Posted on 12/30/2014 7:09:12 AM PST by C19fan
I don’t think it really matters how many there were :)
I remember that, in Bethesda, Md. Definitely in the ‘fifties. I was three or four years old. I think they did it on the grounds of the public grade school.
Sounds like you live in a backward area. Here, Valentines stuff started hitting the shelves 2-4 weeks before Christmas, filling the space where the cheesier Christmas crap had sold out.
Today, I received emailed photos from my indignant niece in England, showing me Easter candy already in the stores. Easter is just over 4 MONTHS away!
I am truly behind the times. :-/
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