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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1995
Page
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers calculate Santa’s travel at 650 miles per second, needing 214,200 reindeer to pull a 21,000 ton sleigh. In 31 hours across 24 time zones, the crew and load would weigh four times the QE2 while visiting 822.6 households per second, reaching 15 percent of the world’s homes.
A Daily Telegraph customer service note confirms Christmas morning opening. It lists a December 26 schedule at 7:30 p.m. for Bluefield Mercer Lodge No. 85 AF and AM at the Masonic Temple inviting all Master Masons. Weather forecasts call for snow likely today with highs in the 20s and tonight flurries. a regional weather package is provided.
Barbara Hawkins presents a Daily Telegraph Christmas feature where twelve Christian messengers from ministers to nuns reflect on the meaning of Christmas. Rev. Harry B Christie notes reverence as the world stops to honor the Jewish birth. Rev. Alton L. King speaks of God’s immense love. Rev. David W. Dockery emphasizes family, contemplation, and celebration.
At St Peter's Basilica Pope John Paul II prayed for peace in the Balkans and across Africa during the Christmas Eve Mass broadcast to hundreds of millions. The service highlighted hope for harmony amid war, with a 100 foot Bavarian tree outside and a first Internet broadcast of Urbi et Orbi in multiple languages.
Jim Terry reports Bluefield area charity drive for the Bluefield Area Foundation now totals 12472 after 1401 added this week. The drive runs through year end and funds benefit charitable educational health recreational and cultural needs in Bluefield West Virginia and Bluefield Virginia. Campaign chair Katharine Tierney and president Richard Ammar urge broader participation as donations stay in place forever while only income funds grants.
Advent through Christmas preparations described by Sister Theresa Metz and George Bowling at Sacred Heart Churches in Princeton and Bluefield. The piece notes Advent as a time of prayer waiting and preparation, the 12 Days of Christmas from December 25 to January 6, and specific feasts including Saint Stephen Saint John Holy Innocents Saint Thomas Becket Saint Mary Mother of God Saint Basil and Gregory Nazianzen Saint John Neumann Blessed Andre Bessette Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Epiphany, with Advent hymns and the final O Come Emmanuel. The tone matches a local church calendar feature highlighting liturgical themes and upcoming lessons and carols.
Sister Theresa Metz of Princeton Sacred Heart Church says Advent reframes winter darkness as a season of renewal. She notes Christmas begins a hopeful period of light, with Scriptures about Jesus and weekly candle lighting as the days grow longer toward Epiphany.
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