[The Keith Family Films, No. 12 - Christmas Celebration] captions transcript

[The Keith Family Films, No. 12 - Christmas Celebration]

This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including a Christmas celebration with people opening presents.
Date: December 25, 1975
Creator: Keith, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 4 - Christmas 1970] captions transcript

[The Keith Family Films, No. 4 - Christmas 1970]

This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including a Christmas celebration with two young daughters. Footage includes children opening and playing with presents and mom showing off her new sewing machine. Mom and the children practice blowing kisses at the camera.
Date: December 25, 1970
Creator: Keith, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 15 - Christmas 1976] captions transcript

[The Keith Family Films, No. 15 - Christmas 1976]

This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including a Christmas celebration with people opening presents.
Date: December 25, 1976
Creator: Keith, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 9 - Christmas 1974] captions transcript

[The Keith Family Films, No. 9 - Christmas 1974]

This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including a Christmas celebration with two young daughters. Footage includes family members opening presents.
Date: December 25, 1974
Creator: Keith, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 8 - Holidays and Community Events] captions transcript

[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 8 - Holidays and Community Events]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family from December 1956 through late 1957 and includes their participation in holidays and community events. The film begins with the family celebrating Christmas Day 1956 (00:00-01:46) followed by footage of men bailing hay on Ford tractors (01:46-04:11), and picking up a young woman at a train station (04:11-04:26). The family then takes a trip to the 1957 State Fair of Texas in Dallas where they board a Texas & Pacific Train advertised as "T&P's New Modern Train" (04:29-04:40) and visit a Ford Motor Company exhibit featuring the Ford Typhoon Tractor (04:40-07:12). The Stewart children eat cotton candy and ride carnival rides on the midway including a carousel and Ferris Wheel (07:12-09:10). The film ends with footage of a youth football game (09:10-09:31) and children playing outdoors (09:31-11:49).
Date: 1956-12-25/1957-10
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 18 - Christmas 1977] captions transcript

[The Keith Family Films, No. 18 - Christmas 1977]

This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including a Christmas celebration. Footage includes children looking in their stockings and opening presents under the tree.
Date: December 25, 1977
Creator: Keith, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 10 - Christmas 1974] captions transcript

[The Keith Family Films, No. 10 - Christmas 1974]

This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including a Christmas celebration with people opening presents.
Date: December 25, 1974
Creator: Keith, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 8 - Christmas 1974] captions transcript

[The Keith Family Films, No. 8 - Christmas 1974]

This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including a Christmas celebration with two young daughters. Footage includes women in the kitchen with pastries on the table, children eating large peppermint sticks, and family members opening presents.
Date: December 25, 1974
Creator: Keith, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 13 - Christmas 1975] captions transcript

[The Keith Family Films, No. 13 - Christmas 1975]

This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including a Christmas celebration with people opening presents.
Date: December 25, 1975
Creator: Keith, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 20: Christmas 1977] captions transcript

[The Keith Family Films, No. 20: Christmas 1977]

This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including a Christmas celebration with people opening presents.
Date: December 25, 1977
Creator: Keith, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 16 - Christmas 1976] captions transcript

[The Keith Family Films, No. 16 - Christmas 1976]

This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including a Christmas celebration with people opening presents.
Date: December 25, 1976
Creator: Keith, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 6 - Christmas 1970] captions transcript

[The Keith Family Films, No. 6 - Christmas 1970]

This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including a Christmas celebration with two young daughters. Footage includes the presents in front of the tree and the oldest child waking up to see her presents, including a doll, on Christmas morning.
Date: December 25, 1970
Creator: Keith, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 19 - Christmas 1977] captions transcript

[The Keith Family Films, No. 19 - Christmas 1977]

This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including a Christmas celebration. Footage includes children handing out presents to relatives and opening their gifts.
Date: December 25, 1977
Creator: Keith, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Keith Family Films, No. 7 - Christmas 1971] captions transcript

[The Keith Family Films, No. 7 - Christmas 1971]

This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including a Christmas celebration with two young daughters. Footage includes the children discovering presents under the tree including baby dolls in carriages.
Date: December 25, 1971
Creator: Keith, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The John Covington Family Films, No. 4 - Christmas 1978] captions transcript

[The John Covington Family Films, No. 4 - Christmas 1978]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Covington family including a Christmas celebration. Footage includes family members opening gifts and Carmen riding a tricycle.
Date: December 25, 1978
Creator: Covington, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sammonds Family Videos, No. 21 - Christmas 1991] captions transcript

[Sammonds Family Videos, No. 21 - Christmas 1991]

This home movie excerpt documents the Sammonds family celebrating Christmas. The footage, shot by Laurel Sammonds, includes Uncle Jeff and other family members, and the Christmas decorations.
Date: December 25, 1991
Creator: Sammonds, Ron, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sammonds Family Videos, No.5 - Christmas 1987] captions transcript

[Sammonds Family Videos, No.5 - Christmas 1987]

This home movie excerpt documents the Sammonds family celebrating Christmas including the children looking in their stockings, opening presents, adult relatives socializing, eating Christmas dinner, and flying model airplanes.
Date: December 25, 1987
Creator: Sammonds, Ron, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sammonds Family Videos, No. 15 - Christmas 1989] captions transcript

[Sammonds Family Videos, No. 15 - Christmas 1989]

This home movie excerpt documents the Sammonds family playing in a park on Christmas Day 1989. Ron Sammonds interviews 13-year-old Laurel Sammonds, Sarah Kutra [sp.], and Dave Sammonds.
Date: December 25, 1989
Creator: Sammonds, Ron, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lally Family Videos, No. 3 - Christmas 1999] captions transcript

[Lally Family Videos, No. 3 - Christmas 1999]

This home movie excerpt documents the Lally family's Christmas celebration and includes footage of the family opening presents and playing with their gifts.
Date: December 25, 1999
Creator: Lally
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bigler Family Videos, No. 20 - Christmas Day 1989] captions transcript

[Bigler Family Videos, No. 20 - Christmas Day 1989]

This home movie excerpt documents the family's Christmas celebration including Christopher playing with his new toys, family opening their gifts, grandfather playing a harmonica, opening champagne, and eating dinner.
Date: December 25, 1989
Creator: Bigler
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lally Family Videos, No. 26 - Christmas 2001] captions transcript

[Lally Family Videos, No. 26 - Christmas 2001]

This home movie excerpt documents Lauren Lindsey playing with a new toy car and thanking her grandparents Lally for her Christmas presents.
Date: December 25, 2001
Creator: Lally
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Burgess Family Videos, No. 6 - Christmas 1992] captions transcript

[The Burgess Family Videos, No. 6 - Christmas 1992]

This home movie excerpt documents the Burgess family's activities on Christmas morning including Greer waking up sister Emily, mother preparing breakfast pastries, the family opening presents, and Greer playing a Sega videogame.
Date: December 25, 1992
Creator: Burgess
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bigler Family Videos, No. 7 - Christmas Morning 1990] captions transcript

[Bigler Family Videos, No. 7 - Christmas Morning 1990]

This home movie excerpt documents Christopher Bigler discovering presents delivered by Santa Claus on Christmas morning, looking at toys in his stocking, and opening presents.
Date: December 25, 1990
Creator: Bigler
System: The Portal to Texas History