Summary
Once, the first baby born in the New Year was all but guaranteed a picture in the newspapers.
For decades, newspaper-sponsored first-baby-of-the-year contests, often supported by advertising sales, and usually featuring photo spreads of the loving parents and the new baby, were something of a New Year's Day tradition, even a cliche.See the full content of this document
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Newborns' New Hope Takes Prize
Not so much anymore.
New Year's babies are still coming into the world with great regularity. About 40 babies will be born in the city on New Year's Eve alone. But the world they are joining no longer seems as attuned to that sentimental optimism and assumed sense of c...See the full content of this document
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