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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1910
Page
5
Combined with our Last 1910 Sale prices are the lowest for Xmas gifts. Stock includes ladies ready to wear, tailored suits, dresses, coats, sweaters, gowns, and accessories. Men’s furnishings, shoes, hats, and clothing present complete departments. Silk waists, $6 sets at $5, handkerchiefs in gift boxes 50c to $1.
The ad boasts the firm as Denton’s oldest grocery store on the north corner of the east side and promises a complete stock of fresh groceries. It invites customers to try their service and place orders, asserting many satisfied customers over the years.
Santa Claus has visited this store for many years and has always found us supplied with a good stock of candy nuts and fruits. When you want your Christmas supplies phone us. We hope you a happy Christmas the happiest you have ever known. Phones 86.
The article recalls timeless Christmas tales and legends, noting evergreen symbolism from Germany’s Eve story to the Christmas tree. It traces St Nicholas lore to Hertha’s hearthstone, explaining how ancient rites shaped modern holiday customs and fortunes foretold by flame and smoke.
The article recalls how households and parish churches decorated with holm ivy bays and evergreen greens in December. It notes the custom’s heathen origin connected to Druids who used greens to shelter woodland spirits until spring.
The message thanks patrons and friends for their kindness during the past year and asks for continued patronage in the coming year, promising ongoing efforts to please.
In a bustling shopping day, buyers chase calendars and gifts amid crowded aisles. A clerk misreads a buyer as he searches for The Fool's Calendar and finds Saints and Sinners instead. The scene follows Amazon-like shoppers, pale clerks, and the festive urge to help the season’s children. Katherine Pope.
A historical note traces mistletoe and oak as central to Druids worship of the sun with two yearly festivals in June and December. When Christianity emerged, the December rite transformed into Christmas, with mistletoe kept as a compromise though unrelated to the new faith.
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