Saturday, December 25, 1920


Beautiful, bright cool ideal Christmas day. Arose 3:30 A.M. To 215 P.B. Out with D.S. R. in Kingsbury's Kar to sing Carols with E.L. 26 in 4 cars. To Church for breakfast. Home. Distribution of gifts around tree. Fooled around. Bowled at Morse with H.H. Home. To Party at Gertrude Anthony's house with D.S.R. 16 present. Good time. To bed 2:30 A.M.

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I have at last identified the Kingsburys, mentioned a few times in Stanford's diary this year, thanks to his clue about where they live: 215 P.B.[Parkwood Boulevard]. They are Whalen and Agnes Kingsbury, and they have two sons, Charles and Fred, and an Irish servant, Martha McCabe. In 1920 Mr. Kingsbury worked at a Warehouse, perhaps the one Stanford worked at the previous summer.

I think Stanford's pictures of what he did that day (note the M.T. for mistletoe) are cute!

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