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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1976
Page
9
The Daily Retter declares opinions in editorials cartoons and letters to the editor express personal views not necessarily reflecting the paper's position. Editorials and columns may present individual perspectives from Charles Peterson Leona Ward and staff.
The piece from 1976 offers a Christmas break from heavy news, celebrating seasonal literature and the spirit of goodwill. It urges lighting a candle over cynicism, embracing hope, renewal, and the beauty surrounding us as Christmas Day approaches.
Will Rogers remarks that Christmas was unusually quiet after a heated section and that interest in candidates outweighed Santa Claus. He muses about the era’s changing ideas and hints at plans to replace past notions. January 6, 1920 is noted as reserved for the WIT Rowe's.
Louis Cassels recounts a secular man who doubts the incarnation yet acts with kindness. On a snowy Christmas Eve, birds seek shelter and he cannot persuade them to enter his barn. The church bells prompt a revelation, teaching him why God became man.
An excerpt from A Christmas Carol recounts the Cratchit family Christmas feast. Mrs Cratchit, Belinda, and the children rush to prepare the goose, boil puddings, and share cheer as Bob Crachit praises Tiny Tim and the family blesses each other with hopeful goodwill.
The text recounts Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem for a census under Caesar Augustus, Jesus’ birth in a manger, nearby shepherds receiving angelic tidings, and the shepherds visiting the child and spreading the news, with Mary reflecting on these events.
A fragmented 1897 Sun letter by Virginia O Hanton answers the famous question Is there a Santa Claus with a resounding Yes. The editor Francis P Church affirms belief noting the ethics of faith and imagination, saying Santa Claus exists as surely as love and generosity and will live forever in childhood joy.
A stream of garbled lines describes Clement Clarke Moore’s poem and the iconic St. Nick image. It mashes misheard phrases, mis-typed names, and scattered verses, referencing Santa, reindeer, and the classic ho ho ho ending in a nostalgic Christmas frame.
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