Christmas Classics in Prose and Verse Highlighted
The piece outlines Correggio’s Holy Night among Christmas paintings and credits Moore’s A Visit from St. Nicholas as a defining verse. It notes Francis P. Church’s Is There a Santa Claus editorial in the New York Sun and recounts Virginia O’Hanlon’s famous belief in Santa, now Virginia O’Hanion Douglas.
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Correggio
W. R. Valentiner
Detroit Institute of Arts
New York Times
Botticelli
Mary
St. Nicholas
Clement Clarke Moore
General Theological Seminary
New York City
Moore
Troy
N. Y
Troy Sentinel
Kingdom of Heaven
New York Book of Poetry
New York Historical Society
Francis P. Church
The
New York Sun
Sun
Virginia O'Hanlon
Santa Claus
Virginia O’hanion Douglas
New York
Laura Virginia
Is There a Santa Claus in Virginia O’Hanlon’s Letter
A correspondent asks if Santa exists. The response declares there is a Santa Claus, arguing belief rests on faith, imagination, and love. It preserves childhood wonder, contrasts skepticism, and asserts Santa’s eternal presence to inspire joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Santa Claus
Adventuring Happiness A Christmas Gift Story
Roger Tallant finds a billfold with eighteen dollars and a club card outside an Emporium. He returns it to the owner, receives a suggestion to buy something for himself, then instead donates more, buying a picture of children helped by Salvation Army kettles. He later adds five dollars back, tying sacrifice to joy.
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Emporium
Roger
Jackson W. Harkess
Mr. Harkess
Harkess
Roger Tallant
Tallant
Jack
Margery
Salvation Army
Stefansson Explains Arctic Conditions for Readers
Arctic explorer Stefansson told the American Society of Mechanical Engineers that life in the Arctic can be pleasant with proper precautions. He debunked myths about endless darkness and claimed the coldest temperatures were recorded in Yakutska Siberia at 93 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stefansson
Arctic
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Scientific American
Arctic Circle
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
North Pole
Equator
Yakutska Siberia
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Ula Rught
Cfrrasticat
Poten
Aira Acabas
Budamg
Mol Foom & Pense
Ceiryertas
St. Meholat Joon
Thane
Vucas
Plusut
Chuck
Anamiakare Haigh
Stones Inn
Pnomentum
Dousler
Blom
Amd
St. Mechrolas
Dom C
Hesse
Coe
Betty Geutnas
Elmo Scott Watson
Western Newspaper Union
Nativity
Clement C Moore
Friends of the Sun
Papa
Virginia O’hanlon
Christine
Story Charest Frederick
Dodsworth
Lord& Ames, Inc
Michigan
Lord & Ames, Inceed
Peerleee
Vennematl
Parker’s
Hiscox Chem
Paogue
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Roman Eye
Wrights Pill Co
Gold St
N.Y. City
WNU
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