One thing we’ve learned via almost two years (!) of flashback posts: The studios used to make people do all kinds of weird promotional photo ops, and Christmas was no exception. From posing with tiny trees to nearly invisible trees to sitting in a box to whatever the heck Peter Lorre is up to here, we’ve got it all. Consider it my season’s greetings to you.
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