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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1987
Page
9
A playful survey of a year end trend as stores burst with cow themed gifts from pottery to fashion. Cows appear on glasses clocks and puppets while woolens and tinsels celebrate bovines in a nostalgic holiday display across the country. Santa is asked for a real dairy cow this season.
In 1940, Jimmy and his father cut a load of firewood for Mrs. Smith and bought provisions for Christmas. After a day of hard work and a trip to town for stocking treats, six stockings hung by the stove remained empty. At last, Uncle Bill and Aunt Edna arrived with gifts, making angels seem to have appeared on their farm to restore Christmas joy.
The Lembkes Klingbeils and Beckers families pose in their country best in Little Wolfe, Waupaca County. Photo submission credited to Russell and Delores Miller of Horntonville.
Mrs. Gertrude Larson recalls a 1905 or 1906 Christmas in Vernon County with a parlor full of candles and colored balls, a pink trinket cup, and a Santa reveal by Uncle Martin. She later moved to Chippewa County in 1908 and recalls many trees cut from local pines, but that first memorable tree remains her favorite.
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