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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1897
Page
10
A reflective piece blends poetry and prose celebrating Christmas as a time of love, charity, and universal goodwill. It recalls home, kinship, neighbors, and the Christ Child, urging gifts of generosity and a tender heart toward all, with lines about German Yuletide customs and shared holiday warmth.
A whimsical poem by Frank B. Welch imagines Santa Claus’s wealth coming from a hidden northern mine. The verse playfully questions the source of the gifts and the vast cash needed for Christmas, portraying Santa as a magical, jetting figure who swiftly delivers presents to eager children.
A fragmentary collage from a periodical blends poetic musings on the old year with a child’s Christmas recollections and a vignette about Santa Claus. It also notes Sweden’s Christmas customs including birds fed outdoors before indoors celebrations and a brief reference to Albert Dielow Paine of New York.
A reader asks for a book suitable for a tall, stylish young man who wears blue neckties. The exchange notes a Christian spirit and the value of modest spending, with a humorous tug between wants and restraint.
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