’t weep for me – we had the family, the fine china, the turkey, and the post-dinner coma last Saturday. When I was small, we always had Thanksgiving…

27 November 2015
Christmas memories

My youngest son wondered aloud this year why my Christmas-tree decorations are all glass bulb ornaments. I like the way they reflect the lights! I do hang one non-bulb ornament on my tree. When I was in Kindergarten, my teacher gave every student a shiny red plastic bell ornament onto which she painted their name,…

14 December 2012
Christmas spaghetti

We started having the big family Christmas gathering at my house when I rented my church’s parsonage after my wife and I split. You’d think that holiday hosting duties wouldn’t fall to the newly single guy, but logistically it just made sense. I was pinching pennies thanks to exorbitant lawyer bills, and that first Christmas…

22 December 2011