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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1973
Page
3
Santa Claus Indiana, a village of 50 residents on U.S. 460 between Evansville and Louisville, attracts visitors yearly with toy trains and merry go rounds. Founded on Christmas Eve 1852 by German pioneers, it has a long postmark history and a busy postal operation handling about 4 million pieces annually.
A concise history traces Santa to St Nicholas German legend gold gifts 4th century and Norse Hertha fire folklore this shaped American Christmas myth via Clement Clarke Moore poem The Visit of St Nicholas 1822. London buses face unruly teen-agers on late runs with abusive behavior and fare evasion.
An old tale tells of a poor peasant woman with many children decorating a Christmas tree with berries nuts and odds ends. She toiled all night and spiders weaving webs on the branches were transformed into sparkling silver by the Christ Child as a blessing.
Greeks observe a unique Christmas Eve with carols by children, clay drums, and a family feast featuring Christosomo bread and cheridon roast pig. Epiphany marks a waters blessing led by the archbishop, where divers seek the cross for a blessing and gifts, a custom echoed in Greek communities abroad.
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