Deck the halls

by chuckofish

This dualpersonality has been decorating, too. Marjorie and the little Dutch girl always sit in the chair. Marjorie was my mother’s doll, and although she has seen better days, I think she seems cheered up by the festive company she is keeping. The wonderfully late 1950s Santa I received on my first or second birthday. I couldn’t say Santa Clause so I called him Kee-Kaw and the name stuck. He’s a favorite of ours. One of my aunts made the doll with the wild red hair and (if I remember correctly) the primitive angel on Marjorie’s lap. Unfortunately, I can no longer remember which Aunt was responsible. Can anyone help? The two snowmen are new and store-bought but I like their expressions.

These dolls occupy an 18th century Windsor chair from the Sargent side of my family. It sits in a corner of my living room under a couple of etchings and next to the big bookcase that my mother bought and stained many, many years ago.