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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1963
Page
3
This issue showcases cheerful Christmas poems and stories by community children. Linda Livingstone, a nine year old, writes a bright lively poem that scans, and Sidni Heiserman contributes a tale about Prancer gifting Santa. Some pieces appear with original spelling and punctuation preserved to keep flavor.
A whimsical tale recounts Santa slipping into tar at a factory during a trial run, escaping after an hour, then returning to the North Pole to change clothes and don a false beard before planning safer travel next time.
In April the oratorio Messiah by Handel was first performed after a year marked by August start and September completion.
On a quiet night before Christmas, Father searches the house for the Christmas stand last used the previous year as Richard Parsons notes.
A Portage Trails Boy Scout Council and Junior Chamber of Commerce aid are thanked in a mail to the editor. A Cub Scout from Pack 146 Saline Michigan expresses gratitude to his den mother, den chief, den members, father, Cub Master, and council for guidance and support shaping him toward responsible adulthood. The note ends with a holiday greeting and appreciation. The pack claims to produce and sell 75 percent of all small fruit marketed within a 600 mile radius.
Rudolph falls ill on December 22 and cannot accompany Santa on Christmas Eve. Mrs. Claus tells him to take medicine while he contemplates a dream of Santa lost in the dark without Rudolph’s guiding nose. He wakes to a sunny morning.
Pamela Burkhardt visits shops at holiday season making wreaths from pine and buying many toys for little girls and boys as she travels between locations.
A cheerful school poem describes Christmas as a joyful time with a tree and Santa. Rudolph and Mrs. Claus appear in a playful scene as Christmas Eve arrives with reindeer and gifts for good children.
The article describes Christian pilgrimages to Bethlehem now in Jordan and the Church of the Nativity. It notes multiple Christmas observances with different dates by Roman Catholic Greek Orthodox Armenian and Protestant communities and mentions gate access between Jerusalem sectors and the traditional Shepherds Fields gathering. It ends with a family gathering at the Burmeister home.
A playful elf at the North Pole hides from Santa by stealing a bicycle. He escapes to a barn near a reindeer, leaves paint on a ladder, and is tracked by elves. Santa returns him to duty and the elf promises to be good and help prepare for Christmas.
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