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A 19th-Century Christmas: Pig’s Feet, Climbing Monkeys, and White Elephants

Posted on December 25, 2022 by hometown

Long before retail marketers created Black Friday and Cyber Monday, long before Christmas shoppers at Walmart fought over the last flat-screen TV in stock, long before Edmund Gwenn performed a miracle on 34th Street, long before Jimmy Stewart realized that … Continue reading →

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