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Christmas in the Smoky Hill Lobby with Tod’s Story
In a Star County hotel lobby during a December blizzard, regulars gather as rural mail carrier Tod Witherspoon recalls his 1917 Christmas delivering candles to every mailbox on his Smoky Hill route. He honors Grandma Gabel and the boy P’like, sharing how mail and neighbors shaped a hopeful wartime holiday.
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Star City
Star House
Old Abram Star
Star
Elbert McCallen
Atlantic Seaboard
Abram
Mobdy
Ted Witherspoon
Tod
Smoky Hill Valley
Saint Peter
Ted
Grandma Gabels
Tully Gabel
Tobe
Kentucky Mountains