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In this Columbia Rhapsody cartoon, an orphan boy is looking at a toy store window and sees a toy soldier dancing whose limbs are so loose, the owner throws him in the trash. The boy then takes that toy soldier as his own and tells him how much fun their going to have when they get home. After the boy falls asleep, the wooden uniformed man turns on the radio as it plays music and we see Santa bring a bag of more toys to the home. Among them are a goat that sounds like Bing Crosby, an Ed Wynn-like fire chief, and a man inspired by long-forgotten comedian Joe Penner with a duck who asks Penner's catch phrase, "Wanna buy a duck?" The boy, the wooden soldier, a cat who also lives in the house are having a swell time frolicking among the new presents as the cartoon ends...This obscure '30s cartoon is quite charming that I found on Uncle John's Crazy Town blog. If you like sentimental Christmas cartoons, Gifts from the Air should be right up your alley.