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Christmas 1969, image one

Christmas dinner at my grandparents' house in Floral Park, NY, 1969. Left, My mother, Rosemarie; My Aunt Barbara; My uncle Patrick; one of my aunt's sisters (I can't remember her name); my uncle Ralph; my aunt Loraine and cousin Mary. View full size.

Christmas dinner at my grandparents' house in Floral Park, NY, 1969. Left, My mother, Rosemarie; My Aunt Barbara; My uncle Patrick; one of my aunt's sisters (I can't remember her name); my uncle Ralph; my aunt Loraine and cousin Mary. View full size.

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I used to play office

with the punch cards my dad brought home from his job at IBM. And remember the Christmas trees made from folding each page of a Reader's Digest and then spraying it green or gold?

Wreath

Indeed... Younger visitors wouldn't understand the significance of the tacky crafts made from discarded (pardon the pun) punch cards. Christmas trees and wreaths come to mind. Anyone who worked with computers back in the mid-70s always had boxes and boxes of them hanging about.

And here is a great home decorating idea... Punch card window blinds
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/06/computer_punch_card_windo.html

There is a resurgence in the form of stamp art made on punch cards.
http://www.washingtonpavilion.org/VisualArtsCenter/events/punchcardart.c...

Punch Card Wreath

That's a nifty gold spray painted wreath made out of IBM cards on the wall!

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