Brightest Christmas in seven years brightens Britain
Londoners face a busy shopping season with high toy stocks and plentiful foods. Visitors queue for visas at the Swiss legation as many plan to stay home. Canned fruit returns, turkeys are more available, and gifts include a kids run about toy for 70 dollars, antique lamps for 60 dollars, and RAF ashtrays at 6 dollars.
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London
Santa Claus
West End
Covent Garden
House of Commons
Henry VIII
Queen Elizabeth
Commons
Britain
Royal Air Force
Toys Await Boy in Etobicoke Missing Since 1944
In Etobicoke Township a closet full of clothing and a trunk of toys sit for nine year old Richard Marlowe who vanished last July on his way home from a drug store with a friend. Police and neighbors searched weeks with no trace. His family keeps faith and saves Christmas gifts for his return, while an extra stocking stays by the fireplace and the family prays.
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Toronto
Etobicoke Township
Richard Marlowe
Richard
Marlowes
Christmas Spirit Of Old Time England
The article recalls England in the 1400s and 1500s before Puritans when hospitality flourished. Castles and houses hosted kin neighbors and tradespeople during Christmas with wassail dances, great halls, roast meats, dark ale, and the Yule log symbolizing seasonal festivity and Norse roots.
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England
Thor
Origin of red and green decorations explained
The tradition of green at Christmas stems from evergreen symbolism dating to pre Christian times and the Roman Saturnalia. Red is noted as the most cheerful color stimulating the optic nerve. At the winter solstice decorative holly with red berries is common.
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Rome
The Angel’s Song
A reflective fragment echoes longing for stillness to hear the hidden clamor of living. Poetic lines muse on listening to inner voices and the wardens of silence that guard everyday life.
King Plans Traditional Christmas Broadcast From Sandringham
London Buckingham Palace announced the King will address the Empire from Sandringham at 10 a.m. EST on Christmas Day in his annual broadcast.
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London
Empire
Sandringham
Buckingham Palace
Fire proofing Christmas trees method described at length
An article explains that freshly cut Christmas trees can be made fire resistant by impregnating the wood and needles with calcium chloride or ammonium sulfate. The trunk is cut and placed in a solution, absorbing about a quarter of the tree's weight in chemical, with treatment effectiveness depending on freshness.
Christmas Cards Through Time in London
Christmas cards originated in London more than ninety years ago and gained popularity about seventy three years ago. The earliest card was a simple visiting card with greetings, later evolving to depict snow scenes holly robins and festive English imagery tied to the robin as the Christmas bird.
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London
England
Toys for German Children Distributed by RAF Men
British News Service of Germany reports toys for German children will be handed out at a Christmas party. The toys are being made by Royal Air Force personnel stationed at Wahn near Cologne in the British zone.
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Hamburg
Germany
R.A F
Wahn
Cologne
Is There A Santa Claus Is There A Santa Claus
Francis P Church writes to Virginia O’Hanlon in The New York Sun 1897 defending belief in Santa Claus. He argues truth lies beyond sight, praising faith imagination and the enduring joy Santa brings to childhood life.
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New York Sun
Francis Wharecellus Church
Virginia O’hannon
Santa Claus
Virginia
Same Old Santa And Christmas Cheer Refrain
A nostalgic verse laments tradition with repeated Christmas symbols. The speaker insists the familiar yuletide motifs and sentiment should remain unchanged each year.
Warning Against Lead Paint On Toys
Regina report warns that paint containing lead should not be used on reconditioned children's toys. G W Rogers directs industrial hygiene division, advising only paints with not more than 0.75 percent lead.
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Regina
G. W. Rogers
Crystallized Twigs Create Simple Christmas Tree Decorations
An old method uses crystallizing solution to decorate branches. Dip crook ed twigs in a mix of two pounds aluminum and a quart of boiling water, suspend twelve hours, then wrap with cotton batting or use coarse twine for frost like ornaments.
Canadians Begin Full Citizenship On New Year
Canadians assume full citizenship on January 1 1947 with Citizenship Week Jan 5 11 nationwide ceremonies led by the citizenship branch of the state department. A national ceremony January 3 in Ottawa will award certificates to new Canadians with CBC broadcast. Civic events follow in provincial capitals and major cities with parades church services and receptions celebrating unity in diversity.
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Ottawa
Citizenship
State Department
White Stone
Supreme Court of Canada
Thibaudeau Rinfret
CBC
Charlottetown
Halifax
Fredericton
Quebec
Montreal
Toronto
Welland
St. Catherines
Windsor
Sudbury
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Regina
Edmonton
Vancouver
Victoria
O Canada
Canada
World buys British made toys for Christmas demand
British toy makers export on a scale unseen before with orders to the Dominions South America and the Middle East. In September exports totaled over £250000, about seven times 1938, as wartime production spurs new designs. A Lancashire firm that made Lancs bomb valve parts now produces precision toys on the same machines.
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Britain
Dominions
South America
Middle East
Europe
United Kingdom
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