As I’ve mentioned here before, my youngest son goes by the nickname of Little Elvis (LE).
It stems from his early interest (dare I say, obsession) with Elvis Presley. 
Though my mother is to blame…I mean thank for his Elvis-mania, I’ve also played a role in encouraging his interest.
I did take him to Graceland in 2006 where we toured the house where Elvis lived, frequented the ubiquitous souvenir shops on Beale Street and, by chance, met Bernard Lansky -Elvis’s tailor- at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis.
Add to that finding him an white Elvis jumpsuit at a garage sale (that I had thrown in for free when I bought an butt-ugly lamp for $10) and you say that I’m just as much to bla…thank.
Each year since his interest in all things Elvis first became obvious, Elvis somehow enters into our holiday.
The King has arrived in the following forms: Elvis calendars, Elvis pop-up books, Elvis key chains and Elvis key chains fobs, Elvis figurines, Elvis clocks, Elvis mugs, Elvis pencils and even Elvis underwear.
OK, not really.
I swear made the whole underwear thing up. 
This year I almost got him a life-sized stand-up/cut-out of Elvis for his room, but since we were in the process of moving to a smaller home-and his room is well… smaller than his previous one… I decided against it.
But that didn’t stop the King o’ Rock-n-Roll from making an appearance.
LE decided to give my mother a three-disc set of Elvis CD’s. The first disc was a DVD containing performances from the ‘68 TV Special (think black leather suit and jet black hair) as well as some from the Aloha from Hawaii TV Special. The two remaining disks were CD’s of classic and gospel recordings.
As LE is spending a few days with my parents this week over in San Jose, I’m sure the house is rocking with Elvis tunes even as I write this post. 
But my Dad’s gift to LE was a real surprise.
You could describe my dad in many ways, but the one that comes to mind right now is a typical retired engineer with way too much time on his hands.
How else could you explain bidding on eBay (and winning) for a set of 2,000 Elvis Trading Cards?
Yes, 2,000 cards in mint-condish. It will take weeks before he can look at all of them. (Hey, that’s better than weeks playing video games, right?) Thanks, Dad!
Christmas with Elvis has become the norm for sharing Christmas with Little Elvis.
As LE will tell you, Elvis (despite the negative habits and addictions of his later years) was a gentleman. He was a humanitarian and often anonymously gave huge sums of money to needy causes.
In the DVD’s we have of interviews with his band mates and friends, the adjective most used to describe him is ‘generous.’
It not surprising that the adjective I would use to describe LE is ‘generous.’ Like his idol, LE would give anyone the shirt off his back if he thought they needed it.
Now that I think about it, Christmas with Elvis is just fine by me anytime.
