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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1962
Page
10
A legend credits St Nicholas with providing anonymous dowries for three impoverished daughters by tossing gold down a merchant’s chimney. The gold supposedly landed in stockings hung by the fireplace to dry, inspiring the custom of hanging stockings at Christmas. The tale notes the historical handicap that St Nicholas lived long ago.
The carol Little Town of Bethlehem was written in 1868 by Episcopal Bishop Phillips Brooks while rector at Holy Trinity Church in Philadelphia. A childhood memory from a Holy Land trip inspired the Christmas Eve scene that became the hymn.
Historical note recalls that in the fourth century stockings lacked feet until the eleventh century, yet the Christmas stocking tale endures as a cheerful legend rooted in old traditions.
In St Louis Michigan the Poviggog enterprise draws more than 50 000 carolers guided by the St Louis Christmas Cards association founded half a century ago. Voluntary contributions aid disabled and underprivileged children.
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