Post Office Santas Assist Needy Children This Christmas
In New York, postal staff and private donors handle 2800 letters to Santa seeking toys and food for underprivileged children. Corporations and charities route funds and gifts, with the Post Office fund aiding purchases of toys and meals for families in need.
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New York
Santa Claus
New York Post Office
Santa
Hollywood
Fla
Santa Clause
North Pole
Mary Ann
New York Post Office Employees
Wise Men Seek King of the Jews in Bethlehem
The passage, set in Bethlehem of Judaea, recounts wise men from the east arriving in Jerusalem to seek the newborn King of the Jews. Herod, hearing the news, is troubled, and summons the chief priests and scribes to learn where Christ would be born.
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Jesus
Bethlehem
Judaea
Herod
Jerusalem
Christ
Yule Colors and Christmas Traditions
A look at how red and green became Christmas colors through poinsettia adoption and mistletoe origins. The piece traces the poinsettia’s 1828 discovery by Joel Poinsett and later marketing in 1906, plus the Druids’ mistletoe lore and red symbolizing Christ’s sacrifice in Christian history.
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Joel R. Poinsett
Mexico
Poinsett
Legends Honor Saint Nicholas Patron of Gifts and Mariners
The article recalls St. Nicholas as the patron saint of pawnbrokers and a guardian of mariners since the fourth century. It notes his generosity and links to youth and gifts, with December 6th celebrated in Europe as a day of merriment and giving.
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St. Nicholas
Santa Claus
Europe
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Second Baptist Church
Voel
Yule
Poinsettia
Inment Corp
New Jerusalem
St. John the Divine
Paul D. Grant
Aiken County
York Street
Aiken, S.C
Best
Martha W. Chapman
Aiken County Auditor
Carl M. Hair
Aiken Co
Richland Ave. W
Yesteryear
Service
Wilma
Barnwell NW
Aiken
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