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:19 - As a part of the week of Christmas and Hanukkah, Ray dug up the top-selling toys from the 1960s to 1990, when all the members of the morning show were children. Also, there is a Christmas town in Indiana named Santa Claus, and the post office gets millions of letters each year that are addressed to “Santa Claus.”

8:46 - Where the heck did some of these old sayings like “Apple of My Eye,” “Make a bee line,” and “A bakers dozen” come from? Ray and Tony had a slew of these sayings and the meanings behind them.

14:46 - One of the treasures in Northeast Ohio is the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad. Bobby Dinkins from the CVSR talked about all the special events coming to the railroad in 2020, as well as the general rides through the valley.

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A woman is dead after walking too close to a moving Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad train in Peninsula Sunday afternoon. Witnesses say she was seated at the Winking Lizard Tavern saw a tussle between an adult and a child acroiss the tracks in front of the Century Bike Shop. The railroad tracks don't have barriers in the stretch and most pedestrians follow the trail or parking lot on either side of the railroad right-of-way in the popular tourist destination.

The National Park Service's Mary Pat Doorley told NewsChannel 5 other visitors to the park were giving the woman alerts as she was heading back to the restaurant to stop because of the train, which was moving at between 10-15 miles per hour but the woman didn't heed the train's horn or the warnings and was struck and killed.

There were about 300 passengers aboard the train, which was held at the Peninusla depot for about four hours after the incident. Police are referring to the case as an accident.