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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1952
Page
4
In Mexico elaborate floats lead allegorical parades during the Christmas season. For eight evenings a religious procession features figures of Joseph and Mary at the head. On the ninth evening a ceremony is held around the straw-filled manger of the Babe.
A note on the meaning of Christmas urges sharing with the old and feeble the ill and shut in the bereaved whose sorrows you might lighten. It cautions that holiday flurry can distract parents and children from the birthday of Christ.
After New Year’s many Christmas trees can serve as bird feeders in yards with suet and water daily. Branches protect flower beds as mulch, build lean-tos for shrubs, and needles enrich acid-loving plants. If burning is needed, remove branches first to avoid street bonfires.
A fragment notes the boar's head ritual as a lively old Christmas custom in Merrie England. It mentions its endurance at Queen's College, Oxford where a tusked head is presented with a lemon and other ceremonial details.
Eleven year old Nevvy, shivering in a cobblestoned alley, defends a fragrant Christmas tree found beside a trash barrel from an older boy. After truth about his family’s hardship and a hospital birth, the pair strike a Christmas plan, with the older boy offering to be Santa and help deliver gifts to Nevvy’s siblings. The exchange ends with mutual generosity and hope as they agree to make the kids’ Christmas brighter.
A collection of handwritten Christmas requests from children naming expected gifts such as a cash register piano rocking horse three wheeled bicycle doll rubber doll suitcases and various toys. Names include Sharlot Glenda Junior Elaine Linda George Charles Ann Bill Gloria Parkcia Anne Margaret Ann and others with addresses or family notes.
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