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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1965
Page
18
A collection of letters from children age 4 to 8 listing Christmas gift wishes including toys like barns with animals, cars, dolls, GI Joe sets, science kits, and model vehicles. Several children note being good or improving behavior and promise cookies and milk for Santa.
A note recalls that the first Olympic games were recorded in 776 B C in Greece marking the origin of the historic athletic contest.
The article surveys timing for taking down Christmas greens with views favoring Epiphany on January 6 or Candlemas on February 2. It notes poet Robert Herrick praised the later date in Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve, warning greens must be completely removed or many goblins may be seen.
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