Letters to Santa From Young Readers Reach Santa
A collection of children letters requesting gifts for Christmas including talking dolls race cars doll clothes a typewriter a tractor a bicycle and various games. Several children sign with full names and addresses conveying eager wishes and good behavior. Some letters mention family members and a desire for items for siblings or parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Casey
Barbie
Skipper
Laura Cody
Ashwood P.S
Chris Allen Clayton
Republic
Serious Christmas Music Finally Hits Its Stride
AP News features writer Mary Campbell surveys strong holiday albums. Biggs and the Gregg Smith Singers lead a majestic carol set including We Three Kings and So How a Rose Eer Blooming from Texas Boys Choir. Virgil Fox's The Joy of Christmas offers restraint and variety. Handel Messiah on a compact LP from Ambrosian Singers with Charles Mackerras explores a small-orchestra approach. From Heaven Above features Deller Consort performing authentic medieval and Renaissance carols. Vanguard Baroque Christmas Cantatas highlights Telemann and Buxtehude with four soloists. Charpentier Midnight Mass for Christmas Eve and Purcell Te Deum close the roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Campbell
AP News
E. Power Biggs
Gregg Smith
Texas Boys Choir
New York Brass and
Southern California
Columbia
FL Worth
Robert de Cormier
Virgil Fox
Hager Wagner
Miss Rothenberger
Ambrosian Singers
English Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras
Angel
Handel
Cleveland Symphony
Cleveland Symphony Chorus
Deller Consort
Klaus Knall
Freiburg
Marc Antoine Charpentier
Purcell
Dan Fortified City Gate Revealed At Dan Site
Archaeologists in Upper Galilee reveal Dan as a fortress and northern Israel hub. Finds include a massive city gate 84 by 65 feet, a citadel, Ashlar palace remains, a Hyksos glacis, and a 7th century B.C. Phoenician inscription. The site dates to late 7th century B.C. with earlier destruction about 1600 B.C. and later habitation by Canaanites. Excavations funded by Israel’s Department of Antiquities and U.S. sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Dan
Upper
Galilee
Israel
Avraham Biran
Israeli Antiquities and Museums
Damascus
Jeroboam I
Ahab
Jeroboam II
Carchemish
Syria
Laish
Department of Antiquities
United States
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Pamela
Carol Davidson
Walker
Jimmy Burnett
W. Travis
Chris Clayton
E. Republic
Santa Claus
Pa Pa
Pal
Roy Diane Wilson
Bolster
Natalie Harman
Tam
Edward Dash
Baytown
Jimmy Ralph Dash
God
California
San Miguel Island
Qriiler
Helen Bennet
Bon-Ton Beauty Salon
Alex Dr. Ph
A-Totem of
R. C. Stephenson, Jr
Para
Finn
Mabel Bennett Mire
Irma Victor
Esso
Texas
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Inland Waterways
Port of Houston
J. C. Edwards
Humble
Carl Orff
Deller
Alfred Deller
Maurice Bevan
Vanguard
Erlebach
Able
Buxtehude
Tunder
Telemann
U.S
World Almanac
Enneys
Pilots
Seattle
Seattle Pilots
Tempe
Ariz
Cleveland Indians
San Diego
Padres
Sydney
Ross Stevens
Jeanette Paton
Jeanette
Phil Paton
Ross
Tom Stevens
Paton
Stevens
Saskatchewan
Mag
Towncraft
Penney
Banton
Hii
Fanney
Phana
BAY Plaza
Dacron
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