All posts tagged "christmas"
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13.0K1Business and LaborJames Edgar Invents the Department Store Santa on a Whim in 1890
The world’s first known department store Santa Claus owned his own store and paid his employees good wages. He gave them shares...
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7.8KNew England Places2019 Best New England Holiday Events for the History Lover
Every year New England offers a host of opportunities to mix holiday cheer with some of the historic flavor of our region,...
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14.9K3Arts and LeisureOver the River and Through the Wood: 7 Fun Facts
The author of Over the River and Through the Wood was very unlike the other author who wrote a favorite holiday song...
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11.8K1MassachusettsHow New England Invented Grandparents
If you wanted to know your grandparents or grandchildren back in the 17th and 18th centuries, your best bet was to live...
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19.9K2MassachusettsHow the Codfish Started the American Revolution
The American Revolution was to some extent a fight over the big, stupid, slow-moving codfish. Codfish were by far colonial New England’s...
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13.2K3Business and LaborThe First Shopping Mall in Each New England State
In 1947, New England’s first shopping mall broke ground in Stamford, Conn. No one knew for sure whether it would even survive....
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