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CHRISTMAS ART BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
From the Michigan Military Academy "The Adjutant" - Ed Burroughs, Editor

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PERSONALLY DRAWN FAMILY XMAS CARDS BY ED BURROUGHS
Back when the money was tight



CHRISTMAS CARDS BY ERB's NEPHEW
STUDLEY OLDHAM BURROUGHS
From his FAMILY CHRISTMAS MEMORIES site: ERBzine 1977


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TARZAN'S FIRST XMAS :: HAL FOSTER

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CHRISTMAS 1942 WITH ED BURROUGHS IN AUSTRALIA
The oldest correspondent of WWII on R&R from reporting duties in New Caledonia
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ERBzine 1019: ERB: The War Years | alt: ERBzine.com/war
ERBzine 1035: ERB: Illustrated Timeline 1942
ERBzine 1046: Edgar Rice Burroughs in Australia
December 24, 1942 ~ January 10, 1943



Christmas Eve 1942
Ed Burroughs in AustraliaEd arose before dawn on the Christmas Eve morning of 1942, admiring the Southern Cross on his way over to the kitchen where he cajoled the cook into opening a can of tomato juice. An army truck took him to the airport where he joined a dozen service men in boarding a DC3 marine transport bound for Sydney, Australia. It was a tiresome and uncomfortable eight-hour trip. Because of the onboard auxiliary fuel tanks they were not allowed to smoke. The passengers were hungry and cold and many of them had to lie on the floor as there were not enough of the notoriously uncomfortable seats for everyone.

Upon arriving at Sydney's Mascot Field they boarded a navy bus for downtown Sydney. The bus came to a sudden stop, however, when the baggage that had been stowed on the roof -- including Ed's typewriter -- fell off onto the concrete pavement. The hotels were packed, but with the help of the billeting officer, Ed and his friend, Ham Freeman, each got a room at Usher's Hotel. Ed's room had a bath and lavatory but no W.C.  Ed reported to the Public Relations Officer, who telegraphed General MacArthur's HQs to check for mail. There was none. He was expecting a letter from Ralph Rothmund with information about which banks held ERB, Inc.'s frozen Australian royalties. The PRO invited him to a nearby office where Australian officers and civilians were being treated to piles of great food and Scotch.  Ed returned to the hotel to pass his laundry on to the "housekeeper" but she warned him that it probably wouldn't be returned for almost a week because of the Christmas holidays. Ed and Ham joined an Australian captain and three girls for Christmas Eve drinks and dancing at The Princess.

Christmas Day 1942
Ed had an early Christmas morning Australian breakfast -- everything passed the test except for the coffee which tasted like ether. After a walk around the city to deliver a message he returned to his room to write a story. He spent the afternoon in the hotel lounge chatting with a P-38 pilot just in from Guadalcanal. Ed and Freeman then took a tram to King's Cross for a Christmas steak supper.

Boxing Day 1942
Boxing Day was a hot one. Ed delivered his story to the censor and was about to visit the Botanical Gardens when his Australian captain friend invited him and Ham for highballs and lunch. They spent the afternoon playing poker as they couldn't find a fourth hand for bridge.

Sydney had "austerity rules" for food consumption. Restaurant menus had a maximum price of four shillings for dinner and five shillings for supper as well as minimum prices. Some swank restaurants such as Romano's got around this restriction by establishing an oyster bar in an adjoining room. The diner could order the five shilling meal, go to the oyster bar for oysters, then return to the main dining room for the five shilling meal. In hotel cocktail lounges the drinker had to be a guest of the hotel to be served but they could bring guests

Usually an abundance of thirsty Australian girls and nurses showed up at these lounges around the cocktail hour. Ed noted that even though there was an abundance of drinking during these war years, he seldom saw anyone who showed the effects of having too much.  He felt that "there must be some psychological explanation for it that had to do with the effect of the war on the nervous system. Perhaps a subconscious awareness that one must always be ready for any emergency."
 
 

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A CHRISTMAS PARTY at John Coleman Burroughs' home.
Seated: Dian Burroughs, John Coleman Burroughs,  Hulbert Burroughs.
Standing: Bob Hyde, Mary Burroughs, Danton Burroughs.

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TARZAN and MIKE GRELL CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS
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A TARZAN® CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
By John "Bridge" Martin

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Xmas with Tarzan® & Jane
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Tarzan® & Santa Claus
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Tarzan® Poems and Songs
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Tarzan's Christmas Carol
25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS :: DECEMBER 1 to 25
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PART I: Dec 1-5
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PART III: Dec 12-16
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PART IV: Dec 17-21
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PART V: Dec 22-25

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