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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1955
Page
13
Senior industry figures predict a rise in toys designed for adults with toy makers touting adult specific playthings. Jay V Zimmer man of the world’s largest hand puppet firm notes adults increasingly enjoy kids’ toys and may buy more as gifts. Bicycles are also produced in small child sizes for younger riders.
In Argentina Christmas blends Catholic tradition with local twists. Children ask Santa for gifts and the Three Wise Men arrive on Epiphany. Gaucho Santa, introduced by Irving Tow, blends cowboy imagery with Santa, creating a sunlit holiday spectacle that echoes local culture and cinema.
The essay traces how Christmas spread with Christianity from 601 A D when Pope Gregory urged missionaries to blend pagan celebrations with the spiritual feast. It notes Puritan bans in 1644 and a revival in the mid 19th century after Dickens published A Christmas Carol.
Charles Wesley a Methodist minister in England wrote Hark the Herald Angels Sing on a Christmas morning. He was influenced by church bells ringing and was the brother of John Wesley founder of Methodism.
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