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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1911
Page
6
A festive poem fragment contrasts minora wealth with a speaker who mocks hoarded gold and grand gifts. It celebrates abundant ingredients sent in service, while noting humble suet and a playful, measured yield of crumbs compared to the rest.
In a colonial style recipe the narrator extols rich puddings with nutmeg mace and ginger noting the blend by weight and proportion. A second note recalls the custom of hanging stockings on Christmas eve inspired by St Nicholas and the historical mince pie spice symbolism.
A poem traces a Christmas star traveling from the night sky to a child kneeling in darkness. The star’s gentle light sparks tears of awe as the child proclaims its arrival. The piece links divine radiance with human sight and prayer in a softly spiritual vignette.
A short Christmas verse where Marie Golden asks Santa to bring simple joy to the family. She declines toys and wishes her parents to be bright and cheerful again, noting her brother Fred’s death two years earlier and her mother’s nervousness, urging a kinder holiday.
A North Pole fairy tale recounts cloud fairies crafting Christmas gifts for Santa Claus. Santa visits on a cloud, praises the toys, orders 10 000 bags, and urges prompt delivery to delight earth children on Christmas Eve.
A reflective piece links Shakespeare and Hamlet to Christmas spirit, stressing hope as central. It argues Christmas awakens universal longing, transcending class and modern doubt, urging mindful joy and responsible generosity from those who play Santa to youth.
A Wordsworth poem depicts minstrels under a moonlit night singing a Christmas tune outside a cottage. The scene recalls lush laurels and a warm fire, with tears and memories of infant and old manners.
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