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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. National Christmas Tree (United States) - Wikipedia

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   The 1940 National Community Christmas Tree. The tradition of using a briefly-transplanted tree occurred again in 1940. The 1940 tree was a 34-foot (10 m) high red cedar. [59] More than 700 hand-colored lights, 700 ornaments, and six blue-green mercury-vapor lights were used to light and decorate it. [59]

4. Chalkware - Wikipedia

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   Chalkware is an American term for popular figurines either made of moulded plaster of Paris (usually) or sculpted gypsum, and painted, typically with oils or watercolors. [ 1][ 2] They were primarily created during one of three periods: from the late 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century, during the Great Depression, and during the ...

5. Beyond Tomorrow (film) - Wikipedia

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   May 10, 1940. ( 1940-05-10) Running time. 84 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Beyond Tomorrow (also known as And So Goodbye and Beyond Christmas) is a 1940 American fantasy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and produced by noted cinematographer Lee Garmes; Garmes was one of a handful of cinematographers who became film ...

6. Category:1940s Christmas albums - Wikipedia

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   Music portal. This category is for Christmas music albums released in the decade 1940s. For more information, see 1940s in music. 1890s. 1900s. 1910s. 1920s.

7. 1940s in music - Wikipedia

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   Pop. Bing Crosby was the best selling pop artist of the 1940s. Ragtime, a genre that first became popular in the 1890s, was popular through about the 1940s. After its best-known exponent, Scott Joplin, died in 1917, the genre faded. As the 1920s unfolded, jazz rapidly took over as the dominant form of popular music in the United States.