Throwback Thursday: Merry Christmas!

From the team at My Ballard, wishing you all a merry Christmas!

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Black and white photo of a Christmas tree. Uknown date. It is decorated with tinsel, lace handkerchief, period greeting cards, photos, dolls, etc.

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On a rainy December 12, 1948, crowds gathered to watch Ballard’s annual Children’s Parade. The parade was just one highlight of the Seattle district’s annual Scandinavian Christmas Festival .
This photo, taken during the 1948 Ballard Scandinavian Christmas Festival, shows a line of children getting ready to march in the annual parade. Many of the children wear folk costume and clutch raincoats in case it starts to rain again.

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Santa Claus surrounded by children, Seattle, 1949

Photos and captions courtesy of Ballard Historical Society and MOHAI Museum.

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