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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1955
Page
6
A warm Christmas greeting lyric expresses blessings for a friend across the cold night. The speaker hopes the recipient has fair skies and light burdens while wishing love joy and peace on the holiday. The verse links gifts to wisdom and Christ like the biblical Magi.
A Christmas Eve scene unfolds with heavy snow and a tranquil town. The poem recalls church spires rising white before midnight, the carillon ringing Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth for all good-willed men.
A reflective verse describes a shepherd’s quiet night as a manger glows with a miracle of light. The speaker recalls common fields and sleepy peace, noting an uncommon moment that calls the mind toward awe and faith.
A rustic scene follows a man guiding his animals to rest as a bell chimes inside him. He recalls a Star a Song and a Child told by excited shepherds, a moment of awakening wonder and reverence.
A playful little girl is described as a Christmas angel who can be both naughty and sweet. She is depicted with a ring in her voice and a bow in her curls, all under the tree and tangled in ribbons, busy and cheerful.
Auto use by women reveals 24 percent of trips to work, 28 percent to shop, and about 48 percent for miscellaneous purposes indicating growing participation in mobility and daily tasks across sectors.
A humorous trend shows Geiger counters becoming popular Christmas gifts as people nationwide seek the uranium detecting devices. Prices span from 24.95 to 2009 with the top model around 35. Buyers include housewives, geologists, prospectors, businesspeople, clerks, laborers, and socialites. An all women East amateur uranium prospector club is nicknamed the Geiger Widows. Last year gift Geigers were mailed across the United States, including a Florida woman ordering a 1995 unit for her husband.
The text advises dissolving plant food in water to reduce needle drop when the tree sits in a water holder, and covering pebbles with the plant food solution. It also notes mistletoe as a New Year and Christmas emblem with ancient Greek associations and mentions Twelfth Night tree burning linked to early Christian Nativity customs.
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