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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1923
Page
5
A weary shop girl Nellie endures a crowded Christmas Eve in a lingerie shop. A patient brown‑eyed woman selects two sets, then offers Nellie a Christmas present in memory of her own daughter, gifting the lot as a heartfelt gesture.
A suggestion urges families to maintain a Christmas record book detailing yearly celebrations. It would capture presents, guest names, dinner menus, games, and a baby's first shoe trace, growing in value with each passing year.
A short dialogue from 1923 depicts Laura and Tommy debating gifts from God versus their father. Laura declares they have two fathers, God and Daddy, prompting Tommy to wish the real father could go to heaven and let God stay. The exchange is presented as a grave Christmas evening quandary.
The minister played a new march on his organ after a Christmas breakfast. Family members, from Sarah and Helen to uncles and cousins, gathered around a tree and sang a gentle verse about the tree’s loving gift. The piece ends with the tree yielding its fruit.
A busy man named J. E. W. is described as rushing through life yet making time each Christmas to send cheerful telegrams to friends. The piece notes friends wished for more time with him, but he consistently remembered them with festive messages each Christmas morning.
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