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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1973
Page
6
The page features two handwritten Christmas requests from Texas children to Santa. Robert Munoz and Mary Christmas express wishes for a blackboard, train, metalophone, Big Jim, and cookies. Daniel Calamaco asks for an electric train a football a GL and a bike with a football suit.
A decree leads Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem for taxation as the birth of Jesus unfolds. Shepherds hear angels praising God and go to Bethlehem to find the manger scene with Mary, Joseph, and the newborn child. The shepherds report what they were told about the child.
The piece recalls the first U S Christmas tree in 1851 faced with shock in Cleveland and notes Americas gift to the season the poinsettia. It mentions bayberry candles and the origin of Silent Night in Austria with Father Mohr and Franz Gruber.
A damaged text fragment from Stanford Texas dated December 5 shows a personal Christmas wish mentioning a Barbie House and a baby tender Lovin. The note references a delivery or request for a baby item and expresses affection and holiday sentiment.
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