In December 1970, Hobo the clown played host to a number of friends for Christmas Dinner at a home run by the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA). Hobo’s guests enjoyed a menu of biscuits, dog-meat, turkey gravy-sauce-and chocolate-drops.
Last to arrive was Blog, a mongrel, complete with Christmas-hat. Blog was also the last to leave.

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*This article was originally published Dec 13, 2018*