Elvis in December

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December 1, 1976

Elvis spends the entire day relaxing in his suite at the Las Vegas Hilton in preparation for his opening show the following evening.

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December 2, 1976


Elvis opens his Holiday Shows at the Las Vegas Hilton Showroom.

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December 3, 1976

Elvis performs two shows at the Las Vegas Hilton and was in good spirits for both shows. The highlight of the evening was his redention of " Blue Christmas".

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December 4, 1976

Elvis performs at the Las Vegas Hilton showroom. His special guests for the dinner show were Lisa Maire and Priscillia.

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December 5, 1976

Elvis performs at the Las Vegas Hilton. Lisa Marie was again in the audience. Elvis was late coming on stage and said he had sprained his ankle in his suite by falling down a step in the dark on the way to the bathroom.

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December 6, 1976

Elvis performed at the Las Vegas Hilton Showroom, but gave a short performance due to pain in his injured ankle.

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December 7, 1976

Elvis continues his performance at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel although his injury had turned into a pinched nerve in his right leg. Elvis also complained about having a dry throat.
and drank so much water that,as he put it, " I might turn into spit."

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December 8, 1976

Elvis performs at the Las Vegas Hilton. He was on stage one hour in a half although he complained of pain due to his injury. After the show, Vernon was admitted to the Hospital. Later that evening Elvis had a healing session for Vernon in his suite.

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December 9, 1976

Elvis continues to perform at the Las Vegas Hilton. Although Vernon was released from the hospital Elvis' mood starts to take a turn for the worse.

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December 10, 1976


A tired and moody Elvis performs at the Las Vegas Hilton Showroom. Early in the day, Ginger told Elvis she was returning to Memphis to see her family. To keep Ginger with him, Elvis as her parents flown in from Memphis. They were present at the show this evening. Elvis announces to the fans" I Hate Vegas" and while holding the microphone asks, " Does anyone want this tiny son of a *****?".

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December 11, 1976


Elvis continues to perform in Las Vegas but is not in good spirits.

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December 12, 1976

Elvis hold his final performance at the Las Vegas Hilton Showroom. After the show he has a special visitor in his dressing room. Elvis tells him he is unhappy with the direction his life is heading and request special prayers. The following day, Elvis returns to Memphis for the first time since mid November, and remains in his bedroom for the next few days.

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December 13, 1975

Elvis performs at the Las Vegas Hilton. A person from RCA, saw a fan recording the show and asked for a copy.

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December 14, 1975

Elvis continues to perform at the Las Vegas Hilton.

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December 15, 1975

Elvis closed at the Las Vegas Hilton. The Hilton presented Elvis with a gold medallion with his name in diamonds. During his engagement, Elvis performed in front of 32,000 fans and brought in a ticket total of $800,000. Elvis remained in Las Vegas for two nights before returning to Graceland.

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December 16, 1973

Elvis wraped up his Stax recording session and recorded " If That Isn't Love.

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December 17, 1967

After returning to Memphis from Los Angeles with Priscillia the previous evening, Elvis was in a foul mood. After he calmed down, he began decorating the Christmas tree.

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December 18, 1968

Elvis finished filming " The Trouble With Girls".

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December 19, 1970

Elvis flies to Washington DC under the name of 'Jon Burroughs" then decides to fly back to Los Angeles.