Good Old Days Magazine

Belsnickel

y siblings and I were all well-behaved back in the 1930s and ’40s, when we were growing up in North Dakota. Good behavior was the norm for children in those days. Of course, as Christmastime neared, we youngsters strove to be doubly good so that Santa would bring us presents.

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