Here are some more of my favorite vintage Maybelline family pictures from Christmas past.

Merry Christmas from Sharrie Williams

Sharrie and Donna Williams, 1949

Sharrie and Donna, 1952,

 

Tom Lyle with Billee Williams, Christmas, 1959.

 

Donna, Sharrie and Billee Williams, 1959.

 

Bill Williams with Tom Lyle Williams, 1959.


 

Tom Lyle and Bill Williams, with Billee in the background, 1959



Tom Lyle with googley eye glasses, 1959.

 

Preston Williams, 1960

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Original Vintage Christmas Card from the Maybelline Company, signed by my great uncle, Maybelline founder, Tom Lyle Williams

Unk Ile was not only the founder and owner of the Maybelline Company from 1915 to 1968, he was my father's uncle and Godfather, Tom Lyle Williams.

Me with my little sister Donna on Santa's lap in 1949.

Here I am with Donna in front of our Christmas Tree -1952.

Merry Christmas to all my Maybelline Book followers and I look forward to another fun year of Blogging for you in 2013.

My Childhood Home in Culver City CA...Erma Bombeck; There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.

Here are some of my special Christmas memories.

uncle Lyle with my father, Bill Williams, and my little sister my Billee, in the background, Christmas 1959

uncle Lyle, Tom Lyle Williams with googly glasses and cap

My sister Donna, Billee and me in the Surrey.

My mother, Pauline was pregnant that Christmas and after three girls we were thrilled to have Baby Preston join our family the next Christmas in 1960.

William Preston Williams lll made our family complete and was the best gift of all on Christmas 1960.

Sharrie, Donna, Billee and Baby Preston 

We moved into our home on Lenawee in Culver City in 1956, the year it was built and uncle Lyle spent every Christmas with us here, through 1967, the year he sold the Maybelline Company.

We moved to Newport Beach in 1969 and sold the house on Lenawee in 1971.  Today, 56 years later it's still the cutest house on the block and carries all the special memories of Christmas our childhood and the happiest years of our lives. 

left to right, Sharrie, Bill, Tom Lyle, Billee, Pauline, Donna and Nana, Evelyn Williams and our little poodle, Pepsi. 

Uncle Lyle's last Christmas with us in 1967.  He had just sold the Maybelline Company to Plough Inc. and our lives were about to change forever. 

Merry Christmas everyone and thank you for following the Maybelline Book Blog all year...

Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight.

Maybelline's Founder, Tom Lyle Williams - Christmas 1959.

My father Bill Williams with his uncle Tom Lyle Williams Christmas 1959

I remember soaking up the aroma of those red leather upholstered seats, as uncle Lyle stepped out of his brand new white convertible Cadillac that Christmas.

 My dad remarked that the deep red was symbolic of Maybelline's trademark color and called the car triple white, with red interior and extra big whitewall tires.

Uncle Lyle, gathered up the gifts given to him from movie stars, magazine editors, studio executives and advertising tycoons and said he didn't need it all... and would rather see us enjoy the fancy dried fruit from Italy, the Belgium cookies, German chocolates and French pastille candy drops.

 Seeing such delights once a year was a thrill,

 but not nearly as exciting as when he handed us kids

 our Christmas envelopes filled with a crisp $10.00 bill.

  It doesn't seem like much now, but in today's market

 it would be more like $100.00.

 After dinner I sang Bali High from  South Pacific and

 danced the hula...in costume,

while my ten year old sister Donna, waited to

 make her entrance as Marilyn Monroe.
 I'll never forget her wearing
 a pink wig, false eyelashes and holding a
 long cigarette holder while dancing to
 Bobby Darin's, Mack The Knife.

It was all very entertaining, as you can well imagine,

 but nothing was more memorable than watching uncle

 Lyle's face, as he marveled at my adorable little 4 year

 old sister Billee, dancing to Rudolph the
Red Nosed Reindeer.

I will never forget those wonderful days when

 we were young and Innocent and the wonder of Christmas

 was still so alive in our hearts. 

Stay tuned as I relive Christmas memories. I'd love to
 hear yours and post them on my blog. 

More Maybelline family, Christmas past, from the 60's and 70's.

Christmas past, with Noel J. and Frances Williams, branch of the Maybelline family.

Cousin Ann Louise Williams-Corbett, with Jimmy, Nancy, Chuck and and their father, Noel A. Williams, Christmas 1961.

Noel A. Williams Christmas, 1967.

BB1, Chuck Williams, Christmas, 1967.



Chuck and his mother, Jean Williams, Christmas, 1970.

Some of my Maybelline cousins.  Top row, Ann Louise Williams-Corbett, Christine Williams-Huber, Nancy Williams, Chuck Williams, James Williams-Huber, Julee Williams-Huber, Jimmy Williams.  Christmas, Montecito,  California, 1970.

Nancy and Chuck Williams with cousin Ann Louise Williams-Corbett, 1970.

Cousin Chuck and I will be bringing you more classic cars from the Maybelline family in January.  Some from his personal collection, as well as Tom Lyle Williams, 1940 Packard convertible, finally located, after 60 years.  Stay tuned for Fun Fun Fun in 2012!!!

Merry Christmas from Sharrie Williams

Here are some of my favorite vintage pictures from Christmas past. 

Sharrie and Donna Williams, 1949

Sharrie and Donna, 1952,



Tom Lyle with Billee Williams, Christmas, 1959.



Donna, Sharrie and Billee Williams, 1959.



Bill Williams with Tom Lyle Williams, 1959.




Tom Lyle and Bill Williams, with Billee in the background, 1959



Tom Lyle with googley eye glasses, 1959.



Preston Williams, 1960


To be continued tomorrow.



Hope all of you are having a wonderful Christmas Day!!!!!

More vintage Maybelline Christmas pictures.

            Christmas past continued!!!

Christmas 1965, Evelyn Williams, Nana, my dad, Bill, me, and Unk Ile,
 (TL Williams.)



Unk Ile and Nana, 1966.

Sharrie, Bill, Unk Ile, Billee, my mother, Pauline, Donna and Nana, Christmas, 1967.

Bill, Vince Aiken, Charlie Lewis as Santa, my mother, Pauline and Billee, 1967.

Debby Angel, Preston as Santa, and Billee, 1968.

 Christmas, 1969, Lido Isle, Newport Beach, California.

Nana at my dad's home in Palm Springs, California, 1973.

My Baby Georgia, with Santa, 1978.

Stay tuned tomorrow for some vintage Christmas pictures, from my Cousin, Chuck Williams, aka, Beach Boy 1, family album.

Chuck and I will be going to the Barrett Jackson Classic Car Auction, between Jan 15 - 22.  We will also be bringing you pictures and video's, of Tom Lyle's, 1940 Packard convertible, which has been located after 60 years, in Orange County California.  Needless to say, we are over-the-top, excited to see the car and know you will be too!!!