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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1945
Page
19
Astronomy notes the Milky Way as our youthful galaxy with its Sun Earth and planets. It explains a 250 million year orbital cycle and invites Christmas night stargazing with the moon phases easing the view through January.
Three million servicemen who were absent last Christmas are expected to be home with their families this year, bringing renewed holiday reunions and cheer.
Ansgarius records say Faith Hope and Charity chose a Balsam Fir as Christmas Tree for Vikings conversion. The tree stood tall as Hope, wide as Love, and bore the cross on every branch as a sign.
A compact note traces Christmas history from Cromwellian England when it was banned as a fast day in 1644 to later centuries. It mentions turkey’s introduction from America in the early 1700s and notes laws in some U.S. states about Santa belief, plus a nod to Lewis Carroll’s Christmas gift for a friend’s daughter and a superstition of talking animals at holiday time.
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