Christmas Tree For the Birds Ree Miss Louise Laidlaw Hosts Feathery Party
Birds from the Long Island sanctuary flocked to a bird sanctuary tree party on the Laidlaw estate in Sands Point New York. Miss Louise Laidlaw decorated with cranberries popcorn nuts apples and bacon rinds to attract the feathered guests led by Sparrow Wren Crow and Cock Robin. The event welcomed all coats and reputations and drew a lively crowd despite winter cold.
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Mrs. Long Sparrow
Flicker
Cock Robin
Jenaie Wren
Sir Woodpecker
Feathered Four
Louise Laidlaw
Sands Point
N. Y
Laidlaw Place
Louise
Sir Crow
The Spanish Santa Claus and Christmas Shoes
The article explains Spain favors the Epiphany gift bearer Balthasar as the giver, with shoes filled on Epiphany morning. It notes Belgians polish shoes and place hay for Santa’s horse, then find gifts. damaged or upside down furniture is reported for misbehaving children. It also mentions stockings evolve as a receiver of edible gifts and retain the owner’s identity.
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Spain
Santa Claus
Balthasar
Belgium
Keeping Christmas Reflections on Love and Loneliness
Henry van Dyke asks if readers will remember the elderly and lonely, question how they show love to friends, and consider others’ burdens to truly keep Christmas amid life in Just Russians from Rumisia.
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Henry van Dyke
Sam
Ned Wayne Learns Christmas Spirit in Hollow Tree
Ned disobeys his mother on Christmas Eve and cuts laurel in the woods. Lost in a snowbound hollow oak, he endures cold and loneliness until church bells and his family rescue him. He vows to change and earns their blessing.
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ED Wayne
Mrs. Wayne
Ned
Neddy
Santa Claus
Neddie
Homes and Home Ownership in a Prosperous Time
An opinion piece argues expanding home ownership as a measure of national prosperity. It links high prices to rising savings and urges families, including women, to invest in homes and even assist with corn harvests as patriotic service.
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Furnisser
Europe
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David McCray Rolfe
Iowa
Rumisia
A. B. Symes
Rolfe, Iowa
Clarissa Mackie
Homes of the Future
John Howard Payne
Uncle Sam
M. P. Hancher
Rolfe
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