“You’re not expecting to see something adorable and cuddly, and then you do, and the brain interprets that as a reward,” said Olav Krigolson, a neurologist at the University of Victoria. You are fortunate because you are on our “good” list for this year, and we want to thank you by providing you with some photographs that will undoubtedly induce a tingling feeling deep inside your heart.
We’d like to send you a gift in the shape of 15 heartwarming photographs that, because of their pure sweetness and wholesomeness, will put you in a joyful frame of mind.
P.S. We do not anticipate receiving cookies or milk in exchange.
1. “So my father and I went to Disneyland to recreate a beloved family photo.”
2. “Today, my father emailed me a photo of my grandparents holding these gorgeous newborn goats.”
3. “I’ve been having a lot of fun shooting our baby.”
4. “One car, four generations.” Packard Clipper, 1942. Parents, great-grandparents, ourselves, and our children.
5. “The recreation of my 11 brothers and sisters’ family portrait after 20 years.”
6. “My grandmother just turned 100!”
7. “35 years apart, father and son”
8. “In 1993, I attempted to serve my parents breakfast in bed.”
9. “It was the first time my grandfather saw my pet.”
10. “My kid wanted to dress up as Ash for Halloween, so his baby sister dressed up as Pikachu.”
11. “My 80-year-old grandparents are taking a walk together, holding each other’s hands.”
12. “Even at the age of ten, I’m ecstatic with the family I’ve built for myself.”
13. “I remember doing a father/daughter dance somewhere in the late ’80s or early ’90s, and then again at my wedding in 2013!”
14. “It’s my buddy and his daughter. Like father, like daughter.”
15. “It’s hard to comprehend how tiny and adorable we all used to be.”
