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Christmas: Getting the deliveries to you

From Library and Archives Canada.   Posting a letter to Santa at the North Pole. Reproduced under a Toronto Star License. Source: Christmas: Getting the deliveries to you

Posted byLeslieville Historical SocietyDecember 1, 2016Posted inGeneral HistoryLeave a comment on Christmas: Getting the deliveries to you

Christmas: Getting the deliveries to you

  From Library and Archives Canada.   Posting a letter to Santa at the North Pole. Reproduced under a Toronto Star License.  

Posted byLeslieville Historical SocietyDecember 1, 2016December 1, 2016Posted inGeneral HistoryLeave a comment on Christmas: Getting the deliveries to you

A Gerrard Christmas in the Old Days

Posted byLeslieville Historical SocietyDecember 1, 2016Posted inGeneral HistoryLeave a comment on A Gerrard Christmas in the Old Days

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