Fredericksburg Christmas Traditions Preserve County Heritage
Fredericksburg and Gillespie County celebrate a rich Christmas heritage with German roots and lasting customs. The season features cedar trees in churches, homemade cookies, ornate decorations, and the influx of temporary residents as Kanena Pipeline work brings families to town for the holidays.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Anderson Bros., Construction Company
Kanena
Texas
Germany
Christmas Rites in Bethlehem Natal Law Parade to Nativity Cave
Christmas observances in Bethlehem feature a December 24 march to the Nativity Cave led by the Patriarch of Jerusalem and procession officials. The event includes police, a cross bearer, clergy in vestments, and foreign dignitaries before the Church of the Nativity. The grotto is under Greek Orthodox control. carols occur before midnight Mass.
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Bethlehem
Jerusalm
Holy Land
Jesus
Christ
Church of the Nativity
First Community Christmas Tree in Cleveland
In 1912 Cleveland Ohio launched a community Christmas tree funded by selling preferred stock in Cleve land the city of good will The stock offering aimed to finance a tree and celebrations with dividends paid as joyful crowds and civic progress The sale raised 12000 dollars and funded Christmas festivities for about 13000 residents including a first community Christmas display
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Cleveland
Ohio
City of Good Will
Tuberculosis death rate drops in Texas over decades
In 1933, 72 of every 100000 Texans died of tuberculosis. By 1995 the rate fell to 24.8 per 100000, reflecting major public health progress across the state.
The Evolution of Dolls Through Time Across Cultures
A survey traces dolls from sacred Egyptian figures to children toys in Greece Rome and medieval Europe. It notes Nuremberg fashion dolls, French influence, American rawhide and corn husk types, and the rise of German, Japanese, and American dolls shaping childhood play.
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Greece
Nuremberg
Europe
America
Germany
Lions Community Christmas Program marks 22nd anniversary
The Lions Club Christmas program celebrates its 22nd year with Handel's Messiah and a massed community chorus. Since 1931 events have shifted to new venues, cancellations occurred in 1934 and 1945 due to illness. Notable speakers include Judge Carl Runge and Governor James Allred, among others.
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Lions Community
Lions Club
Carl Runge
Mason
Herman H. Ochs
San Antonio
James V. Allred
Col
L. H. Webb
Kerrville
W. W. Jack
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Benvenuto di Giovanni
Siena
Italy
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C
W. W. Jackson
Carlos Ashpear
The
Kew
Mev Ufopriilorias
Kiddie Korner
Sterling Bros
Enderlin Feed Store
Mrs
Alfred Enderlin
August Pyka
Hubert Foerster
Franklin Doebbler
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