Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, December 19, 1945

Made a water-color of a memory from childhood – the night before Christmas – (the little brick house - Joe woke up and said he had heard Santa’s reindeers beating on the roof – I believed him) - 

Everyone is charmed with the picture when I bring it in late in the afternoon - 

Evening – to meet Mart - Her train is late - marked for midnight but she comes on an earlier train which gets in at 11:00. - 

When we went to park, we got stuck at the foot of the incline, at the traffic circle. A man behind us tried to push us with his car, but our bumpers got entangled. Almost immediately a state guard truck spied us, back up to us, freed the bumpers & pulled us out in less time than it takes to write this. 

Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, December 19, 1945