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p.s. I'm surprised nobody mentioned the decapitated Santa Claus head in the 2nd photo. It strikes me as a little creepy, now, but I in fact do remember it being a Christmas candle, only because I put my fingers in the pretty colors and learned the lesson about hot wax. I do remember watching all the Christmas specials on the TV, 1966-ish and thereafter. And I remember for some time our family being the only one in the neighborhood to have "color", and neighbors coming over to watch, for that reason, quite often.
I have huge memories as a kid of driving through Chicago (maybe twice a year), and the big event was seeing the colossal ZENITH sign made out of a million light bulbs. Like the old TV set, I don't remember it ever going away, but I drove the same route only 3 weeks ago, and didn't see it (Although the Dan Ryan was an apocalyptic disaster due to road construction... maybe I just missed it?). Now that I think about it, seems like I haven't seen it in a few years, and it was always something you couldn't miss. In the '60s, it was one of the seven OTHER wonders of the world. How many of y'all have seen it? I can see why drh4863, being a Chicago local, would love Zeniths. If only for that reason...
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