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Decorah Republican in Decorah, Iowa

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Decorah Republican

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Decorah, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1913

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Santa Claus at the Blowing Town Prairie Cabin

In Town Prairie near Corning, the Downing family faces a bleak Christmas with scarce food and no Santa Claus rescue. Mrs Downing prays and Mollie suggests lighting a lantern and red hood to guide Santa, while Tim Manahan, the famed A. M. railway engineer nicknamed the Wild Irishman, drives No. 5 on a late Christmas Eve run through a snowstorm to reach Croxton.

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Downings Corning Santa Claus Mama Downing Mollie Tootsie Mama Grandma Ohio Papa Mrs. Downing Tim Manahan A. & M. Railway Company Prairies Mississippi River Council Bluffs Tim Mahahan No. 5 Croxton West Iowa Division Santa Tim Trishman
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Wild Irishman brings Santa to prairie cabin train

On a snowbound prairie run a fireman named Tim Manahan powers a fast engine in blizzard conditions. After a headlight failure the crew, passengers, and a stranded family convert a stalled train cabin into a Christmas scene with a cedar tree, gifts, and a Santa impersonation, ending in a dawn rescue by a wrecking train.

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The Beautiful Santa Myth

A persuasive column urges parents to let children believe in Santa Claus and other myths as long as possible. It argues that preserving childhood fantasies avoids early disillusionment and that facing truth too soon harms mother daughter bonds.

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Santa Claus Santa Claue
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Why holly at Christmas legend roots

Holly’s Christmas use traces to Saturnalia and pagan Rome. Romans and later Christians adopted holly to decorate homes and wish health and prosperity amid persecution.

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