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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 10 2021, @02:36AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 10 2021, @02:36AM (#1203490)

    It really wasn't a regular thing in the USA before the 20th century.

    Yeah, it was all Charles Dickens before that. Damn goose looked awful scrawny.

    I always wondered what percentage of the population died from Christmas tree fires back in those days

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday December 19 2021, @08:24AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday December 19 2021, @08:24AM (#1206325) Journal

    It was common enough in the 1950s and 60s that I remember news stories about Christmas tree fires. It seems like there were 1 or 2 stories every year. To clarify, 4 Star News was THE source of news, channel 4 at 4 o'clock every day, did 1/2 hour of national news, then 1/2 hour of local/regional news. Maybe not every kid will remember stories of houses burning down at Christmas, but I remember them.