I should have posted these photos on 26 December 2013: fifty years later.
My parents were married (at Our Lady of Fatima, Ottawa) on Boxing Day, 1963.
Well, I am biased, of course (I mean, obviously), but these photos, taken before I was born, seem to lend support to my recollections that my mother had a smile that could light up a room, and that my father was a bit of a handsome young rogue in his day.
John Alexander Moran, 6 September 1934-14 March 2013
Catherine Frances McGlade, 10 October 1939-22 December 1912
My parents were also married on Boxing day!
Hi Helen,
I always loved the holiday, Christmas-y feel to my parents’ wedding anniversary.
And my parents used to have an annual Open House on Boxing Day. I think it began as something informal (‘What are you doing on Boxing Day? Why not drop by if you get a chance?’), but by the time I was 10 or 11 years old, it had become an annual tradition, with friends, family, and neighbours descending on our house for a big party every 26th of December.
Where were your parents married?