Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Dec. 25, 1943
She has a blue Christmas without him; FDR assures Americans peace will prevail
Lowell worked a double shift, or as Thelma put it, “Lowell worked all night and all day, got home at 6:30. Poignantly, she wrote, “The loneliest day of my life to date.” She was surely missing family in Ohio, and with Lowell working, she must have felt desolate. However, she kept busy by baking pumpkin pies and listening to the radio.
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