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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1946
Page
10
A compilation of local Decatur Alabama children handwritten Christmas requests from 1946. Names ages and addresses appear for Jeannine McGahee Joe McAnally Clyde Childers Sasaia Shelba Jean Wells Johnny Peebles Aaron de Graffenried and others requesting dolls trains skates guns football and parental affection.
Voices recount the history of Christmas carols from Sixteenth Century Waits in England to colonial America. Watchmen turned carolers, the origins of carols, kitchen stages, and the spread of candle in window customs are traced along with notes on mummers and pagan roots behind Yuletide joy.
City of Decatur Alabama adopts Ordinance 443 establishing a free public library under a five member library board. The board’s terms span one to four years with appointments by the City Council and powers to hire staff and manage the library in the city building. The ordinance repeals prior related measures and takes effect with the adopted date December 16, 1946. Cleopatra note appears as a stray line at the end.
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