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Article: Shake'n'stir: Fans of world's original snow globe manufacturer include US presidents, Dubai school kids
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- AP Worldstream
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- December 20, 2004
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GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
12-20-2004
Dateline: VIENNA, Austria
It will snow this Christmas in Dubai _ but only because a Vienna craftsman has turned a fluke discovery his grandfather made 104 years ago into an enterprise that allows children in the desert kingdom a tiny glimpse of a traditional white winter.
From his cramped Vienna workshop, Erwin Perzy sells his snow globes to a global clientele that includes the Dubai Education Ministry, kids in Japan and American presidents.
"I have customers everywhere, even the Falkland Islands," says Perzy. "The only place I don't ship to is Alaska _ too much snow."
For the past five years, school kids in Dubai have been able to ...
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