Kathies Dollar Dilemma and Honest Christmas Gift
Ten year old Kathie faces a Christmas budget when her family has little money for gifts. A neighbor, Miss Mansfield, slips Kathie an extra two dollars, total three, by mistake. Kathie chooses honesty over temptation, returns the extra dollar, and learns the value of doing right despite potential generosity from others.
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Swathie
Father
Isathie
Nathie
Kathie
Mother
Mabel
Miss Mansfield
Shell
Annette Hoyt
Willathie
Iamhie
Christmas Post Mixups Bring Bright Enigmas to Two Friends
In a bustling city post office on Christmas, two gifts meant for unrelated people end up misdirected. Arthur Proctor receives a blue silk nightcap and slippers labeled Aunt Tam, while Antoinette Mayfield gets cigars gloves and pomade. A note from Aunt Tam triggers a comic pursuit to untangle the sauce.
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Petitikins
Arthur Proctor
Antoinette Mayfield
Paree
Charles Burleigh
Miss. Mayfield
City
Tam
Mr. Burleigh
Winds of the Four Winds and January Frost
A poetic vintage passage describes January winds from the Sultan of the Northland and Eastern bogs, the Western blaze, and Southern gales, clashing with an awakened fairy-tale winter. Janus stamps his ice matted hands as forces rally and the dream of spring recedes.
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Janus
Christmas Dollar Earned by Kathie in Mansfield House
Kathie faces a Christmas gift dilemma as Miss Mansfield offers payment for helping dust and arrange items in a room. Kathie agrees and, excited by the possibility of earning a dollar, asks to start tomorrow as Miss Mansfield relents with a warm smile.
Christmas Shopping Plan Fails in Comic Package Mix Up
Bidwell promised to handle shopping and saved his wife work but wrapped all gifts in one giant box labeled with his name and address. The next day the family found the contents scattered. each child received a share ranging from an express wagon to a doll, causing household chaos.
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Bidwell
Tommy
Mamie
Ifreddie
Christmas Bells at Dells Beneath Silver Monitors
A reflective verse from Godey's describing Christmas bells as they ring over towns and burial mounds, summoning souls to praise and weaving music into daily life. The poem evokes morning to night chimes, guiding the city with hopeful, joyous meanings.
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Dells
Holiday jingle notes George's February birthday
Fragmentary verse recalls Christmas cheer and an unfulfilled festive day for George on February twenty second. It hints at financial worry and a child’s plea to join in celebration, with playful lines about Tommy and Eddy amid holiday talk.
A Great Present for Christmas
May answers Auntie with a playful tale about stocking gifts for Santa Claus. The exchange ends with May offering her own stocking as a present that Santa can fill and return.
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Santa Claus
Auntie
May
Harper
New Year's Wish For You Little One
A brief verse wishes a newborn a sweet and true life in the new year. It speaks of well wishes and happiness for youth beginning their journey in 1910s style.
An Unfeeling Man Christmas Gift Exchange
A bizarre exchange finds Mrs Cumso asking her husband what he will give for her Christmas pregnancy payment. The husband replies with about fifty dollars to cover his own costs, a response noted by the judge.
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Mrs. Cumso
The Overcoat Hung for Gift on Christmas Eve
A fragment recalls a woman hanging her stocking by the fire and dreaming of a golden calf. Another scene notes a man hanging his overcoat the previous day to raise money for a gift for his beloved.
Hang It Up Christmas Fashions Tow Out
A brief oddity notes the Christmas fashions and novelty items drawing attention as shoppers search for something new amid holiday trends with a playful, local newspaper tone.
Ornamenting the Trees from Thuringen Wald Craftsmen
Hundreds of thousands of Christmas ornaments come from Thuringen Wald in central Germany where villages near pine forests operate as family factories. The work is hard and poorly paid, with many family members toiling 18 to 20 hours daily during the peak season, yet the artisans remain cheerfully patient despite poverty.
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Thuringen-Wald
Forest
Thuringen
Germany
Santa Claus
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Chikristmas
Wan
Raove
Sialica
Murray
Cratzoss
Mamma
Harry
Sean
Papa
Uncle
Bridget
Annette Hart
Mrs. B
Mr. Bidwell
Central
Europe
Berchta
Donar
Mary
Cel
Min
Society
Arthur~Proctor
Northland
Mathie
Watkie
Benisons
Godey’s
George
Eddy
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