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acrogirl

January 17, 2009 11:03 PM

Why did they change the name of fairy floss to cotton candy in 1920? What was the reason for this?

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January 21, 2009 03:11 AM

Another part of the reason was the fading of the fairy fad that was at its height from the 1880's to about WW1. The whole zeitgeist that had produced it changed. Parenting books advised against hugging or even showing affection to children; on the advice of psychologists some children's authors suddenly turned against fantasy. Perhaps this was all a reaction to the horrors of the war, but the upshot was that "fairy" ceased to be a selling point in some areas.

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