Miracle Play In Modern Texas Town
A Spanish Indian hybrid miracle play is staged in San Antonio during Christmas. Amateur actors go house to house with invited witnesses only. The Nativity scene uses stairs as a manger, with a life like Christ Child and plaster shepherds. A hell scene shows devils around a bonfire. An Ermitano clown and Archangel Gabriel join the procession. Seven devils are vanquished as a wild Indian kisses the Child. all kiss the Child in solemn ritual.
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Mexico
San Antonio
Hell
Ermitano
Gabrie'l
Lucifer
Faith and Peace Are Eternal Across Twenty Centuries
The essay notes that Bethlehem’s census and King Herod’s cruelties are overshadowed by the lasting legacy of Christ. It contrasts rulers’ violence with the enduring message of faith and love, arguing that faith and peace remain eternal despite human records and beliefs.
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Bethlehem
Caesar Augustus
Augustus
Judea
Herod
Cleopatra
Samaria
Christ
Letters To Santa From Denton Children 1946
A collection of Christmas wish letters from Denton MD children dated December 12 1946. Betty Jane Murphy Paul Faulkner Eugene Meredith Jackie Skinner Robert Garrett Bill Addington Charles Good and others request toys games and clothes for themselves families teachers and classmates. They ask for dolls trains bicycles footballs rifles and more with note of kindness to Mrs Hignutt and to poor children.
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Santa Claus
Eugene Meredith
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Texas
Denton, Md
Betty Jane Murphy
Santa
Paul Faulkner
Bill Addington
Denton
Robert Garrett
Hignutt
Jackie
Jackie Skinner
Charles Good
Citas
W. Clark Quillen
Goldsboro, Md
Vin
Jump Hardware & Implement Co
Queen Anne and
Centreville
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