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AI: Any memories of Christmas or holiday season or New Year's that year?

MY: Christmas was very grim. [Laughs]

TY: Gosh, I don't remember Christmas at all, that year, do you?

JY: Uh-uh.

TY: Boy that is, I never thought of it, but that's right. It was December, so... oh that's strange. No, I don't remember anything about Christmas, how we celebrated or we, whether we even -- well, we must have had a Christmas tree.

MY: Yeah. A Christmas tree?

TY: Try to have some semblance of normal --

JY: I wouldn't be surprised, but I don't remember.

MY: I think for Joe's sake, we --

TY: Yeah, probably did.

MY: -- did continue. 'Cause he was still a child. And I don't remember if we bought anything, or a Christmas tree?

TY: Or New Year's?

JY: I have pictures of a Christmas tree and we played with a train and stuff.

MY: That year?

TY: But that was, might have been --

JY: No, see I don't exactly --

TY: -- that one might have been the year before.

MY: Year before. Yeah, we had that electric train, I don't know whether you got it out, because -- I think we must have, because we wanted to keep a semblance of normality --

TY: Yeah, yeah right.

MY: -- for your, for Joe's sake.

TY: And New Year's.

MY: Yeah, it was a big deal most other times. But Dad wasn't there.

JY: That's funny that you guys don't remember that period, either. You know?

TY: Well, I think maybe it must be...

JY: You blocked it out.

MY: Yeah, I think so, I think so.

TY: In denial maybe, I don't know.

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