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	<description>Nobody can tell when a tradition begins, but hundreds of families have started with Vaillancourt Chalkware.</description>
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		<title>Family Business Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vaillancourt Folk Art, through Worcester Business Journal, was awarded the 2010 Central Massachusetts Family Business Award. Our thanks to the Worcester Business Journal for being such an advocate for Massachusetts Businesses—especially the small and family businesses within the local communities.]]></description>
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		<title>American Traditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Celebrate homegrown talent with products made in the United States. by Ashley Trent When one looks back upon the history of the United States, it is astonishing how much has happened in a relatively brief period of time. Part of our young country&#8217;s success in industry, politics, education and other realms is thanks to our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Family Business Award &#8211; Worcester Business Journal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Art With A Central Mass. Touch By Ellen O&#8217;Connor, Special to the Worcester Business Journal History — particularly Christmas history — is alive and well at Vaillancourt Folk Art in Sutton, where artists work year round to create exquisitely detailed, hand-painted holiday figurines that have their origin in folklore from more than 100 years ago. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Promo For Worcester Business Journal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 14:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Honored by Massachusetts State Legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vaillancourt Folk Art</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A note from Gary Vaillancourt: Judi and I are honored that Rep Callahan has chose to honor Vaillancourt Folk Art with this legislation. Jennifer has always done what she can to assist local business and she has been a great advocate for Vaillancourt and our American Employees. While to some it may come across as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dickens descendant performs &#8216;A Christmas Carol&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Associated Press SUTTON, Mass. (AP) ― Fans of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale &#8220;A Christmas Carol&#8221; are getting a chance to hear the story straight from the mouth of a member of the author’s family. Charles Dickens’ great-great-grandson, Gerald Charles Dickens, is performing his adaptation of the story four times this weekend at Vaillancourt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A real Dickens: THE ORIGINAL&#8217;S GREAT-GREAT-GRANDSON</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A real Dickens (Full Article)THE ORIGINAL&#8217;S GREAT-GREAT-GRANDSON By Donna Boynton TELEGRAM &#38; GAZETTE STAFF (Nov 24, 2009) SUTTON —  He remembers the first time he heard “A Christmas Carol.” It was Christmas Eve, he was 5 and his father had gathered the children to read the story that included the miser, the trio of holiday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collectors Quest interview with Luke M. Vaillancourt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best thing for any collector to do is to find a piece that speaks to them. Vaillancourt’s goal is to create 1 piece that can be given to a loved one, or close friend, that will be cherished and passed down to generations. We attempt to create christmas traditions, and are happy to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starlight Children’s Foundation New England Hosts Afternoon Tea to Honor Gary and Judi Vaillancourt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starlight Children’s Foundation New England Hosts Afternoon Tea to Honor Gary and Judi Vaillancourt by Tabitha Berg BOSTON, Mass. — Starlight Children’s Foundation New England is hosting a special Valentine’s event, Purses &#038; Pearls, A Classic English Afternoon Tea, at the Four Seasons Hotel Boston on Saturday, Feb. 14 from 11 a.m. &#8211; 2:30 p.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Piece de resistance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tale of three retailers whose stores brim with great gifts—and optimism By Rod Lee, d.b.a. Magazine Lest anyone think that the local holiday retailing season—a la the national one—will amount to a complete bust (if the projections of economic experts are correct), consider the optimism voiced over the past few weeks by Donna Cina [...]]]></description>
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