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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1986
Page
2
The reader from Barnstead asks why plum pudding has no plums. The reply explains that old New England usage labeled raisins as plums, so plum pudding, plum porridge, and plum cake were made with raisins rather than actual plums.
A narrator recalls a painful Christmas after her mother’s death from consumption. She helps with chores, knits for sisters, and gifts Grandpa a German rendition of O Tannenbaum. The scene centers on family bonds, survival, and the emotional tie to Grandpa as she keeps her mother’s memory alive.
A sequence of archival listings shows daily date codes with H and L identifiers from December spans across years 1955 to 1975. Entries include December 25 to December 30 with varying H and L codes and years, marking a log of record references for those dates.
Normal highs and lows listed by date from December 24 to December 30. Daily highs are 24 with lows ranging from 6 to 4 degrees, and average daily temperatures fall around 14 to 15 degrees.
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