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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1925
Page
8
A Brompton family with a big clan and small income uses a Christmas fund to buy gifts. Mrs. Hammond started a donation box years ago, every member adds something, even five year old Tim. The family enjoys the process and the fund brings happiness on Christmas morning.
A 1925 Western Newspaper Union tale about a pompous man who hates Christmas. His snobbery earns him scorn until his door on Christmas Day is opened by his own people bearing kind tokens, leaving him humbled and unable to look down on others again.
Tiny Tim tells Mrs. Cratchit that he hopes people sit him in church on Christmas to remember the one who made the lame walk and the blind see. Bob Cratchit notes Tim is thoughtful and behaves well, a sentiment echoed as the family marks Christmas.
Pretty handkerchiefs may be made at home. One is a square of fine white with appliqued mauve linen corners bordered by embroidery. The other has a tiny white linen center, surrounded by a wide footing lace edged and circled with daisies.
A kitchen note describes rolling sugared dates with fondant replacing the stone, then resting in sugar. It suggests variations with wild nuts or peanut butter as substitutes for fondant.
On a late night before Christmas a child asks where Santa Claus might be while a caregiver responds with a hopeful clue about Santa’s whereabouts. The fragment hints at a festive woodland scene and family wonder.
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