Specials - Sleigh Bell Parade

AbstractSpecials: Sleigh Bell Parade; Segments; fun facts about the season; "In 1659, the Puritans order all men to work on Christmas Day. Loitering or playing in public streets on this day is subject to arrest and imprisonment, fines and whipping." scenes of workers in period costumes; horse-drawn wagon; Jingle Bells, published in 1857, J.S. Pierpoint; a scene from the Nutcracker ballet; "If the ballet toe shoes from the Nutcracker Suite production in Boston were placed end to end they'd make a line as long as the John Hancock Building is tall"; images of fir trees; "He asked if I would sell my Christmas trees; Robert Frost; Ed Post and Santa Clause flights; Hannukah; Dick Albert talks about the likelihood of snow on Christmas Day; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, published in 1849; O Little Town of Bethlehem, published in 1868; police on horseback wish a Merry Christmas; the Gardiners' wish a Happy New Year;