18 Dec 1975
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Newspaper
Payson Roundup
Location
Payson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1975
Page
1
In Arizona Christmas tale Ralph Fuller describes Santa on a burro train with twelve burros pulling a satiny tail. A hidden mountain station serves the West where Santa expects to search for the Lost Dutchman Mine after his work ends.
A jumble of children's requests for gifts appears as a letter to Santa Claus. Each child from multiple names asks for toys, bikes, dolls, trains, and various treats, promising they have been good and leaving cookies or milk for Santa.
Area churches host Christmas Cantatas plays and programs this weekend. Payson Assembly of God, First Baptist on West Main, Pine on Beeline Highway, St. Philips Catholic, St. Pauls Episcopal, Church of Nazarene, Mt. Cross Lutheran, and Payson LDS plan services from Christmas Eve to New Year events. Santa visits noted.
After Christmas Santa admits exhaustion and doubts his spark. Mrs. Claus urges rest and care as Kris contemplates another year of chimney descents. He jokes about aging and his single role as the sphere’s Santa while seeking aspirin to endure.
A wife recalls 1956 gifting a beautiful handbag she could not use with her frayed coat and exchanged it for a practical bag. She and her husband later prospered, yet she wonders who erred and asks readers for guidance on the gift and the sentiment behind it.
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