To celebrate Christmas 1947 she and her husband Horace threw a pool party her friends. Carole even dressed up as Santa. Guests included her former boyfriend Franchot Tone, Betty Garrett, and Roy Calhoun.
Carole always served a big Turkey dinner for Thanksgiving. She was not a very good cook so her housekeeper usually did the cooking.
In her 1944 movie Four Jills In A Jeep Carole celebrated Christmas overseas with her costars Kay Francis, Martha Raye, and Mitzi Mayfair