My parents won First place in the Emerald Valley Community Club Christmas Decoration Contest and it was covered by the local paper (slow news day).
Here is the house today (1738 Marley Drive Columbia, SC)
Here is my father with two mysterious men. They appear to be at a Christmas Tree Farm. If these two men are mobsters, then I think this tree is about to get “wacked”.
Notice that it is winter but dad is wear short pants with some kind of stockings. Also, who goes to a Christmas Tree Farm in a suit and tie? I guess people were fancier back then.