"Always remember that a house of merriment is better than a house of mourning."
—
A Manual of Fire Department Equipment and PracticePictured below: "Bringing in the Lump of Coal," from a 1918 issue of
Life magazine.
If you got a lump of coal for Christmas, here's how to change it — one letter at a time — into the "Jelly of the Month Club" (the gift that keeps on giving):
COAL, COWL, COWS, CAWS, JAWS, JAMS