Color Nativity Scenes in New Mexico Magazine Feature
Madrid and Gallup join in Christmas decorations with Madrid scenes bought by the Gallup Junior Chamber of Commerce. Eight trips moved the displays to Gallup for a holiday setting aligned with the December New Mexico Magazine feature Star Over Gallup.
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Madid
Gallup
Shan Buchanan
New Mexico
Gallup Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ford Canyon
Madrid
Joe Huber
Chamber
Gualp
Miss Buchanan
Nelio T. Guadagnoli
Albatrosses Thrown From Deck by Seasick Sails
National Geographic notes albatrosses on ships grow seasick and stumble on deck. They cannot take off from cramped gunwales and sailors call larger birds gooney or goney meaning dunce.
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National Geographic
Origins of Jolly Old Santa Claus
The Santa figure blends legends from St. Nicholas to Swiss Christkindl and German Kris Kringle. Dutch settlers brought St. Nick to New Amsterdam, later American artists made him tall and bishoplike, then short and jolly. Reindeer sleigh and red robes echo historic robes and traditions.
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Santa
St. Nicholas
St. Nick
New Amsterdam
New York City
Sin
How Christmas Came Into Being
A compact historical note traces Christmas origins from its name meaning Christ's Mass to the 4th century as the start of observance. It notes St Cyril and Pope Julius I arranging a universal date, and that December 25 became the standard, while some Orthodox churches date celebrations to January 6.
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St. Cyril
Jerusalem
Julius I
Hidalgo County 1963 Retail Trade Report Reveals 7.6 Million Sales
The U S Census Bureau reports Hidalgo County had 79 retail establishments with 1963 sales of 7.6 million, up 31 percent since 1958, including 1.3 million in food stores and 695 thousand in eating and drinking places. Statewide figures cite 9 040 retail establishments and 1 1659 million in sales.
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Hidalgo County
U. S. Bureau of the Census
Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Commerce
Jobe
New Mexico
Washington
Christmas Guests and Social Notices From Lordsburg
Lordsburg brief notices list Christmas visits by Mr and Mrs Ernest Browning and others in Cotton City Gallup Las Cruces Silver City and Virden Also mentions Nat Guard party attendees and a 1899 Navy wireless communications milestone plus Venus rotational note from Mariner 2 era sources.
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Mrs
Ernest Browning
Cotton City
Mr. Browning
Jim Morris
Gallup
National Guard
Page Wilder
Wanda
Jinda
Rudolph Triviz
Las Cruces
Johnny Hooker
Mrs Jack Hooker
Silver City
Ralph Smith
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Ymas
Jolly Old
Santa Claus
Topsy
DRY Cleaners
Speed Queen
U.S. Census Bureau
Lordsburg
Mike
Phillis
Claunch
Dick Allen
Alice
Margie
Gary Corbell
Averdale
Arizona
Paul Austin
Hooker
James Allen
Vallie
Rennie Stiles
Leo Smith
Marie Moon
Ned Merrell
Animal
Mr. and
Mrs. Jay Pierce
Virden
Nemecia Velez
Tucson
Arivena
Julia’ P. Sotelo
USS
New York
Massachusetts
Marconi
Venus
Mariner TI
U-Testum
Quik Shop
Animas
Miller Chevrolet
U. F. Miller
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