25 Dec 1966
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Newspaper
Lovington Daily Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1966
Page
1
Christmas remains a religious holiday in the Dominican Republic. The dinner follows the midnight mass on Christmas Eve. Carols fill the streets as Santa Claus grows popular through U S trade. Children still receive gifts January 6 when the Wise Men brought gold and frankincense and myrrh.
The Leader captures festive scenes as New York Fifth Avenue and Rockefeller Plaza shine with luxury displays and perfumed air. Christmas trees, red and green lighting, and roped crowds mark the season from Park Avenue to Fresno’s famed tree parade.
Visitors note Bethlehem's scarcity and crowded streets during Christmas as Arab refugees crowd the town near the Jordan border. Shepherds guard flocks near the fence dividing Jordan and Israel amid ongoing truce strains.
The article traces how evergreen trees became linked to Christmas, from Scandinavian pagan origins to Germanic traditions with candles and decorations, Luther’s lights, and varied customs in Ireland the Netherlands and North America. It also notes Bethlehem's Christmas Eve pilgrimages and the enduring symbolism of light and peace.
A reflective passage urges readers to forget self and recall others to keep belief in Christmas. It emphasizes sowing seeds of kindness, considering children’s needs, and compassion for the elderly, asserting love as stronger than hate and death. The tone echoes a seasonal moral exhortation.
UPI reports a twofold German Christmas figure. Nikolaus visits on Dec 5 or 6 with gifts for well behaved children, while Knecht Ruprecht, his stern alter ego, spanks misbehaving kids and may even abduct difficult cases.
A biblical narrative recounts Caesar Augustus’s taxation decree and Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem. The newborn Jesus is laid in a manger as shepherds nearby receive a message of great joy from angels. The scene unfolds with themes of humble beginnings and divine promise.
Ancient Europeans viewed mistletoe as medicine for health and luck. Norse myth links its arrow to Balder’s death and a gods rule that it never harms again.
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