Since my first Christmas, I've been going to the Western Heritage Museum (now Durham) to see the Christmas tree and Santa. My parents have Polaroids (remember those?) from every single year of my young life (excluding the year spent in New Jersey), and when I was old enough to go by myself, I would take any of my friends along with me. We would create home videos in the train and teepee displays, and say hello to Santa always. As a kid, my sister and I would dress up, get to see the largest tree in Omaha, explore the basement full of Omaha artifacts and history, ride in the old-fashioned elevator, and if we were really good, have a treat of peppermint ice cream at the soda fountain. Going to Western Heritage Museum was one of my fondest memories as a child, and it is one that I will definitely miss this year.
Last year, my sister and I hired my good friend Eric to take our photos for a surprise Christmas gift for our parents. Naturally we went to the Western Heritage Museum and it was wonderful! When there was a renaming ceremony earlier in the year, the Omaha World Herald asked readers to send in their favorite memories of the museum, and they actually published mine! I have it saved away in a special box, to look at for years to come!
Here are a few of the pictures, only the ones that I have on my newest computer, but if you're ever at my parent's house at Christmas you will see the years of Polaroids lining the mantle!
With Rachel and Jody (and Santa and Mrs. Clause) in 2001
Bret, in front of the tree in 2002
2006
last year!
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