Berkeley residential streets were sparkling 75 years ago as locals set up displays to participate in the annual lighted Christmas tree contest. On Dec. 16, 1939, the Berkeley Daily Gazette ...

There is a suburban legend in Garfield, N.J., that on Christmas night, 1939, a crack appeared in the floor of the School No. 8 gym. It had nothing to do with reindeer hooves but rather the right foot ...

At Christmas 1939, Britons had been able to maintain a semblance of normality. The blackout prevented displays of lighted Christmas trees in front windows, but there was no rationing and Britain’s key ...

It is Christmas 1939 and a little boy, sent to his Aunt Vy's house for the holiday, wants a Red Ranger Buck Tweed Bike. Money is tight, and the "sour-faced little boy" wakes up to find a Red Ranger ...

Still image from the 1940 propaganda film ‘Christmas Under Fire’ produced by the Crown Film Unit. BFI Archive At Christmas 1939, Britons had been able to maintain a semblance of normality. The ...