New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-12-23
TREE READY FOR CITY cELE-
BRATION. SANTA SURE TO
BE ON HAND.
SPECIAL SERVICES, PROGRAMS,
AND CHRISTMAS TREES. IN,
ALL CHURCHES.

quasi-public nature to satisfy all the
children Of the city. On account Of
the Municipal Christmas Tree Cele-
bration being tonight the Congrega-
tional Sunday School had their celebra-
ton for the Sunday school children at
the church last night with Christmas
tree and program by the children.
Tonight the Commercial Club will be
hosts to the children of the city. Enough
packages Of candy and nuts, apples and
oranges have been procured so that at
least $500 children can be made happy.
Members of the club will assist in passing
out the packages to the children. There
will be real live Santa Claus who will
make it point to meet as many of the
little ones as is possible in the brief space
of time that the celebration is going
to last. The exercises will begin prompt
ly at o'clock.
The committee thought it would do
something exceptionally fine and out
of the extraordinary by securing a
monster tree from the State of Idaho
which for size and symmetry was to
eclipse anything in the state. It kept
in touch with the car which was bringing
the valuable tree and were very much
relieved when they learned that the tree
had arrived at the Minnesota Transfer
on Saturday. Monday word was re-
ceived that it was at Winthrop and the
same day it was brought here by local
freight. But disappointment was in
store for the committee. For instead
of the fine tree that they had mentally
pictured to themselves as being on the
road to New Ulm to grace the city's
business thorofare during the Yuletide,
the tree that met their gaze was not UP
to expectations, in fact could not even
be used. This caused the committee
a few anxious moments. One of them
finally suggested that it..might not be
bad idea to have Christmas tree
"Made in New Ulm''. They not only
found tree that could be used for this
occasion but one that will surpass any
thing that was ever used for Christmas
purposes in the city before or for that
matter by any city Of the size of New
Ulm in the State. The committee con
siders itself very fortunate that it was
able to arrange matters SO that there
will be no disappointment for anybody.
The exercises will be very brief. They
will be opened with number by the
Second Regiment Band whereupon the
chorus will render song. Then F. W.
Johnson will deliver a short address.
This will be followed by another song
and. Mayor Fritsche will welcome the
children on behalf Of the city. This will
be followed by another song sung bv
the chorus. After this Santa Claus
will put in his appearance accompanied
by gnomes. Immediately thereafter the
gifts will be handed to the children.
While this is going on the Second Repii-
ment Band will furnish musical numbers.
In the Lutheran Church the Christmas
tree celebration for the children Of the
parochial school will take place Thursday
evening at the Lutheran Church be-
ginning at $50. There viii be a.
ppropriate program Of songs and rleci-
tations by the children OF the. school.
! There will be special services .sat the
church Christmas morning and ,es evening.
On Second & "a, Christmas hi Day JOIN
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