Old Santa's Christmas List and Toy Industry Notes
An article discusses potential toy shortages due to the European war but notes American firms will supply dolls and wooden toys. It highlights basswood as a key material, lists products made in the United States, and mentions Pennsylvania leading toy manufacture with extensive timber use. The piece also notes Christmas customs and a nostalgic poem about Santa.
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France
Germany
Nuremberg
United States
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
America
Foresta
Lake States
Europe
Wisconsin
Maine
Michigan
New York
Ohio
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Toy Am Gs
Santa's Secret Wish For Little Hands
A child speaks to Santa from a cozy fireside, confessing the stockings are for herself as her own gifts, noting her small size and wanting many playthings while asking Santa for care and secrecy. The piece evokes a warm holiday mood and intimate wishful thinking.
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Mamma
Santa Claus
Gifts and gaffes in a holiday shopping chorus
A clipped holiday poem rows through gift myths and misers with aphorisms about Christmas bargains, Santa, and exchange woes. It laments the urge to buy hastily, warns that gifts mislead, and mocks the glitter of costlier fancies amid seasonal folly.
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Santa Claus
The First Christmas Cards and the Robin Legend
About a hundred years ago the first Christmas cards were printed in London as visiting cards bearing the greeting A Merry Christmas. They evolved with small scenery and a robin image, the bird tied to legends as the English Christmas bird and The Savior's Bird, spurring a rise in card production.
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London
A Kid Discovers Father Playing Santa on Christmas Eve
A child uncovers his father dressed as Santa Claus on Christmas Eve revealing the humorous tension and family dynamic. The scene captures a small domestic moment with warmth and mild mischief.
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Banta Claus
William the Conqueror Crowned on Christmas Day
William the Conqueror received coronation on Christmas Day marking a pivotal moment in 1066. The ceremony established Norman rule in England with Anglo Saxon resistance fading after William's victory at Hastings.
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William the Conqueror
Early mistletoe season sparks shotgun and climbing harvests
The Kansas City Star notes that mistletoe season opens in December and runs to Christmas or until the crop runs out. Traditionally shot from swamp elms, now often gathered by nimble boys who climb for greens to keep berries intact, with prices varying by supply. Mistletoe, a European evergreen parasite found on apple, poplar, maple and elm, has mythic ties to Norse and Celtic lore and to Christmas kissing customs.
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Kansas City Star
Pacific Coast
Hotherus
Balder
Raganarok
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Immanuel Jesus
Prince of Peace
Immanuel
Counselor
Rejoice
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Jesus
God
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Belgium
Kingdom of Heaven
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Molly
Tommy
Mildred
Jessie
Margaret
Julia
Kate
Mother
Bobble
Rascal
Henry
Bob
Dink
Phil
Joe
Bert
Harry
Bella
Lizzie
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