Christmas at Graceland - Memphis, Tennessee
I thought it would be cute and maybe a bit embarrassing to go to Graceland, when I could have go to the Lorraine Hotel or the Underground Railroad Museum or the Civil Rights Museum or something more important. But. Elvis is about 10 years older than my dad, but he grew up in Mississippi too, and Graceland is still decorated like 1977, which is around the time I was born, so I guess I shouldn't have been so surprised to find it so familiar - the shag carpets, the citrus-colored vinyl furniture, the wood-paneled dens, the backyard swingset, the photos with grease-slicked hair, the outfits with too-wide lapels. It was familiar, but I was surprised though, and touched to be in the South again and suddenly see this familiar, but never-seen, home a few days before Christmas. I'm homesick for it still. On top of all that, my twin sister is a big Elvis fan, and I wanted to pick her up a gold Taking Care of Business (or, TCB, of course) Christmas gift. So all that explains the outrageous picspamming below. I hope.
My 91 photos of Graceland are here. Or you can continue on below.
On the VIP Tour
In the car museum
In my Elvis-themed hotel room across the street, where they played Elvis movies and music 24/7
In the gift shops. Many gift shops.
On the private jet, the Lisa Marie
Velvet robes, yellow walls, golden ashtrays circa 1977
In one of two rooms with wall-to-wall gold records
1968 Comeback Special. Yes.
Christmas tree in Vernon Presley's office
Ceramic holiday monkey. I can't explain it, can you?
In the yellow shag carpet basement lounge
Glass clown figurines at the mirrored lounge bar
The most hideous fabric wallpaper on Earth. And by hideous, I mean wonderful.
A fur couch from the "jungle room" (and kinda where it got its name)
Christmas in the "jungle room"
In the family dining room
In the downstairs purple bedroom
In the family room at Christmas
In the foyer
The swimming pool and memorial garden on a winter afternoon
Elvis Aaron Presley (1935-1977), buried next to his twin brother, Jessie Garon Presley (1935), in timeless twin style
TCB forever in Memphis, Elvis.
My 91 photos of Graceland are here. Or you can continue on below.
On the VIP Tour
In the car museum
In my Elvis-themed hotel room across the street, where they played Elvis movies and music 24/7
In the gift shops. Many gift shops.
On the private jet, the Lisa Marie
Velvet robes, yellow walls, golden ashtrays circa 1977
In one of two rooms with wall-to-wall gold records
1968 Comeback Special. Yes.
Christmas tree in Vernon Presley's office
Ceramic holiday monkey. I can't explain it, can you?
In the yellow shag carpet basement lounge
Glass clown figurines at the mirrored lounge bar
The most hideous fabric wallpaper on Earth. And by hideous, I mean wonderful.
A fur couch from the "jungle room" (and kinda where it got its name)
Christmas in the "jungle room"
In the family dining room
In the downstairs purple bedroom
In the family room at Christmas
In the foyer
The swimming pool and memorial garden on a winter afternoon
Elvis Aaron Presley (1935-1977), buried next to his twin brother, Jessie Garon Presley (1935), in timeless twin style
TCB forever in Memphis, Elvis.