cindysnow3 said:
My question may seem odd to others, but why such a major holiday as "Christmas", especially with young children, would ya just umm.. say "forget" to charge batteries for your video camera? Johns' answer basically just doesn't cut it with me, because he contradicts his own self. This information is from his and Patsy's own book. So for him to say they didn't make home video's since Beth's death is a flat lie because they did. I don't believe anything this man says. I just wonder why they for some reason or another didn't want videos done on this Chrismas morning? Does anyone know if they had videos made Christmas of 1995? I don't have this book and can't find info anywhere except that they had Christmas '95 in Boulder.
Cindy, perhaps John gave the excuse of not having the batteries charged because he did take Christmas morning video but for some reason he did not want anyone to see them. So he pretended the video was never shot.
JMO
Not every family is consistent with the video and photography. My husband and I are complete doorknobs when it comes to remembering cameras, video. We usually remember on Christmas morning that we have no film, or the video battery is dead. We lose parts, cords, etc.
We had a video camera, used it for a few years, then started to use it sporadically. I would guess around 97 or 98 is out last video we ever took. Had our child been murdered around then, the lack of video would not have been due to any desire on our part to cover it up.
I completely understand not always having the video camera ready at the right moment.