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  2. Barber's pole - Wikipedia

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    A "barber's pole" with a helical stripe is a familiar sight, and is used as a secondary metaphor to describe objects in many other contexts. For example, if the shaft or tower of a lighthouse has been painted with a helical stripe as a daymark, the lighthouse could be described as having been painted in "barber's pole" colors.

  3. Christmas lights - Wikipedia

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    Christmas lights (also called twinkle lights, holiday lights, mini lights or fairy lights), that are strands of electric lights used to decorate homes, public/commercial buildings and Christmas trees during the Christmas season are amongst the most recognized forms of Christmas lighting. Christmas lights come in a dazzling array of ...

  4. Stick candy - Wikipedia

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    Stick candy (also called candy stick, barber pole candy, circus stick, or barber pole) [1] is a long, cylindrical variety of hard candy, usually four to seven inches in length and 1/4 to 1/2 inch in diameter, but in some extraordinary cases up to 14 inches in length and two inches in diameter.

  5. File:Silhouette of Stripper on a Pole.svg - Wikipedia

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    Open Clip Art Library logo This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication . The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the ...

  6. Barberpole illusion - Wikipedia

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    The barber's pole is commonly found outside barber shops. In 1929, psychologist J.P. Guilford informally noted a paradox in the perceived motion of stripes on a rotating barber pole . The barber pole turns in place on its vertical axis, but the stripes appear to move upwards rather than turning with the pole. [ 3 ]

  7. Barbers Point Light (Hawaii) - Wikipedia

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    Barbers Point, 1937. Barbers Point Light is a lighthouse on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. [1] The lighthouse stands on Barbers Point outside of Kalaeloa on the southwest tip of the island. It is named after Captain Henry Barber. The lighthouse was established in 1888. A second tower was built in 1933.

  8. Barber's Point Light (New York) - Wikipedia

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    In 1935 the light was deactivated, replaced by a much taller steel tower with an automated beacon, placed at lake's edge. The old lighthouse passed into private hands and is used for a residence. A small addition in the mid-1950s left the appearance of the building largely intact, though the roof is now painted white rather than brown.

  9. Festivus - Wikipedia

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    Festivus (/ ˈ f ɛ s t ɪ v ə s /) is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as an alternative to the perceived pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season.Originally created by author Daniel O'Keefe, Festivus entered popular culture after it was made the focus of the 1997 Seinfeld episode "The Strike", [1] [2] which O'Keefe's son, Dan O'Keefe, co-wrote.