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Good News Everybody!
It’s time to get in the mood for Christmas with exciting new mechanical toys and everyone’s favourite - a circus
Overview
The Topical Budget newsreel producers have put together a variety box of footage to get us all in the mood for Christmas. Father Christmas has put toy-making aside for the time being to headline the Toronto Santa Claus Parade. Luckily he has already made some wonderful mechanical toys to please any child. Christmas dinner hasn’t been forgotten either, with free-range turkeys and geese running around in circles, blissfully unaware of their fate. Then it’s off to the circus with clowns and performing elephants - once a staple of uncomplicated entertainment, but not so anymore.
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