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Newspaper
Scarsdale Inquirer
Location
Scarsdale, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1925
Page
4
A weary Saint travels with a diminished sleigh to visit a town at Christmas. He learns a sick child and a selfless mother show the true gift is compassion, and a magic bird revives hope as the reindeer recover.
Gedney escapes pursuit after Messenger Tompkins hides him in a cellar at the Wayside Inn. Cowboys pursue through Post Road and into the lane, but Gedney reaches the Bronx as Tompkins signals his halt. The note explains Cowboys were British sympathizers fighting Skinners.
During the American Revolution a Tory smithy near the Richard Morris house was the scene of a fatal shooting. Gilbert Vincent Jr refused service and was killed by a French legion dragoon, sparking a pursuit by his brother Elijah who killed a Hussar captain before fleeing to Canada where he died years later.
A child marks six sorrow days from Monday to Saturday with a father’s brief goodbyes and Sundays as the JOY DAY. Sunday brings home time, books, and games, making the day the dearest name the child knows. Faith Van Valkenburgh Vilas’s Wonder Thoughts of Childhood is cited with copyright and reprint details.
December 18 Roger Ascham closes. December 19 Punch and Judy at Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. December 20 Hitchcock Memorial Church pageant and Dyckman Hall song service. December 22 Scarsdale schools close. December 23 Fleming School closes. December 24 Children’s Service at St James the Less Santa arrives and community singing at the High School. December 25 Christmas Day. December 27 Carols by Czecho-Slovakian singers. December 29 The Enchanted Christmas Tree at Dyckman Hall. January 1 New Year’s Day. January 4 Schools reopen.
A student recalls a chaotic pre Christmas week with scarce supplies and lax study, a strict teacher halting a holiday flee, and yet the spirit of Christmas blooming still in the heart, as described by Katherine Babb in 1929.
The Siwanoys or Dwellers on the Sea Coast of the Algonquin group inhabited the Scarsdale area extending from Norwalk to the Bronx River. Archaeological finds reveal their dwelling styles, winter rock shelters, crops such as maize and pumpkins, bone and shell tools, shell heaps, bone nets, and bark baskets for water.
Beatrice Doernberg recounts a folktale set in a shrubland where a quarrelsome holly bush ends up lonely and spiked. A robin perches, is wounded, and red berries form on the holly while the robin bears a red breast as a lasting reminder of the deed.
A festive verse by George Morrow celebrates the season with children and gifts. The short poem portrays Christmas as a joyful, merry day filled with happiness.
The poem recalls Santa Claus riding with eight reindeer across a starry sky and glittering snow. The rhythm describes hoofbeats and the crunching sound as the sleigh moves through feathery flakes under a bright night. Charles Dunlap, 1926.
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