1949 – Little Boy Finds Toilet Seat Not Quite His Size (Footnote) Published on July 25, 2022 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Humor Phillip Burrows decided to try his junior toilet seat on for size. He slipped his head through the opening and then got stuck.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1937: Santa Claus Has Trouble Getting Down This Chimney Published on December 14, 2021 Posted in: Holidays & Celebrations, Tidbits It was every child's fear: Santa Claus got stuck in a San Antonio, TX chimney. Would he be able to deliver his gifts?Click to Read More...
Santa Stuck in Chimney Published on December 27, 2020 Posted in: Holidays & Celebrations, Tidbits Everyone knows that Santa comes down the chimney to deliver his gifts. Sometimes he gets stuck...Click to Read More...
Girls Stuck in Phone Booth Published on July 25, 2019 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Tidbits In 1961, two girls got stuck in a phone booth. Just how would they get out?Click to Read More...
Only Santa Fits Down Chimneys Published on January 14, 2018 Posted in: Holidays & Celebrations, Tidbits Shortly after Christmas in 1960, 8-year-old London resident Alan Smith decided to emulate Santa by going down the chimney. He got stuck...Click to Read More...
Boy Stuck in Chimney Published on December 18, 2014 Posted in: Holidays & Celebrations, Tidbits On December 12, 1951, 8-yr-old Jimmy Kirk tried to go down the chimney of his Philadelphia home to prove that Santa could do it. He got stuck.Click to Read More...
340 lb Santa Stuck in Chimney Published on December 4, 2014 Posted in: Holidays & Celebrations, Tidbits On Christmas Day of 1920, New York Alderman Frank J. Dotzler got stuck in the chimney of his home while delivering gifts to his children.Click to Read More...