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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1969
Page
10
The Daily Review notes staff credits for editors and departments with dates in 1969. It lists Charles Peterson as Managing Editor and associates from Hayward California, clarifying that opinions in editorials do not necessarily reflect the paper’s official stance.
The piece argues the true Christmas spirit lies in love charity and forgiveness rather than materialism. It laments diminished religious relevance yet celebrates the season as a call to compassion, forgiveness, and aid for others amid modern change and temptation.
Virginia O Hanlon’s 71 year old note to the New York Sun sparked the famed editorial Is There a Santa Claus. The piece defends belief in Santa as real beyond what is seen, praising faith, imagination, love, and childhood joy.
A garbled OCR carving of Clement C. Moore’s 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas outlines the familiar scene of Santa Claus and his eight reindeer entering a home on Christmas Eve. It reproduces the iconic opening, the names of Dasher through Blitzen, and the closing wish for a merry Christmas to all.
A vivid, affectionate sketch of the Cratchit family Christmas scene in A Christmas Carol. Bob Cratchit returns home with Tiny Tim, the goose is shared among kin, and Mrs Cratchit proud of a grand pudding as the family gathers to wish each other a merry Christmas and bless everyone.
A readable Biblical excerpt narrates the Nativity under Caesar Augustus and Quirinius, with Joseph and Mary in Bethlehem, Jesus born in a manger, shepherds watching and angels declaring good news. The shepherds visit, spread the tale, and Mary contemplates these events in her heart.
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