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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
5
Readers recall a quirky holiday tale from Grants Pass where a Christmas tree appears suspended from the ceiling, prompting jokes about new customs. The column recounts festive visits by families around December and notes traditional tales of Saint Nicholas and early Christmas history.
TopReaders of this column share holiday visits and homecomings. Many families travel to Yankton Kansas Omaha and York for Christmas with relatives and friends. Notable mentions include Anita Hollister Robert Hollister Gary Mentink and Murry Peterson visiting family and returning for holidays.
The piece debates the origin of the Christmas stocking. It notes legends of Saint Nicholas and gold gifts, doubts the spinster stocking tale, and traces stockings from rags to knitted form in the 13th century, with earlier Roman evidence and later production advances.
A short, poetic meditation calls for balancing joy with peace and faith with hope. It urges spreading these values globally and ensuring a generous share for all, with a nod to prayer as a possible aid.
A story traces Santa’s chimney gifts to Saint Nicholas who secretly dropped three bags of gold to save three impoverished daughters from slavery, explaining the origin of gift delivery for Christmas.
A Christmas Day gathering at the Burdette Jones home in Lincoln featured the Waldo Rodenes of Pawnee City the Mervin Ran som jr and Joni families along with the DeVern Ro dene and Amerson households and the Ansel Pehrson Wesley Jones Merton Flodman Oscar Jones and other relatives.
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