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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1942
Page
8
A Sanitorium nurse returns home after treating Bud Bells' family amid a typhoid outbreak. Townsfolk recall 40 years of snow, sleighing, turkey vendors, and winter errands. The article then pivots to a narrated history of the Christmas tree origins in Europe and America, tracing legends from Saint Boniface to Alsace.
Records show more than 111 million Christmas tree bulbs are sold in America each year. The article notes potential dip this year but ensures homes will still feature decorated trees with lights.
A roving reporter asks a young musician, a housewife, a collector, and a cutter about the oldest gifts they saved. The musician kept a red white and blue snare drum that sparked his career, the housewife preserved a mother given doll, the aunt’s doll survived with new head and clothes, and the cutter treasures his late mother’s ring worn since.
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