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By the following morning some 120 workers had donned red-and-white caps in protest, and they were consequently kicked out into the cold. Most of the suspended Santas held a rally outside the plant, singing Jingle Bells and flaunting signs that read OKONITE, HUMBUG!

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor: Don We Now Our. . . | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

December is usually no time for second thoughts about shopping. This is the merry month of mall hopping, a season of spending all the money that has been larded away -- and then some. But wait: this may not be Christmas as usual. America's jingle-jangle shopping spree seems muffled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting The Urge to Splurge | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

Some, though, stuck to more harmless displays of spirit. A group of Weld residents chanted the choruses of "Jingle Bells" and "Row, Row, Row Your Boat."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frosh War Explodes in Yard | 9/29/1987 | See Source »

In the 1950s, at the peak of its financial might, Texaco was the most profitable oil company in the U.S. and one of the best known. Millions of Americans watched the Texaco Star Theater television show, featuring Milton Berle, and a decade later any child could sing the jingle "You...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Spindletop to Saudi Arabia | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

The interim conclusion is that while the world around him has changed, Ronald Reagan remains the same. Over Christmas he wore a necktie that played Jingle Bells when he pressed a tiny switch. He's brought in one of his old word wizards, Ken Khachigian, to help sculpt his State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Toting a New Magic Wand | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

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