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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1960
Page
5
Readout lists film programs from 5:00 pm to 0:00 and daily religious, educational, and entertainment slots. Notable programs include National Velvet at 5:30 pm and Perry Mason at 10:30 pm December 24, plus Church and instructional shows on December 25.
The column notes that Christmas is not celebrated worldwide and challenges sweeping assumptions. It cites Asia and Africa with low convert rates and mentions three million Christians in South Africa, mostly of Dutch and British descent, highlighting regional differences in observance.
The article notes Cape Town and other cities hold Carols by Candlelight on Christmas Eve with each singer holding a lit candle. Christmas Day features feasts with turkey chicken pork and plum pudding. Boxing Day is observed the day after Christmas with gifts in boxes for workers.
WKBT presents A Yuletide Reunion with the Lawrence Welk Show at six to seven featuring Buddy Merrill returning from the Army to join the Champagne Music Makers. Highlights include Baby's First Christmas with Janice Bailey.
Tomorrow afternoon into night viewers will see a packed Christmas schedule on Channel 8 and networks. The Wagon Train drama fires Christmas forgiveness, Lassie and Dennis the Menace appear, Ed Sullivan Show covers seven to eight, Alfred Drake Roberta Peters Marin Lee Odetta and more perform in New York, General Electric Theater hosts Reagan family with The Ledge thriller on Artmar Theatre and The Californians closing the night.
The first temperance society in the United States was founded in 1789 by about 200 Connecticut farmers. The Rock of Gibraltar has long held the pledge to abstain from partaking of a British possession since 1713.
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