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  2. Mr. Jingeling - Wikipedia

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    Mr. Jingeling became the "Keeper of the Keys" as a reward for saving Christmas when Santa lost the key to his Treasure House of Toys. Jingeling saved the day by making a new key. Mr. Jingeling was created in 1956 by Frank Jacobi, head of a Chicago advertising agency to promote the toys sold at Halle's Department Store in Cleveland.

  3. Holiday season brought crowds to Lazarus Downtown to see ...

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    A 1963 DIspatch photograph of the Lazarus department store in downtown Columbus decorated with holiday lights. One of the light displays formed a Christmas tree around the Lazarus water tower on ...

  4. Christmas nostalgia doesn't pay the bills: Why old-fashioned ...

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    Dee Moore, 84, can't forget his mother buying him Buster Brown shoes at one downtown store with an X-ray shoe-fitting machine. The devices, in wooden boxes similar to an old radio console, were ...

  5. Jordan Marsh - Wikipedia

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    From the 1940s until 1972—and again in the early 1990s—the Jordan Marsh flagship store in Boston's Downtown Crossing was home to the Enchanted Village, a lavish Christmas display which at its height took over an entire floor of the department store and was also spotlighted in its display windows. The centerpiece of the display, besides ...

  6. James Edgar (entrepreneur) - Wikipedia

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    In 1878, he arrived in Brockton, and he eventually set up a dry goods store on Main Street. In 1890, he got the idea to dress up as Santa Claus. Within days, children from as far as Boston and Providence came by train to see Edgar. He initially hung around his department store, but over the years, he was known to walk around the streets of ...

  7. 'Christmas gas' joke goes viral as women prank the men in ...

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    The Christmas gas trend started in 2023 when a number of videos went viral, like Karsen Holloway Ward who garnered 2.9 million views when she tricked her dad into believing she bought "Christmas ...

  8. Art Pallan - Wikipedia

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    He retired in February 1985, and Doug Hawkes took over the time slot. Pallan said his favorite broadcasts were the Christmas season shows that KDKA originated daily from the downtown department store windows as a fund-raiser for Pittsburgh's Children's Hospital. Pallan was also a singer who cut several records in the 1950s.

  9. Sterling-Lindner Co. - Wikipedia

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    Sterling Lindner Davis (SLD) was a major department store in downtown Cleveland's Theater District which operated from 1845 (with the founding of Sterling & Welch) to 1968. [1] The retailer was primarily known for displaying the largest decorated Christmas tree in the state of Ohio, this tradition started in 1927. [ 2 ]