Santa Fred Lorenzen Keeps Tradition As Santy Claus
Fred Lorenzen of 1116 Sixteenth Avenue SW plays Santy Claus for 17 years each holiday season. This year he faces 19 party bookings plus seven Christmas Eve stops, enjoying the joy in children and adults while sharing memories from his long service at post office parties and community events.
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Fred Lorenzen
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Fred
Santy Claus
New York
Santa
School For the Blind
Vinton
Santy
Rudolph
Ellis Park
Post Office
Music For Shoppers In Piazza Navona Mandolin Seller
A Roman street musician kept warm this week by a cardboard box inside a fountain at Piazza Navona while playing the mandolin for crowds shopping at an outdoor Christmas market.
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Piazza Navona
A Yuletide Bird Feast Near Fourth Street Tracks
A railroad spill along downtown Fourth street feeds a heavy grain trail seen from Third avenue SE. The scene suggests birds will flock to the spill as a natural feast this holiday season.
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Fourth Street
Third Avenue
Enterprising tenor revives singing telegrams in California
Donald Currie of San Anselmo, a 30 year old tenor, dresses in a red bellhop uniform and delivers singing telegrams. He charges $15 for porch deliveries and offers a $10 telephone option, saying he is basically in the happy business as he revives this quaint art.
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Donald Currie
San Anselmo
Calif
What Year Was It That The 'Child' Went Out Of Your Christmas
The author laments how Christmas lost its childlike wonder as adults grow busy and sign mass cards. It questions when barefoot joy turned to sensible slippers and when gifts became charged obligations. Bombeleck expresses nostalgia for simpler, magical Christmas mornings.
Christmas Child and the Spirit of Giving
A reflective piece on how Christmas changes with time and life stages. It contrasts memories of traditional rituals with modern efficiency and consumer culture, urging readers to keep the joy and generosity alive even as experiences evolve.
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