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meals with friends and family. A tradition of many was to take at least one drink of hard whiskey called “a Christmas toddy.” I am told that many did this and would not drink anymore until the next Christmas rolled around.

As the century progressed into the 1930s it seems that middle-class children could expect to get just one present. One individual we questioned was a small child in the late 30s. She said it was unheard of to receive more than one toy. With the less unfortu

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