11/20/15

Fred Royce was busily deciding which pose to use for the next Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament, so he enlisted the help of his niece Mary Jane, who was strapped to the front of his car as he drove up and down the neighborhood at various speeds.

Frannie had a ball at the Coughlin Tool & Die Christmas party, but limited herself to two Manhattans and was also careful not to spoil her new maternity top with any cigarette burns since she only owned five total!

Rare file photo of The Swooney Sisters, THE hot girl trio during The Crimean War, as they were later reunited for a family reunion. Bessie, Flossie and Esther Faye's harmonies (and curvy figures) had made all the difference to the French servicemen they entertained during the 1853-1856 conflict.

Tina May and Dave were quite relieved when neighbor JoAnn and her son Tommy dropped in for an unexpected visit because it meant they would have help extricating themselves from the tree and presents they'd been caught behind for the last fifteen minutes.

It's not that Uncle Lon wasn't grateful for all the gifts, but after receving a scary head statuette, a model kit of The Bride of Frankenstein and a hardback copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula, he began to wonder if his nieces and nephews were trying to tell him something!

Everyone thought that Al had gone prematurely gray shortly after purchasing Edgar the blackbird, but upon closer inspection they realized he was still a true brunette and that the problem lay elsewhere...