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The North American Air Defence Command has tracked Santa’s sled as it left the north pole for decades, ever since a phone call with a child wanting to know. As usual they are doing it again.
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Thanksgiving in the United States is also the marker for the beginning of Christmas season of shopping and festivities that has a significant impact on the United States economy on its retail structure. Some businesses but not survive down there in that retail market if they didn’t have that month of sales that consumers buy for relationships.
Heavily discounted
Black Friday is a happy tradition for consumers as discounts are heavy as might of retail competes for those end of the year consumer dollars.
The practice spills into Canada whose thanksgiving is observed and n October. Discounts are heavy and midnight magic sales events set a tone.
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English: Thomas Nast’s most famous drawing, “Merry Old Santa Claus”, from the January 1, 1881 edition of Harper’s Weekly. Thomas Nast immortalized Santa Claus’ current look with an initial illustration in an 1863 issue of Harper’s Weekly, as part of a large illustration titled “A Christmas Furlough” in which Nast set aside his regular news and political coverage to do a Santa Claus drawing. The popularity of that image prompted him to create another illustration in 1881. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The streets about Merritt are covered in ice this morning. Rain yesterday and freezing temperatures overnight have joined to make it very slippery . By 10 am sanding was near complete in the city and no powerline problems are clear.
Last evening nearly 200 thousand people in Toronto Canada were still without power, do to ice , and were expecting not to have any through Christmas Day.
Editors note:Ice can fall from roofs and although large icicles arte pretty they can seriously hurt or maim if they fall on you.
Today in history: December 24th 1955
Norad begins its Santa Claus tracking program.
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Coat of arms of City of Merritt (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The people of Merritt are having their kick off parade for the Christmas season to-night. all the merchants will be open for the parade with specials and advertised incentives in the local weekly newspaper.
The small community of Merritt puts a lot of effort into the evening and it shows a lot of coöperation and commitment as it generally very succesful.
The construction company Sanders and Company provided a 30 foot pine tree for the center of Spirit square and it was decorated and ready last evening . Overnight vandals tore the lights off and attempted to remove the tree from spirit square. At 8:AM this morning to city workers were well on with the task of repairing the damage. The tree was up and lights were being restored. The pair was confident about it being ready for the after dark parade and open house of the downtown core of Merritt.
Today in history: November 29th 1919
Joe Welder ,Canadian American bodybuilder born.
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