{"id":852,"date":"2011-01-13T16:48:19","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T21:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=852"},"modified":"2012-04-24T16:00:11","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T20:00:11","slug":"another-old-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=852","title":{"rendered":"Another Old Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our holiday season officially ends with the traditional celebration of Old Christmas. It takes place at our Community Building the first Saturday after the new year begins. This year I had a good time and downed plenty of roasted oysters.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Dave Harvey is shooting a couple of stories for National Geographic, and one of them is about the Outer Banks. I first met him when he was shooting another Outer Banks assignment back in 1986. We attended Old Christmas together back then, so this year was a sort of reunion<\/em>. Here he works at the oyster shoot.<\/em> Look for his story in an upcoming issue.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Joey O’Neal demonstrates the fine art of roasting oysters to his son Joey Jr. No doubt, Joey’s dad taught him the same thing. Back on the left, Willy Smith shucks a raw one.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/span>Here comes John Edgar leading Old Buck.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It’s been a long time since I’ve seen anyone mount Old Buck.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Old Buck is led away only to return next year.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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When Old Christmas is over, we get one more look at our tree, then take it down.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

For more, see my blog entry from the January 2009 Old Christmas.<\/span><\/p>\n


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