Elvis - december 24

1955

Elvis stays home for Christmas.

1956

Accompanied by Dottie Harmony, a showgirl Elvis dated in Las Vegas, he went Christmas shopping at
Lamar Airways Center

1957

Elvis wrote a letter to the Memphis Draft Board to request officially a deferment for the filming of his new motion picture: " so these folks will not lose so much money, with all they have done so far."

1958

Elvis helped decorating the company's Christmas tree. He also entertained his fellow soldiers with a moving version of Silent Night.

1959

Elvis had skin treatments since a little while. However, they came to an abrupt end,
when Elvis accused Griessel Landau of making sexual advances.
In responds Elvis was threatened with blackmail by the "doctor", about 16 year old girls
which he knew Elvis was seeing. Elvis phoned the Colonel and the day after Elvis went to the army's Provost Marshal Division, which referred the case to the FBI.
Griessel Kandau was not a real doctor and after a small payment, he flew to London and that was the end of it.

1964

Elvis signed another one-year lease on the Perugia Way house to run through the following year.

1965

Elvis bought some gifts from Harry Levitch, including gold wristwatches, one with the initials
"GK" (George Klein) and one with "EP", some diamond rings, bracelets and charms and a butterfly pin

1966

Pressure had been mounting on Presley for years from the Beaulieu family and from the Colonel, rumors had been swirling for months even amongst Elvis fans, and he'd had an engagement ring made six months previously, but not until today does the singer get on one knee during Christmas celebrations at Graceland and present Priscilla Beaulieu with the three-carat ring, saying, "We're going to be married."

1967

A lot of party supplies were rented from Dixie Rents for the Graceland Christmas party. The ground were decorated with the usual life-size Nativity scene and 8 lighted garland trees were rented too. Nowadays they are owned by Graceland.

1970

Again Elvis gave away some Mercedeses. This time to Sonny West, who was about to get married, Dr. Nick and Bill Morris. In the early morning he visited the Memphis Police headquarters "to say hello, to the men and women who had to work on Christmas."

1971

Elvis purchased a watch of $1,100, a ring of $500 and a chain of $1,200 form Lowell Hays. This transaction took place in the Memphian's men's room.

1973

Almost every evening was spent at the movies, except for tonight:
Elvis had surgery to remove an ingrown toenail at a podiatrist's office in Memphis.

1974

Elvis loses interest suddenly in The New Gladiators, and production is immediately shut down, even though investors responded favorably to a recent presentation.
The official explanation, however, centers around the King's recent health problems.

1975

Presley awakes from a dream in which his friends all leave him after they discover he is bankrupt. So upset is Elvis about this dream, which he sees as a premonition, that he orders the guests, through others at Graceland, to leave immediately.