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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
15
A satirical piece proposes a clash with Santa Claus by staging a germless disillusioned Christmas. It imagines children gathered by a governor to receive odd gifts while the mother recounts the chaotic bargain hunt and the speaker urges a quick, quiet reading of a newspaper.
A holiday note urges embracing the season’s spirit of loving and giving. It reminds that absent loved ones deserve tokens and that Santa will come for children regardless of behavior, promoting a joyful, generous Christmas for all.
The article recounts a historic claim that Christmas began in year 98 and was made a solemn feast in 137 by Pope Telesphorus. It notes a deadly episode under Diocletian when Christians were burned alive as their church doors were sealed. Also included is a brief playful verse about a jack in the box.
A comic exchange urges restraint during the holidays. Santa Claus is depicted in his familiar old clothes, suggesting timeless thrift as a guiding principle amid festive temptations.
A Sunshine Bulletin verse recalls Santa Claus living far away beyond the ocean in a snow house. Every Christmas season he remains alive in his hilltop home where elves labor to craft cakes sugar plums and toys to fill stockings for girls and boys.
A Tacoma Ledger editorial urges organized societies to pledge against giving gifts outside immediate families to curb overindulgence. It warns reformers should not enforce views by law and notes many issues should be remedied without legislation.
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