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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1967
Page
16
Several children write Santa asking for toys and gifts. Names include Iron Lee Towe Debbie June Scheller Kim Keith Terri and Keith White. Requests mention dolls bicycles and other toys with hopeful Christmas wishes.
A brief read shows a fragmented letter or note asking to remember little children and mentioning sewing kit gifts. Names appear as Janna with affectionate closing. Content is incomplete and unclear.
The note from Sandra Hicks asks Santa to bring a dol huggy and Rag gedy Ann and wishes happiness for everyone this Christmas.
The article argues Xmas is often seen as inappropriate though it traces the form to the Greek letter Chi for Christ. It notes X appears on catacomb walls and mentions early Christian symbolism linked to representations of the Trinity.
Hanover residents watch more than five hundred youngsters ride in a fire engine parade at five miles an hour. Afterward Santa visits the station handing out candy and toys while children ask for gifts like a fire engine and other sought items.
A compact look at Christmas traditions from lighting candles in windows to hanging stockings. It links candles to guiding the Christ child and explains the Yule log custom and its odor. The text shifts to a classroom letter from a second grader asking Santa for gifts and remembering others.
A reader asks for a projector and mentions a courtesy reminder to Ev Monty Cox. No further context or details are provided.
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Israel share the Holy Land with Judaism Christianity and Islam. Bethlehem Jerusalem Nazareth prepare for believers as Orthodox and Armenian Catholic celebrations mark Christmas season with processions vestments and ancient customs.
The piece notes two Decembers of Christmas in the Soviet Union and Poland. It describes Dyedushka Moroz the Grandfather Frost figure and a Babushka gift giver. It mentions Poland's Christmas as religious with moves toward nationalizing religious activity. A student signs as Janet Williams in second grade.
A letter from Sandra Blue expresses a desire for a sno cone machine an operation game and tricky Tommy Turtle plus a Snakes Alive item and asks to remember everyone on Christmas with love.
A child named Anthony Hidrogo, aged four, from 702 East Mill Street writes asking Santa for a motorbike and a convertible for Christmas. The note expresses simple holiday desires from a young resident.
Children request toys and gifts in friendly postcards and notes. They hope for bikes robots racing cars toy turtles dolls sewing machines and other items from Santa with messages of affection to family members.
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