Christmas in Middle America Across Ten Republics
The piece surveys Christmas customs in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. It notes picnics, creches, Virgin processions, fireworks, marimba bands, and pinatas as festive staples while highlighting a shared hope for peace and inter American unity.
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Santa Claus
Middle America
Ole Saint Nick
el Salvador
Mexico
Panama
Creche
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Cuba
Honduras
Nicaragua
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Republican Victory Named Top News Story of 1946
United Press editors select the GOP victory in Congress as the year’s biggest story, listing 1946 highlights including the Nuremberg verdicts and atomic tests, with other top items such as the November coal strike and Stalin reports shaping the year.
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New York City
United Press Today
Congress
GOP
Nuernberg
John L. Lewis
Bikini
Churchill
Fulton, Mo
United Nations
Commerce Wallace
Hugh Baillie
Joseph Stalin
William Heirens
National Railroad
Gift bearers across lands bring Epiphany gifts
Across nations the gift bearer myth evolves from Santa to the Magi, Befana, Babouska, Christkind, and Syrian Camel. Each folklore figure appears on and around Epiphany bringing toys and mercy to children, preserving wonder while warning that disappointment wounds a child's trust.
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Santa Claus
America
Spain
Bethlehem
Christkind
Jesus
France
Sheng Dan Jieh A Holy Festival In China
Christmas observance spreads in China with private home decorations and Paper Tree of Light. Families exchange gifts and children receive surprises. Early morning Masses, lantern processions, and translations of carols accompany the celebration.
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China
Herald Angels
Exhausted Wild Goose Captured Alive
Washington D C The civil Albers petroleum engineer for the Ohio Oil company at Lovell captured a Canadian goose while duck hunting along the Shoshone river near Byron. The exhausted bird has a wing span over five feet and was kept alive to be fattened for the family Christmas dinner. Buy and use Christmas seals.
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Washington, D. C
Civil Albers
The
Ohio Oil Company
Lovell
Day
Shoshone River
Byron
Albers
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Glenn Cain
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Silent
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Paul Ballard
Joe Weamer
Sterling Degner
Andy Miekush
Floyd Bergholm
Nao
John Rooksberry
Ted Slettebo
Bill Ellison
C. A. Bishop
Buck East
Sawyer Stores, Inc
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