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Saturday 24 December 2016

Merry Christmas !

Christmas Eve on Portage, 1925 and 1935. Click for image information.

Over the years, I've written a number of Christmas-related posts for West End Dumplings. Check out the links below.

Merry Christmas, or whatever you choose to celebrate at this time of year, to all of my readers !

This was the first year that downtown merchants got together as a group to set up Christmas lights in the area.

From the 1890s to 1940, how merchants advertized their Christmas wares.

In Christmas 1948, 10 year-old Douglass Hanson saved lives.

The Tribune's home ec editor's tips for a normal Christmas despite rationing and food shortages. 

See story number 7 for a brief bio of Christopher Kendall, the Santa Claus of Portage and Main. 

A brief collection of Christmas fiction from Manitoba authors.

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