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2. Tinsel - Wikipedia

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   Tinsel is a type of decorative material that mimics the effect of ice, consisting of thin strips of sparkling material attached to a thread. When in long narrow strips not attached to thread, it is called " lametta ", and emulates icicles. It was originally a metallic garland for Christmas decoration. The modern production of tinsel typically ...

3. Christmas in Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

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   Christmas in Nazi Germany. Christmas presents for the poor in 1935. The celebration of Christmas in Nazi Germany included attempts by the regime to bring the Christian religious holiday into line with Nazi ideology. The Jewish origins of Jesus and the commemoration of his birth as the Jewish Messiah was troubling for some members of the Nazi ...

4. The dangerous history of tinsel - AOL

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   One of the most popular and simple symbols of Christmas decorations has a surprising history. Tinsel was first invented in the 1600s but it wasn't cheap. Back then it was made from strands of ...

5. Shiny Brite - Wikipedia

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   The Shiny Brite company produced the most popular Christmas tree ornaments in the United States throughout the 1940s and 1950s. In 1937, Max Eckardt established Shiny Brite ornaments, working with the Corning Glass company to mass-produce glass Christmas ornaments. Eckardt had been importing hand- blown glass balls from Germany since around ...

6. The Princess Bride (novel) - Wikipedia

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   The man in black taunts Buttercup, claiming that women cannot be trusted and that she must have felt nothing when her true love died. Angered, she shoves him into a gorge, yelling, "You can die, too, for all I care!" The man in black calls, "As you wish!" Buttercup realizes the man is Westley and follows him into the gorge.

7. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad - Wikipedia

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   The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad is a 1949 American animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.It consists of two segments: the first based on Kenneth Grahame's 1908 children's novel The Wind in the Willows and narrated by Basil Rathbone, and the second based on Washington Irving's 1820 short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and ...