How Santa Claus Came To America
Rev Clement Clarke Moore wrote the verses that popularized Santa Claus on December 24 1822 while shopping for a turkey for a poor church family. He wrote for his children and avoided publication but a Troy Sentinel copy in 1823 made him famous, despite his wish to keep the work private. Moore was born July 16 1779 and died July 10 1862, and memorial services are held at his New York monument and former home site each Christmas season.
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Santa Claus
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Troy
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Saint Nicholas
Sentinel
the Sentinel
America
St. Nicholas
Bethlehem at Christmas Dawn Promises the First Time
A poetic vignette recalls the winter night in Bethlehem and the birth of Jesus Christ. It describes ancient Judea, silent city streets, and the humble manger as the moment the world’s Christmas era began, with shepherds heralding the Way and the dawn of a salvation story.
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Christmas Universal and Eternal in The Outlook Rhapsody
An editorial from The Texas Outlook poetically proclaims Christmas as universal and eternal, contrasting sacred joy with secular toil. A farmer returns from the fair with a fresh horse and hopes it proves a good worker, while inmates at an insane asylum are tested for progress toward recovery.
Discharged for Tax Burden Prompt Not Fit for Reserve
A court examiner ordered a man discharged after he declared he would rather have ten dollars than ten thousand dollars due to tax concerns. The exchange ended with the examiner stating the man does not belong there any more, marking a clear end to the case.
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