When our older three kids were school age we had a family photo taken dressed in old fashioned costumes and sent it out as our Christmas card. We had been on vacation in Hayward, WI and thought this was a fun idea. It was printed in a sepia (brown) tone and looked old. Years later, my mom and dad had their picture taken posed as a Civil War general and his fashionable wife. Our son Dave has a portrait in a gunslinger costume. Recently my husband suggested we do this again, this time with the whole family including grandkids. We checked into doing it at a shop in the Mall of America. No time to do it for Christmas cards, the kid won't be home from college in time. There are about six themes you can follow. We narrowed it down to 1920's or Victorian era. I'll bet the grandkids would prefer the medieval costumes but not sure I want one of us to be Merlin the magician. The princess thing might be cool though or the knight in (plastic) armor. Anyway, we will work it in and get a current portrait. It would be much easier to dress like the people in the picture. Wouldn't even hurt if you were having a bad hair day.
Kind of makes you wonder why they bother to take pictures.
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