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Christmas seal

American  

noun

  1. a decorative stamp sold by some charitable organizations during the Christmas season to raise money.


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In Chicago, Christmas Seal funds were used to study the correlation between industrial labor and TB, since so many factory workers contracted it.

From Slate

Presented in collaboration with the Danish Christmas Seal Foundation, a charity benefiting children in need, the six table settings reveal very different interpretations of the season, ranging from the entirely glamorous to the downright humorous.

From Architectural Digest

There were several small remembrances from relatives and friends, a box of cigars from Miss Bradley; and beneath all a parcel in brown wrapping paper and unadorned by either Christmas seal, holly or ribbon.

From Project Gutenberg

While many of the Magic Mountain sanatoriums have closed and the Christmas Seal drives have turned mostly to other causes, TB still thrives.

From Time Magazine Archive

A small-town boy himself, he was never too busy to launch local Community Chest or Christmas Seal drives.

From Time Magazine Archive