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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1965
Page
4
ANNA MANG recalls how the Noahs Ark toy brightened Victorian Christmas scenes with miniature arks and hundreds of animals. Once common in homes, the ark faded from modern toy collections, though some 19th century sets contained more than 300 animals in varied versions.
The piece explores Christmas lore around holly ivy mistletoe rosemary and the poinsettia. Legends claim mistletoe wards evil, Greek and Druids used it for protection, rosemary decorates in past eras, and a Mexican girl’s weeds supposedly became the poinsettia. Holly berries allegedly reveal a future husband.
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