Commercialism not new to Christmas
What was Christmas like in Jacksonville years ago? Let's go back to 1902 Tom Emery, Journal-Courier FacebookTwitterEmail Getty ImagesXesai | Getty Images People today complain of the commercialism of Christmas, from advertisements that begin in September to Black Friday sales that never end. There was plenty of wheeling and dealing at Christmas a century ago, too. In Jacksonville in 1902, the papers were filled with ads offering everything possible at Christmas, from the everyday to the ridiculous. Indeed, the Christmas crush kept cash registers jingling across the city. In the days before t...
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