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Newspaper
Bayard News
Location
Bayard, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
7
A legend recalls Martin Luther on a cold Christmas Eve walking through fields and seeing a pine tree lit by stars. He shared the scene with his family and rekindled the idea of a lighted Christmas tree for the world.
Clement Moore popularized a jolly old elf in 1822. Thomas Nast later transformed Santa into the rotund white bearded figure in red and white, a form that became the American norm by the end of the 19th century.
The text traces mistletoe’s mystic Druid origins and its role in Christmas rites. It notes carol singing’s universal Christian prominence and explains why ornaments decorate Christmas trees with garlands lights and glass globes.
A fragmentary verse recalls a night visit by two dreams to earth, linked to a mother and her boy. The dreams inspire memory and hope, contrasting yesterday with days to come as a family finds quiet joy.
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