A spontaneous practical joke, on Christmas Eve 1882, at the New York Stock Exchange, ignited a wild chain reaction of very silly shenanigans. And that wasn’t the only place of business where that happened. HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Fun at the Stock Exchange; Rollicking Brokers Anticipating the Joys of Merry Christmas, New York Times, December 24, 1882.Fun at the Exchanges, New York Times, December 25, 1881Grocery Mens’ Jubilee: A Day of Much Amusement at the Exchange, New York Times, January 01, 1882.Forgotten News: The Crime of the Century and Other Lost Stories, by Jack Finney (1983).Book text is available for free online check-out.  GUEST VOICES:Guest Host & Extro Aphorism - Kit Caren from the Forgotten News Podcast.New York Times Reporter - AlexPeters from DACAPO Productions and the music duo Bards of Copper.Jack Finney – P.J. Kokesh from the Bicker Bots Podcast.Intro / Extro - Jeff Richardson from the Shattered Worlds RPG Podcast and the Everything is Awesome podcast. MUSIC:Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com –                              Licensed under Creative Commons:                                              By Attribution 3.0 License                                 http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by/3.0 Jingle Bells (Calm)I Knew A Guy Freesound.org:Deck The HallsWe Wish You A Merry Christmas  Amy Cappella Leitch Passing Through EXTRO APHORISM: Source:  Chesterton, G.K., The Wrong Books At Christmas, Illustrated London News, January 09, 1909. SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR!This episode was brought to you by Sudio Sweden headphonesUse the discount code "FORGOTTEN" for 15% OFF on ANY purchase. CONTACT US:E-Mail: ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.comFacebook page:https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-PodcastTwitter:@NewsForgotten HEY! CAN YOU HELP US?!PLEASE HELP THE FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCASTTO COVER THE COSTS OF RESEARCH, INVESTIGATION,AUDIO EQUIPMENT. AND PODCAST HOSTING FEES. ANY DONATION - EVEN A DOLLAR - WOULD REALLY HELP US OUT!Just click on this PAYPAL link, to contribute.Thank You! Thank You! Thank You