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  2. Christmas - Wikipedia

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    The English word Christmas is a shortened form of 'Christ's Mass'. The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131. Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from the Greek Χριστός (Khrīstos, 'Christ'), a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ ‎ (Māšîaḥ, 'Messiah'), meaning 'anointed'; and mæsse is from the Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist.

  3. List of TV Guide covers (1950s) - Wikipedia

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    covers (1950s) This is a list of issue covers of TV Guide magazine for the decade of the 1950s, from its national launch in April 1953 through December 1959. The entries on this table include each cover's subjects and their artists (photographer or illustrator). This list is for the regular weekly issues of TV Guide; any one-time-only special ...

  4. Postcard - Wikipedia

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    Postcard. Postcard depicting people boarding a train at the Shawnee Depot in Colorado, late 1800s. A postcard or post card is a piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically rectangular, intended for writing and mailing without an envelope. Non-rectangular shapes may also be used but are rare.

  5. Vintage amateur radio - Wikipedia

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    Vintage amateur radio is a subset of amateur radio hobby where enthusiasts collect, restore, preserve, build, and operate amateur radio equipment from bygone years, such as those using vacuum tube technology. Popular modes of operation include speaking over amplitude modulation (AM), and communicating using Morse code through continuous wave ...

  6. Shiny Brite - Wikipedia

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    The Shiny Brite company produced the most popular Christmas tree ornaments in the United States throughout the 1940s and 1950s. In 1937, Max Eckardt established Shiny Brite ornaments, working with the Corning Glass company to mass-produce glass Christmas ornaments. Eckardt had been importing hand- blown glass balls from Germany since around ...

  7. List of BBC test cards - Wikipedia

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    Test Card D was a television test card first broadcast on 5th May 1964 by both the BBC and the ITA. This was the first test card to be based on a specification. [6] Test Card D was amended, and the amendment introduced on the 1st December 1965 as the radio and television trade objected to the original. Both versions had Reduced Power cards from ...