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1945: Britain Asks for Whiskey to Ensure ‘Merry, Merry Christmas’

November 20, 2020THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNEComments Off on 1945: Britain Asks for Whiskey to Ensure ‘Merry, Merry Christmas’
For the first peacetime Christmas after World War II, a British newspaper called for whiskey usually exported to America to be kept aside to boost people’s spirits at home.
Tagged Great Britain, International Herald Tribune, London Daily Express, World War II (1939-45)
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