540 ECHOS-1995-265 eng Delaplane, Kristin Solano Christmas holidays festive in 1800s Dec 24, 1995 First of a series Last-minute shopping was the order of the day back in 1863. The first newspaper ad for the season did not appear until the second week of December. And then there was only one ad for toys in the Solano Republican. The ad read: "Toys! Toys! Just received a beautiful assortment of toys for the holidays." vacahc@gmail.com 265 53783467322 Publication/Article CaVaHC http://www.solanoarticles.com/history/index.php/vhcdb/265/ Read Article http://www.solanohistory.net/articles/265/265.1.pdf PDF Document