With bright eyes, post-World War II baby boom children filled “toylands” at area stores, amazed at the brightly colored offerings as local retailers stacked the shelves for lucrative Christmas sales.

Nicole's great-grandfather was the locally famed hippopotamus Knautschke, one of just 91 animals that survived World War II ...

You may want a hippopotamus for Christmas or another popular toy, but do you know what kids previously were asking for? This ...

Raised on a diet of Hollywood war films, I used to think it was only US forces who fought the Germans here in the Ardennes.