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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1923
Page
3
ACOB SORIM, a prosperous man known for shrewd investing, hoards wealth in gleaming stocks and a velvet stocking. On Christmas Eve a prophetic figure laments his greed and the emptying of his heart, and he awakes on Christmas morning to find the stocking empty as a moral warning.
The Christmas gift exchange is described as a diamond given in return for a heart, symbolizing reciprocal affection. The poem highlights a lasting keepsake and enduring sentiment from the season of giving.
The desert holly Perezlanarta of the Southwest is a small two to three inch plant with stiff bluish green leaves and prickly edges. It bears a single light purplish pink flower about an inch long. An erroneously named bluish white plant is also used for wreaths on the Pacific coast.
Mary asks why reindeer know Santa, mother replies with a playful reason. The vignette, credited to M. B. Thomas, centers on a child’s humorous misunderstanding about Christmas trees stowed on reindeer heads.
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