The Classic Santa Letter From Virginia O Hanlon
An eight year old girl Virginia O Hanlon asks if Santa exists in a letter to the New York Sun. the editorial reply asserts belief in Santa Claus as real and enduring, likening faith to love, generosity and devotion in a world of skepticism. The piece preserves the famed 1900 exchange as a timeless Christmas standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia O'Hanlon
New York Sun
Santa Claus
New York World-Telegram and
Sun
Virginia
Origins of Christmas Carols Traced Through Ages
The article notes carols originate from diverse eras and regions. It mentions the line of Silent Night arising after a broken organ, with Austrian priest Father Joseph Mohr writing the text and the organist composing the melody, first sung on Christmas Eve 1818 with guitar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Mohr
Christmas Carols In English And French Origins
Expressing Christmas merriment the carol Deck the Hall with Boughs of Holly links to a Welsh air and the blaze log tradition. The First Nowell or Noel traces to French roots with Nowell meaning Christmas or shout of joy for Christ’s birth. Adeste Fidelis may derive from Saint Bonaventure era. The song remains hugely popular today in over 120 languages and 40 English versions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Saint Bonaventure
Christmas Carols and Customs From Many Years Ago
The piece notes O Tannenbaum as an enduring carol from Germany and its American uses in college songs and Maryland My Maryland. It mentions God Rest You Merry Gentlemen and explains its meaning. Charles Wesley wrote Hark the Herald Angels Sing after hearing bells. It also touches on charity during Christmas and a legend of the Christ Child seeking shelter. It ends with a LeMars garden scene full of diverse flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
U.S
Maryland
Charles Wesley
Herald Angeles
London
Christ
Jesus
Doctor Carl J Bradley Honored for 50 Years in Newhall
Dr Carl J Bradley received town honors in Newhall for fifty years of medical service in the area He has delivered more than three thousand babies during his long career in the community
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl J. Bradley
Newhall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Herald Angels
Edward Phelan
LeMars
Foly Mast
Bergmann Hatchery
Leland
Esther
Dennis
Lionel
Best
Mr. and
Mrs. Olin Davis
Waterloo, Iowa
Harry Dale
Richard Les
Erv
Karl
Buhr
Lawrence
Paul
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!