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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1938
Page
3
Officials warn that the annual U S mail rush will be eased by improved handling yet many gifts will arrive after Christmas due to heavy workload and delays. Postmen appeal for patience as deliveries stretch past the holiday.
A monument in Oberndorf Austria honors Joseph Mohr who wrote the words to Holy Night and Franz Gruber who composed the music for the Christmas hymn regarded worldwide.
A high- perched Colorado town on the Divide revives a modern Christmas by burning the traditional yule log. The hunt begins at 1 p.m. with villagers summoned by a bugle. the log’s history ties to Scandinavian and English traditions and wassail song.
Mervin Flanders of Winslow Mills Maine returned home after a shoe factory closed and built a wreath business. He improvised a gadget from barrel hoops and spruce boughs that speeds wreath production tenfold, turning him into a local leader in holiday decor.
Authorities warn readers to exercise extreme care with candles and Yuletide decorations to prevent fires. Fire services urge keeping candles away from flammable materials and never leaving unattended burning items in homes during the holiday season.
The Indiana hill village known as Santa Claus rests as a real place famed for its Christmas name and its connection to Abraham Lincoln who lived there from age seven to twenty-one. The unincorporated community has a busy post office each December as pilgrims send letters to be stamped with the famed Santa Claus postmark.
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