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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1945
Page
10
A Santa era preview highlights dolls and games as top sellers with strong doll parades and parlor games like Camelot and Monopoly. Plastic items stay limited due to shortages. cardboard and dye cut imitations remain, while classic card games and new escape type games gain traction amid evolving toy trends.
The Nation's Christmas Tree, a Sequoia gigantea, stood about 267 feet tall in General Grant National Park 64 miles east of Fresno. A well attended yearly ceremony is held beneath the tree on Christmas Day when weather permits.
The article recalls the Star of Bethlehem as described in Matthew, detailing the Wise Men, Herod, and the prophesied birthplace in Bethlehem. It argues the star’s meaning endures beyond tyranny, guiding hearts toward righteousness and peace.
Bethlehem fills December 24 as Jerusalem Patriarch arrives with an infant effigy for the Nativity cave. A gunmetal procession moves through, followed by mounted police, clergy, and a jeweled pavilion near the Church of the Nativity. The placing of the effigy is restricted to Greek Orthodox authority, while multidenominational carol singing precedes midnight mass at the Nativity church.
Santa's Toy Outlook notes plentiful SU mets will be available but Dydee the great favorite drank from a bottle and hindered diapers change will be collected until 1946 for V d F Came too late to make rubber Maulayls for Christmas toys. Cradles chairs will be available in limited quantities. Doll studies are manufactured but in limited numbers with metal parts.
The Christmas tree business in the United States began in 1851 when Mark Cart, a Catskills woodman, sold two sledge loads of trees in New York. Now trees are grown in almost every region with the Far West supplying the largest volume. Buyers often see notices that trees were harvested in accordance with good forestry practices.
Gracious daytime dress features distinctive lines and perfect fit with shirring on shoulders and sleeves for a soft feminine touch. Displayed in scroll or floral prints or solid tones, Pattern No 0937 offered in sizes 34 through 48. Junior two piece with scalloped closing and pert flared peplum, gored skirt flatters any figure.
An Indianapolis letter from Mrs Beulah Hankins extols Faultless Starch for saving time on ironing. She Ironed 10 to 15 suits weekly for her four year old and manages 20 to 25 white dresses weekly for twins. She defends the starch against claims it is for lazy people and urges readers to ask grocers for Faultless Starch.
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