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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1941
Page
2
Hollywood makeup artists debate the perfect Santa Claus for film and stage. They specify a 70 year old, 5 foot 10, 175 to 215 pounds physique with a ruddy complexion and bushy white whiskers. They advise subtle makeup to avoid obvious falseness and offer home tips using women's cosmetics to achieve a convincing look for fathers playing Santa.
The article notes Alaska Eskimos import thousands of reindeer for Christmas displays and food income. It cites 1891 introduction, Lapp herders guiding Eskimos, and rapid herd growth doubling every three years. Reindeer, domesticated caribou, yield meat likened to duck and mutton.
Historians trace the first Christmas tree in the United States to 1843 when August Imgard, a German immigrant, set it up in Wooster Ohio. The first lighted Christmas tree in an American church followed in Cleveland.
A fragmented text discusses a Christmas tree serving as the first Sista tree and questions a bestowed title or symbol. The readable names and specifics are unclear, but the passage centers on ceremonial or symbolic roles connected to a tree in a Christmas context.
A spoof letter from an infant group claims babies under one year enjoy Christmas and should receive gifts. It lists practical presents like push toys, cribs, car seats, and even life insurance or a college fund, urging thoughtful options for tiny revelers. Signed Disgusted Youth.
The early Massachusetts Puritans viewed Christmas as a crime and fined observers five shillings. On May 11, 1659 the Boston General Court enacted a law banning Christmas celebration, forebearing labor or feasting, with five shillings penalty for each offense to the county.
A fragment from Fair Warning features Uncle Eben urging restraint and better wishes, contrasting hunger with desires for a doctor and for Saint Nick. The archaic dialect hints at a rural or bygone milieu and a cautionary tone about wishful thinking.
The article notes evergreen species compete for Christmas tree status with firs and spruces favored for shape color and fragrance. It details balsam and Fraser firs in various regions, explains spruce versus pine needle patterns, and mentions jack pine arborvitae red cedar juniper and Douglas fir as other homespun options.
A compiled column by Roger B Whitman offers home guidance on painting new galvanizing, starting fires without smoke, avoiding pipe sweating in apartment builds, cleaning waffle irons, clearing clogged drains, safe paper burning, and addressing damp basements. Includes pattern 7115 embroidery offer.
The article notes a peak Christmas demand for galax leaves spruce and other greens in North Carolina Appalachia. Gallacking is a year round job with families collecting leaves tips and herbs for florists dealers and decorators. Buyers ship material to dealers as backwoods shops open for seasonal processing and crafting wreaths trees and decorative rope.
Druids credited mistletoe with healing power calling it All-Heal. Scandinavians linked it to Friga goddess of love, possibly inspiring the kiss under the mistletoe tradition. Superstition says a maiden not kissed under it will not marry in the coming year.
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