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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
2
A Russian Moujik Katoma dies on Christmas Eve and Baboushka the kind widow sheltering Ossip welcomes a homeless girl named Vasalissa. Later a pale boy and his crippled brother Trpetusha seek refuge. Baboushka offers warmth and nourishment, preparing to aid them all in the harsh winter.
A tall lad seeks asylum for his crippled brother Petrusha and Baboushka offers him shelter. She recounts her lifelong search for the Christ Child, learning that helping the least of these children fulfills the true Christmas mission and warms her heart.
A young girl Dorothy ventures from her mine hut in a snowbound mountain to find Santa Claus. Assisted by a mine owner, she is found near collapse, carried home to recover beside a treasured doll, and asks if Santa Claus is God too.
In a holiday shop window two tin soldiers boast eight inch height and grand uniforms. They long for a bigger world than guarding toy goods and dream of serving faithful children rather than mute display. Later found wrecked at a city dump they contrast with a pristine survivor who never truly left his shelf. The battered veteran recalls a life of playful mischief and bittersweet affection, while the other recalls a safer, orderly past.
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