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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1966
Page
11
No church school at Methodist Church on New Years Day. Two Holy Communion services at 9 30 and 11 a m. Junior and youth choir practice canceled on Dec 27 and 28. Official board meeting set for 8 p m Monday Jan 9.
A lady driver turned in a pair of large pink shell rim glasses at the Reporter after a foggy week. She narrowly did not run over them as she pulled in too close to a desk.
The Hotel del Coronado in California hosted the first electrically lit Christmas tree on Christmas Eve 1904 under the direction of Thomas Edison. Since then the tradition continued except during WWII blackouts, drawing crowds each year to the Coronado lawn. The article traces the fir tree’s Christmas symbolism from Boniface to Luther and British royal adoption.
The article traces gift exchange origins to the United States and links Christmas gift-giving to broader customs. It notes Roman Emperors receiving gifts at the New Year and Chinese New Year practices, including wrapping and honeycomb paper, while highlighting the U.S. as the birthplace of the modern Christmas gift exchange.
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