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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1901
Page
2
Poem laments the end of the old year and greets the new, reflecting on memories and farewell. The speaker speaks of departure into the future, counting the days left and savoring moments of friendship and love as the year closes. The tone is wistful and elegiac.
In Brookdale a boy named Ned Throop wins the town prize sled for being the most popular and best behaved, while Bruce Morrison’s crowd miss the festival after planning mischief. Santa Claus, revealed as the tramp, flees with the carriage, leading to a late night fiasco.
Oderey Pettigrew travels with Bob to town to buy Christmas gifts for family. He contemplates sharing gifts with Aunt Pettigrew and plans for Addie wife and mother. Evans suggests bringing joy to the widowed relatives with thoughtful tokens amid a modest holiday budget.
In Brookdale, Ned Throop's street scene unfolds as a boyish wait for Christmas magic. A disguised Santa wanders in snow, a charity gift chain begins with Mr Ames and the school festival, and a town learns the sweetness of giving through a child’s hopeful arrival.
Quote from Chicago Record notes Uncle Theodore defines Christmas spirit as the genial joy of discovering enough money to share with others.
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