What's a Guy to do on these Blasted Cold Blast Days Blowing in across the country from the Arctic??!!  

Well, your Union Suit is a Great Start!

 

I guess you could just stay in bed all day in that union suit you got for Christmas with the covers pulled up over your head:

Or, why not hop out of bed, stretch and stay comfortably inside, safe and warm in your long underwear... 

Exercise could warm you up! Right Coach?

How about making yourself some delicious warm soup....

Or watch your favorite sports team give it their best on TV:

(On these really cold days, you may need to pull on a sweat suit

over your long red-flannel underwear!)

Keeping your rear escape hatched buttoned securely, 

try tickeling the ivories on that ole piano to heat up: 

Relaxing on the couch couldn't hurt.... 

Maybe, look for your the car keys you misplaced! 

 

If you're like Stanley Steamer, you might catch up on repair work around the house? 

A rousing game of ping pong in your union suit warms a guy up pretty fast!

Nah, hibernating in bed is the best idea!! 

                                           Keep 'em buttoned, I do! ....Chris

19th Century Printmaking

Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) of Roxbury Mass teamed up with James Ives (1824-1895) of New York City to create inexpensive hand-painted lithographs of Americana cultural (usually rural) scenes.  Originally, their company was known as "The Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints." That mouthful was changed in 1857 to just "Currier and Ives."  Perhaps you've heard of them. That famous lithograph company made their popular art for ordinary folks from 1835 to 1907.  It is reliably estimated that these dedicated artists and businessmen created 7,500 original lithographs in the 72 years that the company was in business. In addition, their company produced one million plus hand-colored prints too. That amounted to about two to three new creations per week!

Retro Jeff of Illinois sent me the following Currier and Ives Lithographs of rural scenes depicting hard-working men who typically wore long red flannel underwear under their clothes that could be seen with shirt sleeves rolled up!  Some examples:

 

More Dudes (Union) Suited Up for the Cold Weather!

LoneStar Mike looking for that ice storm hitting other parts of the USA: 

And Retro Jeff tells us he's beating the cold with his email and photo....."Today in the Mid West icebox beating the cold. Underneath my ancient, faded Carhartt, I'm wearing a vintage West brand waffle weave union suit and keeping toasty warm. We're socked in with the cold but the snow is supposed to all go south of Northern Illinois!"  

Here's East Coast Coach who never fails to double up by wearing two union suits to beat the cold this time of year!  

Some winter locations have little or no snow but still

great to warm up in a comfortable union suit - Thanks, Clem

Buckeye's winterwear underwear ensemble 

includes a scarf to keep his neck warm! 

So Union Suit Fan, what are you wearing, long underwear wise, 

to keep ahead of the cold weather most of us are experiencing this week?!  

 

Happy New Year Union Suit Fans!

(Union) Suited for the Gym: It's time now to exercise off some of that holiday cheer gained over the past month!

 

Sporting a Navy Blue Union Suit

under Black Gym shorts and T-Shirt.

Then Heading off to the Gym.

Whad You Get For Christmas?

Union Suits were left under their trees this year! 

Thanks Santa Claus for the Long Underwear!

Just For Laughs😊: