Talk:James Edgar (entrepreneur)

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A fact from James Edgar (entrepreneur) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 December 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that James Edgar has been credited as the first department store Santa Claus?

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Actually, according to their store website, Beales of Bournemouth in the UK had a store Santa Claus / Father Christmas from 1885 onwards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.25.197.5 (talk) 20:23, 29 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

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