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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1962
Page
6
The piece surveys Christmas observances across nations from Mexico to Brazil and Europe. It notes posada processions in Mexico, Strooivand shoes in Holland, Hogmanay gifts in Northern Europe, Portuguese family creches, Papa Noel in Brazil, German evergreen trees, French santons, and Scottish hotbread and haggis as festive traditions.
A Christmas tale recalls a mother decorating a tree for her many children. Spiders covered the tree in webs and the Christ Child transformed them into gleaming silver as a reward for her kindness.
Raymond Winkel, an insurance representative for the Llano County Farm Bureau, earned recognition as a top insurer earning the Cock of the Walk trophy for his performance among peers.
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