'Tis the Season to be jolly! Welcome to a tradition of over 60 years of holiday greeting cards from the A.L. & Audrey Vitter family of New Orleans, with more recent cards from the next generation families of Tootie & Jim Jackoniski, Mark & Mary Vitter, and Jeff & Sharon Vitter. More will be added as they become available. Enjoy!
Holidays 1945. . . Al III is wondering, "What have I started?" |
Holidays 1946. . . Martha Louise (Tootie) enters the scene. |
Holidays 1947. . . Al's lecture style hasn't changed. |
Holidays 1948. . . Donna's entrée. |
Holidays 1949. . . |
Holidays 1950. . . |
Holidays 1951. . . Mark enters the scene. |
Holidays 1952. . . |
Holidays 1953. . . |
Holidays 1954. . . |
Holidays 1955. . . with baby Jeff. |
Holidays 1956. . . at the former park on Walmsley |
Holidays 1957. . .at the front door of our new home at 4100 Vincennes Place. |
Holidays 1958. . . |
Holidays 1959. . . in the newly remodeled downstairs at 4100. |
Holidays 1960. . . |
Holidays 1961. . . David enters the scene. |
Holidays 1962. . . Al returns from freshman year at Notre Dame. |
Holidays 1963. . . with Queenie in front of 4100. (Rex took the picture.) |
Holidays 1964. . . |
Holidays 1965. . . |
Holidays 1966. . . One of the few years no one was at Notre Dame. |
Holidays 1967. . . |
Holidays 1968. . . Virtual long distance to Donna doing study abroad in Paris. |
Holidays 1969. . . |
Holidays 1970. . . with Tootie holding newly born Jason Jackoniski. |
Holidays 1971. . . |
Holidays 1972. . . with Bee-Gees lookalikes. |
Holidays 1973. . . Jeff returns from first semester at Notre Dame in the wee hours of the morning, when this picture was taken.. ND beat 'Bama 24–23 the following week in the Sugar Bowl for the national championship . |
Holidays 1974. . . Donna and Bill visit from Boston. |
Holidays 1975. . . with newlyweds Al & Alison. |
Holidays 1976 . . . |
Holidays 1977. . . Meg's first holiday picture; she's frightened stiff. Is Mark really there? Photoshop has nothing on Père. |
Holidays 1978 . . at Mark & Mary's wedding in Lorain, Ohio. Also showing Jason J., Joli J., and Meg V. (on Queenie). Jim J.'s first Vitter Christmas card. And believe it or not, this card is Mimi & Père's first appearance as well. |
Holidays 1980. . . showing off Pere's new toy after his retirement as chief engineer at Chevron. Little Al (IV) joins the scene. |
Holidays 1981. . . |
Holidays 1982. . . at Jeff & Sharon's wedding in Paola, Kansas. Mimi & Père join the holiday pictures now on a regular basis. |
Holidays 1983. . . in front of 4100. |
Holidays 1984. . . with baby Nick on Queenie. |
Holidays 1985. . . in the backyard. |
Holidays 1985. . . Jillian arrives on the scene at 12 Benefit St. in Providence, Rhode Island. |
Holidays 1986. . . |
Holidays 1986. . . Jeff, Sharon, & Jillian on sabbatical by the Tour Eiffel in Paris, with Parisienne Donna. |
Holidays 1986. . . |
Holidays 1987. . . at the reunion in Destin, Florida. |
Holidays 1987. . . |
Holidays 1988. . . with baby Lisette. |
Holidays 1988. . . with baby Scott in Providence. |
Holidays 1989. . . at Mark & Mary's home. |
Holidays 1989. . . |
Holidays 1989. . . |
Holidays 1990. . . in front of 4100 with newlyweds David & Wendy and with Mark holding baby Cameron. |
Holidays 1990. . . |
Valentine's 1991. . . Tootie starts a series of Valentine's Day greetings. |
Holidays 1991. . . Sharon holds newborn Audrey on the back patio at 4100. |
Holidays 1992. . . at the New Orleans Country Club with Mary holding baby Peyton. |
Holidays 1992. . . |
Holidays 1992. . . |
Valentine's 1993. . . |
Mimi & Pere's 50th Anniversary, June 1993. . . in Destin, Florida with the grandkids. Joli holds baby cousin Sophie. |
Holidays 1993. . . photo taken at Mimi & Pere's 50th Anniversary in Destin, with Jean Pierre and baby Sophie. |
Holidays 1993. . . at Destin. |
Holidays 1993. . . at Destin. |
Holidays 1994. . . at 4100. |
Holidays 1994. . . in Durham. |
Holidays 1994. . . |
Valentine's 1995. . . |
Holidays 1995. . . with the grandkids at Mark & Mary's. |
Holidays 1995. . . |
Holidays 1995. . . |
Holidays 1996. . . at Al & Alison's. |
Holidays 1996. . . at Jeff & Sharon's new home in Croasdaile Farms in Durham, N.C. |
Holidays 1996. . . |
Valentine's 1997. . . |
Holidays 1997. . . at the Biloxi reunion, with babies Airey and Lise. |
Holidays 1997. . . at Biloxi. (Answers to the puzzle on previous year's post card: 1. Jillian; 2. Jeff; 3. Audrey; 4. Sharon; 5. Scott.) |
Holidays 1997. . . |
Valentine's 1998. . . |
Holidays 1998. . . at David & Wendy's. |
Holidays 1998. . . déjeuner chez Vitter on sabbatical in Valbonne, France. |
Holidays 1998. . . |
Valentine's 1999. . . . |
Holidays 1999. . . at David's Congressional election celebration. |
Holidays 1999. . . at Foxwood Place. |
Holidays 1999. . . |
Valentine's 2000. . . . |
Holidays 2000. . . at Joli & Reed's wedding on the beach in Destin. Mimi & Père's last Christmas card. |
Holidays 2000. . . also from Destin. |
Valentine's 2001. . . . also from Destin. |
Holidays 2001. . . at Delphi, Greece, searching for the oracle. |
Holidays 2001. . . in Paris. |
Valentine's 2002. . . . |
Holidays 2002. . . with the new pups Mario and Luigi. |
Holidays 2002. . . |
Valentine's 2003. . . . |
Holidays 2003. . . on the bridge over the Wabash between West Lafayette and Lafayette, Indiana. |
Valentine's 2004. . . |
Holidays 2004. . . at Jason & Devon's wedding. |
Holidays 2004. . . |
Valentine's 2005. . . . introducing baby Ryan Martic. |
Holidays 2005. . . |
Valentine's 2006. . . . |
Holidays 2006. . . |
Valentine's 2007. . . . |
Holidays 2007. . . on caravan in Egypt with Donna. |
Valentine's 2008. . . .introducing baby Oliver J. |
Holidays 2008. . . with Donna hiding from the jinns in Morocco. |
Valentine's 2009. . . . introducing Georgia Lou Martic. |
Holidays 2009. . . at Kate and Steve's in Kansas. |
Holidays 2009. . . Scott surrounded by his South Bend E. Washington St. housemates Aron, Bill, Cameron, Pat, Jamie, and Pat. |
Holidays 2009. . . at Destin. |
Valentine's 2010. . . . introducing Cheney J. |