It's a little late for Christmas, but I just found this today. Here is the link to more of Jim Shearin's work
http://www.commercialappeal.com/photos/galleries/2010/jun/30/jim-shearin-gallery/ . Apparently, he was a photographer for the Commercial Appeal in Memphis TN. for years.

Caption:
Scotty, 3, and Richie, 5, Cochran, sons of Mr. & Mrs. Rick Cochran of 3460 Freland Drive check on the Christmas tree their family purchased at Mendenhall Mall on December 13, 1979. Photographer Jim Shearin, who joined the newspaper staff in 1962, died of congestive heart failure June 19. He was 76. ( Jim Shearin / The Commercial Appeal)

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