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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1887
Page
2
A poetic retelling recalls a manger scene with a radiant star over Bethlehem. Wise men from Judah come to worship the newborn child while angels sing of peace on earth and good will toward men.
A poor widow Abby Hicks and her two children Ruth and Robert endure a cold Christmas in a New York attic. With scarce funds, Abby crafts a make believe menagerie from vegetables to delight the children. A hidden grandfatherly box of gold and diamonds later relieves their plight, unseen by lawyers or neighbors.
A California Christmas in 1852 describes life in Oakland during winter after a long voyage. With scant food, two women improvise plum pudding and an apple pie from dried apples and six eggs bought for $8. Uncle Charlie brings a goose and a California turkey, an onion costs $1, and the meal ends with brandied pudding and hopeful Christmas games for the children.
A speaker overflows with holiday treats from a stocking hanging by the fire. The poem lists candy, a potato unexpected in the toe, a tank to save money, a funny man, a book, fishes, mittens, popcorn, a wooden pail, and a cap with a Christmas wish from Tom Masson.
The narrator recalls enlistment at eighteen and a brutal winter night on the Rappahannock. He contrasts war’s horror with a Christmas Day truce when Union and Confederate soldiers exchanged gifts and kindness across the river. He urges mercy and reconciliation at Christmas and reflection on inner conflict.
Christmas in Kentucky and Tennessee features gunpowder salutes in the south and field hunts on Christmas morning. In Tennessee bets on marksmanship flourish with long muzzle loading rifles and prizes of beef or turkey. Christmas night centers on fiddling and dancing in backwoods communities and towns alike.
A writer in Harper's Weekly contrasts a transformed peaceful self with a turbulent youth. He recalls quitting old bravado and a faded blue jacket, embracing charity and reconciliation while referencing Gettysburg and Civil War memory.
A nostalgic verse depicting Christmas Eve customs across social ranks. It contrasts festive hospitality with social hierarchy, celebrating holy rites and communal merriment as power pauses and ceremony yields to shared revelry.
Christmas is described as the happiest holiday, surpassing Fourth of July and New Year in universal appeal. The article praises its spirit of fraternity and charity, urging readers to let their light shine through good works and acts of kindness.
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