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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1972
Page
17
The article traces Christmas music from post reformations in Italy with the Christmas concerto to Puritan England where the oratorio rose in popularity. It notes Corelli and Handel shaping sacred works like the Messiah and observes a shift around 1900 to Christmas-season performances.
A collection of handwritten Christmas requests from children, listing toys such as tables and chairs, fort, electric train, dolls, bibs and robes, bikes, horse toys, a Honda, a baby buggy, Snoopy toothbrush, a toy baby alligator, and inflatable furniture. Messages include gratitude and hopes for Santa’s visit.
A child writes a affectionate plea expressing love and good behavior and asks for a train card milk and cookies and a talking doll and a crying doll and a horse and candy and pecans for a child age three identifying names Dolores Trevino Jerry Jamie Sandoval Rita Williams and Elly as participants and requesters.
A nostalgic reflection on Christmas traditions past including sleds named Flexible Flyer, fruit cakes, cranberry sauce, caroling, kitchen aromas, and warm home comforts. The piece evokes childhood wonder, family rituals, and the simple pleasures of wintry days and shared songs.
A reminiscence recalls the warmth of home during Christmas in years past, noting how simple sensory details like fabrics and boots sparked memories. The piece reflects on returning to these memories nostalgically in 1971.
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