Christmas Tree Tradition Debated Yet Kids See Joy
History argues the Christmas tree is a mistake yet American children cheer it as a glorious one. The industry forecasts about 32 million trees sold for around 50 million dollars, plus millions more for lights and ornaments. The practice traces to pagan customs adopted by Boniface in early Christian England, where the evergreen tree replaced the sacred oak to honor the Christ child.
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National Geographic Soc
Iety
Gregory I
Boniface
England
Teutons
Betty Hutton Stars in Technicolor Musical at Grand
Betty Hutton headlines Paramount's Somebody Loves Me at the Grand theater in a Technicolor musical as Blossom Seeley opposite Benny Fields. Ralph Meeker plays Fields with a supporting cast including Robert Keith Billie Birch Adele Jergens and the Chez Paree Adorables in a stage story of a Barbary Coast performer and her rise.
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America
New Orleans
Paramount
Grand Theater
Betty Hutton
Blossom Seeley
Betty
San Francisco
Barbary Coast
Benny Fields
Ralph Meeker
Fields
Miss Seeley
Robert Keith
Billie Birc
Adele Jergens
Chez Paree Adorables
Comedy of Life In Washington At Grand Theater
A new comedy about life in Washington opens at the Grand with Victor Mature Patricia Neal and Edmund Gwenn starring. It spoofs lobbying Senate hearings and VIP society, following a California condor preservation plea and a romance with a Washington lobbyist.
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Washington, D. C
Victor Mature
Patricia Neal
Edmund Gwenn
Grand Theater
VIP
Washington
Congress
Graves
Dro
Santa Claus
24Th Street
Patrella Neal
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William F. Whitbeck
George Spiegel
Ralph Fuller
Matteo de Simone
Hicksville
S. 1
Albin “Sam” Fischer
Fort Worth
Texas
Dennis Mahoney
Austin
Tony Hoshko
Clearfield
Penna
Snoozer
Lenwood Harris
Penola
Tyson Jobe
Berryville
Robert Krout
Astoria
Ore
Richard Smith
S-3
Stamford
Stamford American
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L. the ‘ of
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Mankind
Payne
West Texas Utilities Company
Yuletide
R. H. Hammer
Pontiac
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