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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1964
Page
10
A child writes to Santa asking for a walking doll a play house a talking doll a Tessie doll a transistor radio and notes a desire for gifts for siblings and parents including radios fruits nuts and candy. The festive letter closes with a warm Christmas greeting.
A second grade letter asks Santa for Pebbles for Barbie, a Pebbles cradle, leopard house shoes, and three pairs of school pants size 6 or 7 for a girl. Signed Barbara Dudley dated 2011 St.
A letter from children in Comanche includes requests for a doll twenty inches tall, a baton, a rodeo suit, candy, fruits, nuts, a tiger belt holster, and toys for siblings. Linda Gunter and sisters Tina and Carm a Adcock sign with love, asking Santa for gifts and noting their good behavior.
Three Gustine sisters Talma Lu 8 Suzanne 5 and Jan et Haile write to Santa Claus in Mrs Miller’s second grade class. They thank him for last year’s toys and list desired gifts including Pebbles doll a child size kitchen set dishes play food Mouse Trap game and clothes. They wish him a safe trip this year.
Dickens celebrated Christmas tale The Cricket on the Hearth drew immediate stage adaptations in 1845 with about a dozen London theatres staging dramatizations. The father character shields his blind daughter from harsh realities as the story charms audiences during its early popular run.
The Georgia Power Company in Valdosta decorates its lobby each Christmas week with a tree and a waving Santa. On Christmas Eve Santa disappears leaving a sign that reads Sorry this is my busy night Santa Claus.
The piece notes spruces pines hemlocks yew and aborvitae as top choices for holiday greenery. Yew withstands better while broadleaf evergreens like laurel and boxwood are good for table decorations if kept in water to prevent shriveling. Wreaths can mix broadleaf evergreens with holly balsam or yew.
Tracy and Tina Cottrell from Abilene Texas write to Santa asking him to bring toys to their Grannies house in Comanche for Christmas. Tina is nearly two and Tracy nearly six, and they sign with appreciation.
The article warns caregivers about common Christmas hazards for infants and toddlers. It advises inspecting old tree lights and discarding worn parts, keeping glass ornaments and hair away from babies, and avoiding lead-based paint on toys. It also suggests selecting toys with few sharp edges, hard-to-burn materials, and large enough size to prevent swallowing.
In Rome on Christmas 1950 Pope Pius XII announced that excavators uncovered the tomb of the Apostle Peter under centuries of altars and shrines built since his martyrdom about A.D. 67, beneath the site of St Peter’s largest church.
Long before Christian times Egyptians celebrated winter solstice using green date palms in homes to symbolize life over death. Romans also raised evergreen boughs during the Feast of Saturn celebrating seasonal renewal.
Trim an outdoor tree for birds with pine cones dipped in suet popcorn apple bits and pie crust. Species like blue jays woodpeckers nut hatches chicadees warblers and brown creepers eat meat while cardinals juncos sparrows and finches prefer vegetable seeds.
A narration warns against commercial excess during Christmas and calls readers to restore the name Christ in Christmas. It argues for recognizing Jesus's birth and prompts readers to resist the impulse to reduce the holiday to advertising and selling.
The note offers a festive formula mixing equal parts joy and peace with faith and hope to spread happiness globally. A final ingredient, perhaps a prayer, is suggested to ensure a generous share for all. The tone is warm and reflective, aiming for universal good will.
Christmas in Brazil unfolds in mid summer with picnics fireworks and festas while religious observance mirrors other regions. Home and church decorations focus on a presepio a miniature nativity scene and a procession of priests in full ecclesiastical regalia leads to cathedrals for midnight mass.
Guidance for home decorating emphasizes seasonal symbols like a Nativity scene, religious decor, and simple arrangements. It encourages involving children, using fresh poinsettias for color, and ensuring all decorations carry a sense of moderation and meaning.
In France public Christmas trees are less popular than in America but many homes display trees with candles lights tinsel and stars. The traditional manger scene with small figures illustrates the Nativity story.
Roll out sugar or ginger cookie dough and press in white or colored sugar. Cut shapes and bake for festive treats.
The term Wassail comes from waes and hale meaning Be well. Hosts gave guests a spiced beer mixture and said Waes hael, while guests replied Drink hale or Drink in health.
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