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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1964
Page
8
A Saline Reporter December 23 1961 column describes selecting a Christmas tree on a friend’s farm. The family toboggans to the woods, hauls the tree home, sets it up with lights ornaments and icicles, then gathers to sing Oh Christmas Tree.
Terri Taylor shares simple Christmas joys. She describes decorating the tree with ornaments, leaving a sandwich for Santa, waking on Christmas morning, and unwrapping presents with family.
A short narrative describes a Christmas Eve after church with Grandma and Grandpa visiting. Two children Paula Leann and the narrator run through the house and discover Santa’s presents before they eat together.
Reading through nursery shelves and church creches, dolls have served as both playthings and religious emblems for centuries. From ancient idols to modern festive figures, doll history spans Near East to Russia with religious echoes, burial roles, and evolving craftsmanship.
The article traces Christmas customs rooted in the White House from Washington through Theodore Roosevelt, noting key moments like Washington’s parties and holly at Mount Vernon, Jackson’s frosty trees, Pierce’s modern Christmas tree, Harrison’s old fashioned Christmas, Roosevelt’s initial opposition, Archie Roosevelt’s nudge, and the 1923 first National Community Christmas Tree lighting.
A child named Jim Haddok writes Santa asking for Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. The next day he mails the letter and awakens Christmas morning to Rudolph sleeping on his rug as Christmas songs fill the air.
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