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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1944
Page
13
A garbled OCR shows multiple Santa letters listing what children want for gifts. Requests include a coat, wagon, doll, piano, house shoes, gloves, horn, purse, buggy, dish set, a bed with pillows, candy, apples, nuts, and an airplane, signed by many friends.
A World War I account recalls Christmas Eve between Armentieres and Arras when James Sutherland-Watt and fellow Scots joined in singing Silent Night. German voices answered. no arms were raised and both sides observed a brief ceasefire as carols echoed across the trenches. The piece also touches on Christmas carol history and a sequence of personal letters to Santa from children.
A collection of handwritten Christmas requests from children. They ask for dolls, dolls high chairs, a wagon, rocking chair, house shoes, bathrobe, Lone Ranger set, stick horse, ball, helmet, horse and saddle, boxing gloves, and a picture show. Names include Brenda Ann Yoast Peggy Ann Norman Joe Donale Peggy Burnett Davis Glenn Buddy Little.
A reminiscence of historic Christmas music and the clergy who shaped carol programs. It recalls Franz Grube, Cadell, and the notable rendition by Madame Schumann-Heink, highlighting a bygone era of simple, church led carol offerings.
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