Hunters ask ATF about Federal Gun Control Act effects
The ATF spokesman says the 1968 act mainly targets criminals, not hunters. Read answers cover buying guns, cross state transfers, bringing shotguns on flights, transporting across state lines, and gifting firearms between family members while noting state laws may apply.
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Southwest
Internal Revenue
Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Division
Bill L. Gaunt
ATF
Gaunt
United States
Texas
Colorado
Dakotas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Albuquerque
el Paso
Paso
Be Like a Child Again at Christmas
The piece celebrates the Christmas magic seen through children. It recalls their eager behavior before and on Christmas morning, the hopeful waiting, and the warm glow of the pine, lights, and wrapped gifts that lift the spirits and recall kinder memories.
Christmas Creche Tradition Across Cultures
The article traces the creche from its Catholic origins with St. Francis of Assisi to its role in modern Christmas celebrations. It notes the nativity tableau in Bethlehem, the crib surrounded by Holy Family and animals, and compares the creche to the Christmas tree in different regions. It mentions summer holidays in the Southern Hemisphere and typical family celebrations such as turkey dinners and seaside or hillside picnics.
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St. Francis of Assisi
Bethlehem
Europe
America
Dear Santa My Christmas Wish Letters From Kids
Five children from rural addresses write Santa with simple gift requests. Andy Couch asks for a bicycle with training wheels, Richard Crim seeks a mini bike and other items, Myrtle Buckmaster requests an Eirith stone ring, MyrtIe Buckmaster, Darla Decker asks for a Baby Loving Care doll a white talking telephone a talking Ken and dishes, all closing with warm holiday wishes.
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Santa
Andy Couch
Victor
Board Church
Darla Decker
Rt. 3
Reforming Rupprecht the German Santa Helper
A historical feature recalls Germany's Rupprecht, a feared premodern Santa figure linked to Wotan lore. Once a disciplinarian who punished children and prowled with myths of kidnapping, he is framed in scholarly work as a relic of winter solstice rites honoring Tyr and the sun god’s justice.
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Santa Claus
Ol’ St. Nick
Germany
Rupprecht
Simon
Wotan
Zeus
Tyr
Dear Santa Claus Letter From Mark Abbey
The note from Mark Abbey asks Santa for a bike a matchbox city a Joe Namath train a pretty robot and a I Joe promising he has tried to be good this year and signs off with love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Richard Ray Crim
Joe Namath
A .I. Joe
Mark Abbey
Robin Christmas Tale Through the Ages
The robin once a spring herald became a popular Christmas motif in late 1800s cards. Legend says a thorn from Christ’s crown drew a drop of blood to the robin’s chest, leaving the red mark as a symbol of the nativity story.
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Chie
Mary
Herod
Tren Berov
Bingham TV
Sales & Service
George Bingham
A&p
Eirith
Myrtle Jean Buckmaster
Santas
Robin
Noel
Oak Lawn Funeral Home
Comanche, Texas
Wen
Me Dougal Comanche
Harelik
Dad
Yuletide
Comanche Trailer Corp
Oman , Texas
Builders of
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