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**We kick off things with a fab ad (click on the photo) from 1949 for Life Savers STICK-O-PEP--AND THESE LASTED INTO THE 90'S--read and see much by clicking here.
**2013 SPANGLER HOLIDAY DUM DUM POPS; click here.
**2003 and more: A DECADE OF HOT TAMALES & MIKE AND IKE; click here.
**1982 HERSHEY'S HOLIDAY GIFT CATALOG; click here
**1970's and more: Beich’s Classic Santa Claus Candy and More! Click here.
We have lots to be thankful for this year---click on PHOTOS AND THE LINKS BELOW:
THANKSGIVING WPIX TELEVISION TRADITION; THE HONEYMOONERS AND MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS; CLICK HERE
THANKSGIVING TURKEY FRYER SAFETY INFO FROM THE CROTON FIRE DEPT. IS here
and of course, VINTAGE CROTON THANKSGIVING, courtesy of the Everything Croton Elves and The Croton Historical Society:
--CLICK ON THE PHOTOS FOR 1970 CROTON THANKSGIVING NEWS
--From 1971, Croton Interfaith Thanksgiving event; CLICK HERE
--1979 Thanksgiving ad featuring Croton businesses of the day; CLICK HERE
--More Croton Thanksgiving 1973; CLICK HERE
--A CROTON THANKSGIVING 1983; CLICK HERE
--AND FROM OUR FRIENDS AT FAMILY CHRISTMAS ONLINE DOT COM, THANKSGIVING THEN & NOW; CLICK HERE
--1967, 1968 THANKSGIVING CET PROGRAM; click here
--AND FROM CROTON'S TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY: THANKSGIVING AND THE AMERICAN CHARACTER, GO TO https://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2020/11/thanksgiving-and-the-american-character.html
***FOUR FAB THANKSGIVING POSTCARDS, 1907-1909 https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2017/11/20/greetings-from-thanksgivings-past-in-new-york/
***VIDEO, 1945, 4 MINUTES OF THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING PARADE https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2016/11/24/4-minutes-of-macys-thanksgiving-parade-1945/
***THANKSGIVING DINNER AT THE WALDORF ASTORIA 1956 https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2013/11/12/thanksgiving-dinner-at-the-waldorf-astoria-1956/
and three OLD TESTAMENT VERSES FROM TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY--Tom Faranda's Folly: For today - three (short) Old Testament verses - Give Thanks!
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ST. AUGUSTINE MASS SCHEDULE---THE FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (a Holy Day of Obligation). Masses are at 6:30 & 8:30 AM & 5:30 PM on Monday, December 9th St. Augustine Parish - Ossining, New York
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Just got word that PIX11 will feature their annual HONEYMOONERS Marathon on Thanksgiving Day from 11 am to 3 pm. (11 a.m.– 3 p.m. “The Honeymooners” WPIX)
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, there's a Jackie Gleason Croton Connection---click here to read all about. Gleason was a frequent visitor to what was "Honey's". He also lived in nearby Cortlandt in a mid-century "round" house; click here.
You may also enjoy:
***ALLEN FUNT, AUDREY MEADOWS, & THE OSSINING TREASURER 1960; click here
AND DON'T FORGET---BABES IN TOYLAND AKA MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS, IS ALSO ON WPIX THANKSGIVING DAY 2024; go to EverythingCroton: 2024--HAPPY TO REPORT THAT BABES IN TOYLAND AKA MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS WILL BE ON WPIX THIS THANKSGIVING
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Next, Croton's own Gloria Swanson---sings! From 1929 and the advent of the talkies....and her film THE TRESPASSER.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW: Frozen Justice is a 1929 American partially sound drama film with a synchronized soundtrack featuring music and sound effects directed by Allan Dwan. The film was set in Nome, Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush in 1898 and 1899 and is presumed lost. You can read more about it here.
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Just got word that PIX11 is pleased to announce the station will continue its annual Thanksgiving tradition and air MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS (Babes in Toyland, the 1934 Laurel and Hardy classic) 9 am for the black and white version---3 pm for the colorized -- READ MORE AT ‘March of the Wooden Soldiers’ to air on PIX11 this Thanksgiving 2024 | PIX11
For those who don't know, MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS A.K.A. BABES IN TOYLAND is a Laurel and Hardy musical Christmas film released on November 30, 1934. The film is also known by the alternative titles Laurel and Hardy in Toyland, Revenge Is Sweet (the 1948 European reissue title), and March of the Wooden Soldiers (in the United States). You can read more about it here.
Our friends at European Film star Postcards have a wonderful post on Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy; check it out here.
The actor who played the miserly Silas Barnaby--(a character based on the English nursery rhyme "There Was A Crooked Man" contrary to other curious assertions you may have seen elsewhere) was Henry Brandon. Read more about him here.
The film is also available on AMAZON...BLU-RAY https://amzn.to/3lEd0da
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VINTAGE HERSHEY PARK, A FLICKR PHOTO ALBUM; GO TO Vintage HERSHEY Park | Flickr
