Christmas in Winnipeg
Sources
U of M Digital Archives – Winnipeg Tribune and Winnipeg Daily Sun
Winnipeg Free Press Archives
Children’s Museum – Eaton’s Fairytale Vignettes
Western Development Museum – Eaton’s Once Upon A Christmas
Walz, Eugene (1998). Cartoon Charlie: The Life and Art of Animation Pioneer Charles Thorson. Great Plains Publications
NPR – The History of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Canadian Animation, Cartooning and Illustration – Punkinhead
CBC – From Snow White to Bugs Bunny: Gimli cottage was childhood home to artist who shaped cartoon history
Sabrina and Alex were feeling so festive, they just couldn’t help themselves from recording this bonus Christmas episode! Alex goes through some charming and bizarre Christmas anecdotes through the years and traces the origins of the Eaton’s Fairytale Vignettes. Sabrina tells us a truly horrifying story about Santa’s reindeer, and then caps it off with the tale of Punkinhead, Rudolph’s less popular counterpart.
Listen to the full episode :
Spread the Christmas Cheer
If you have the means, consider donating to a worthwhile cause! If you’re overwhelmed by options, Alex and Sabrina recommend Winnipeg Harvest or the Main Street Project.
Main Street Project does invaluable work with those experiencing homelessness, including housing, shelter, addictions support, and so so much more.
Winnipeg Harvest feeds up to 70,000 people a month including hungry children, hardworking yet struggling families, adults and seniors through their provincial network of 350+ agencies including food banks, soup kitchens, schools and daycares, in Winnipeg, rural, northern and First Nations communities.
And if you haven’t finished your Christmas shopping yet, why not buy local? Winnipeg (and Manitoba) have so many excellent small businesses that need support this year. Check out Good Local to explore some Winnipeg businesses.
