Ruth Alice Finds Simple Christmas Joy Over Riches
Ruth Alice, heir to a vast fortune, wakes to luxury gifts including a limousine and pearls but discovers a simple wreath photo from Jack Dalton and a heartfelt Merry Christmas from an unknown suitor. The scene contrasts wealth with the warmth of a genuine gesture on Christmas morning.
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Uth Alice
Ruth Alice
Flora
Dad
Mike
Ting-a-ling
Miss Ruth Alice
Miss Norman
Jack Dalton
Walker
Christmas Love and a Mountain Town Trainset
A traveler recalls stopping in a snowbound mountain town at a rail division point. The scene features a busy Chinaman's eatery, warm hospitality, and trainmen discussing a woman named she described as their Christmas love and powerful engine.
Christmas Diamonds on a Lighted Christmas Tree
A quote on imitation snowballs resembling diamonds on a Christmas tree loans a warm mood. The reader is reminded that imitation ornaments can evoke a sense of richness beyond real gems.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Offertory Praise of the Christ Child by Mary Mapss Dodge
A devotional verse extols the Christ Child's beauty gentleness and maternal embrace praising his nearness in homes and the light he brings to humanity, expressing reverent affection for the infant Jesus and the mother Mary.
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Christ
Christ Child
Reed
Mary Mapss Dodge
There is a Sandy Claus in the house
A story scene shows children believing in a Sandy Claus after finding in the hall a stocking, a mantel decoration, and a Christmas tree. Granny awakens to gifts, the Kid and Stumpy recount sightings, and a passerby in a money bank overcoat inspires faith in Sandy Claus.
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Sandy Claus
Sandy
Granny
Relief Corps
Salvation Army
Ladies’ Aid
Stumpy
Period of Good Will and Saturnalia Roots
The text traces Christmas customs to the Roman Saturnalia noting mirth feasting gift exchange and charity. It cites George Newell Moran describing the festival’s lenient practices including freed speech for slaves and a lack of war or executions during the holiday period.
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George Newell Moran
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Alice
Western Newspaper Union
Chinaman's
Frank Herbert
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