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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1945
Page
7
A look at how Christmas cards evolved from a recent custom into a family oriented rite. The piece notes the shift toward heartwarming scenes of home and church, reflecting real life and familiar faces as millions exchange greetings each year.
A brief safety guide urges careful handling of Christmas trees lights and open flames. Check for damaged insulation and safe wiring on light strings, avoid amateur splices, and use tape as needed. Candles pose high fire risk. consider avoiding them. Inspect children’s toys for sharp edges and age suitability, and promptly curb litter and smoking around packages to prevent fires.
An old tale imagines a Sunday School exchange where St Nicholas and Santa discuss their origins. It traces St Nicholas’s Asia Minor bishop life and dowries for poor girls, then follows Santa’s American evolution through Dutch settlers, Washington Irving, Thomas Nast, and Clement Moore shaping the modern red suited figure. The dialogue humorously notes missed party lights and the misplacement of birch rods.
Poinsettias, once wild fire plants named after Joel Roberts Poinsett, U S ambassador to Mexico, who brought cuttings to South Carolina. Philadelphia botanist Robert Burst popularized the plant, later named euphorbia poinsettia. Also notes Xmas abbreviation has authentic Greek roots used in early Christian history.
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