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1007 West Oregon
Urbana, Illinois
December 28, 1955

Dear folks,

We got a lot of fun out of opening your many presents. Penelope was too scary to play in the papers, as Paddypaws used to do, but stood timidly looking into them as I swung her new ball around in them. Jack has tried on the shirts and found them fitting, and appreciates them very much; he will probably wear one for his interview in N.Y.C. tomorrow. The painting is especially nice. The slippers are quite satisfactory.

We went up Friday night and stayed at Jack's mother's place. On both Saturday and Sunday night we were entertained by the Mrazes with big meals. They opened gifts on Christmas eve after supper. The present which I most appreciated from the folks in Chicago was a wall lamp; now I do not have to move the lamp every time we eat to the dining wall and back afterwards.

I came back Monday night by train. Jack flew to N.Y.C. yesterday and will return to Chicago on Friday night. The Cederstrands have been giving me dinners as a "widow".

Did you have any snow at Christmas? We had unusually mild and damp (not rainy) weather, which naturally encouraged everybody and his brother out and swelled the accident tolls.

We fell sorry for Sophy. She had better admit her illness to a doctor, if not to the office. Say hello to get from us.

Jack's brother's wife's parents (the Mrazes) are quite disappointed not to be grandparents yet, as Mrs. Mraz (Ann), after a little apple brandy, confessed. She had two daughters,