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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1968
Page
16
A Bonham Texas page warns holidays bring lethal risks from slick roads and busy shoppers. Tips urge wiping mud from shoes, light throttle use, following signs, extra caution at intersections, bright clothing for pedestrians, and holding umbrellas high for visibility.
Pilgrims from around the world visit Bethlehem to see the Church of the Nativity. They enter the fourteen century Latin Chapel and descend to the Grotto of the Nativity. A silver star bears the inscription of Jesus birth. Christmas traditions from many lands are celebrated.
Post offices in Noel Missouri Christmas Florida Santa Claus Indiana Bethlehem Indiana Bethlehem Pennsylvania see heavy mail volume and visitors during Christmas. Towns feature light displays and festivals highlighting the religious meaning of the season.
Benjamin Hanby an Ohio pastor wrote Up on the Housetops in 1864 to supply songs for children during weekly singfests in New Paris Ohio. The song portrays Santa and reindeer and rose in popularity but authorship credit was lost after a Chicago publisher’s fire and restored posthumously.
In 1842 London gas lights glow as William Mwa Ealey Jr, an engraver's apprentice, designs the world’s first Christmas card at age sixteen. The card, featuring four Yuletide scenes from Dickens tales, is now housed in the British Museum as a rare collector’s item.
Gary Ingram asks Santa for a guitar and a Johnny Eagle gun. La Tonna Jones wants an Easy Bake oven and a baby that wets with a doll house. Lisa Castle requests a talking Barbie and a Susie Homemaker dishwasher. A French Canada note claims cats are well fed but unlucky if a cat meows on Christmas Eve.
Our thoughts turn to those who have gladdened the past seasons for us. Merry Christmas to you.
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