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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Polly Dunbar

A tree of memories: how one family’s Christmas tradition tells the story of their lives

Emma and Neil, pictured with their son Joshua, are turning their happiest memories into Christmas decorations.
Emma and Neil, pictured with their son Joshua, are turning their happiest memories into Christmas decorations. Photograph: Jon Tonks/The Guardian. Prop stylist: Zan Morley. Hair and makeup: Freya Steadman at Gingersnap

Every November, Emma Rose and her husband Neil sit down together and look back through their photographs from the past year. Holidays, trips to the park and seaside with their two-year-old son, Joshua, and many other precious family moments – they’ve captured them all.

Viewing these memories isn’t just a lovely way to remind themselves of everything they’ve done together. It’s part of a touching festive tradition that the couple, from Midsomer Norton in Somerset, began when they got married eight years ago, and which they hope to continue for the rest of their lives.

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