Vacations
Not Ocean City but this similar sounding location just outside the city proper was where McNelis' vacationed for years
Ocean Pines
She terrorized the McNelis family for years, being its loyal protector. Mother of Patty!
Bridget
Christmas morning involved bashing McNelis parents with these, meaning Christmas had truly begun.
Pillows
The most common eaten item, pizza, for the family Friday movie nights came from this local pizzeria.
DiMaio
This hard alcohol of choice for all extended Kearns/McNelis family holiday gatherings. Good thing it tastes like Christmas trees.
Gin (Tanqueray)
Breaking the cycle of OC or CHS, this Southern location featured a house with an elevator!
Outer Banks
Katie received one of these from the OLP Fair one year, and it subsequently lived for years and years (defying all expectations).
Goldfish
Early birthdays for Brendan and even some other siblings involved a mystery only solvable by this literary investigator.
Sherlock Holmes
This video store was in Summit NJ, featuring some of the harder to find releases that Blockbuster video would not have. You had to shake the tapes out!
Palmer Video
Tarah and Shannon's beer of choice, citrus is a must.
Blue Moon
This geriatric monikered putt-putt course features two different courses including dinosaurs and under the sea themes.
Old Pro Golf
Katie also encountered these "hot" insects while touring Ft. Sumter, winding up in the local hospital.
Fire ants
This dessert is evocative of a popular movie theater candy, in pie form.
Sno-Cap Pie
Every year this Christmas movie is played at the McNelis household, the black/white version and Dad's favorite.
A Christmas Carol
No glass of wine for Mom would be complete without these.
This Maryland wild horse reservation (with the green-head flies) evokes a rear-end in its official name.
Assateauge
Brendan's best friend Aakash found a wild baby one of these reptiles in his Free Acres backyard, leading him to raise it until it was old enough to be released.
Turtle
Every year Tarah and Shannon would look forward the coming of this diminutive, Celtic figure, who would often hide things and candies.
Leprechaun
Stay up late on a Christmas eve and you'll hear a battle about how loud this thriller is (can't wake the babies), not an argument about its Christmas movie merits.
Die Hard
One of the most memorable parts of Christmas evenings at Grandma's was her making of this hot beverage, quite appropriately named.
Irish Coffee
This was Grandma's outdoor cat, with a familiar name!
Tigger
In one of Dad's classic tales, a burger joint near him growing got closed down for serving burgers made of this!
Horse
Mom's making of Christmas cookies is always a highlight, except when the chocolate chip ones contain these ABOMINATIONS.
Nuts
Black and white and not seen for a while, Bing Crosby looks to revitalize a school and nunnery set in their ways.
Bells of St. Marys
Uncle Rich's favorite hard alcohol is this seldom found Irish scotch/whiskey with a name a superhero would love.
Powers