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    Deck the Halls With Whimsy

    Dec 10, 2019 2 minutes
    BY PAUL KENNEDY

    Many things make the holidays magical, but few produce a smile as quickly as the wonderfully kitschy line of starry-eyed Santas, angels, elf girls, snow babies and other whimsical Christmas ware from Holt-Howard.

    The brothers John and Robert Howard, along with college friend, Grant Holt, started Holt-Howard in 1949 with

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