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Merry Christmas, everyone!

Sunday, December 25th, 2022

Not exactly traditional, or musical, but why not?

Not a video, but I kind of liked this. One line in particular got me in the feels:

In January 1947, Sewell Avery, the CEO of Montgomery Ward, returned the exclusive rights to May because it was the right thing to do.

…”because it was the right thing to do.

(Since I’ve already linked Paul Harvey, here’s the rest of the story: Bob May left Montgomery Ward to manage Rudolph, but returned seven years later. Yes, he made a ton of money, but sales declined over time, and the federal tax rates were usurius. He worked for Ward’s until his retirement in 1970, and died in 1976. He converted to Catholicism in 1972, after his second wife died, and married her sister the same year.)

Here’s a brief historical note, suitable for use in schools, from the Imperial War Museum:

And now a musical interlude from our interlude.

One more, I think, just for fun:

Merry Christmas to one and all. May those of you on the watch have a quiet shift. May those of you who are suffering find comfort.