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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1964
Page
15
The Waco VA Regional Office is awarded a Presidential Citation for outstanding contribution to economy and improved government operations. The honor follows praise for the consolidation of the Dallas Office with the Waco office and recognizes personnel management programs.
The article recalls a traditional England Yule log ritual where families select a log, burn it for luck, and beat it for gifts on Christmas morning. Fruit trees were preferred, and a quick, dull burn signified bad luck.
The Buchanan Arts and Crafts Group held a Christmas luncheon at Buchanan Dam with gifts exchanged for outgoing director Alma Howerts. Members present included Jean Hill Rowena Brown Dorothy Burns Jeannette Jones and several others. The next meeting is scheduled for January 5.
The article traces Santa Claus back to St Nicholas and explains how stockings by the chimney became a Christmas ritual. It recounts the legend of three dowries paid with gold tossed through a window or chimney, one bag landing in a stocking, forming the custom.
The article traces how U.S. Christmas customs began at the White House from Washington’s festive gatherings and holly use at Mount Vernon to Andrew Jackson’s grand Day celebrations with frosted pine and toys. It notes Pierce introducing the modern Christmas tree in 1856 Harrison urging an old fashioned Christmas, Roosevelt’s tree ban and Archie’s secret tree, and Coolidge’s 1923 first lighting of the National Community Christmas Tree.
Jack Walker departed last weekend for a California vacation accompanied by relatives, planning to visit familiar sites and enjoy time away from home.
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