The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-25
NATION NOTES GAYEST
YULE In FIVE YEARS
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European wines. cordials and
brandies have been imported to
supplement domestic supplies for
the first Christmas since 1941.
Religious Observance
Throughout the country there will
be the traditional religious obser-
vances, with many communities
sponsoring the usual pageants,
chorals and outsize outdoor trees.
Detroit's department of parks and
recreation will select the city,
Best Little Girl of the Year from
among municipal hospital patients
and to her will go the honor OF
throwing the switch which turns
on the city's Christmas tree lights
on Christmas eve.
Oklahoma City already has pre-
sented it's ninth annual Christmas
pageant with a coast Of between
i. 500 and 5000, many OF them chill
dren. San Francisco revives It's
christmas Eve in San Francisco
pageant, sponsored by downtown
merchants, hotels and property
owners.
Charity is the keynote of the
Wichita, Kan, celebration with
the presentation Of food and gift
baskets to the city's needy. In
addition there will be the usual
Christmas dinner for the city's
poor. provided by a trust fund TOR
the purpose established by Col.
Sam B. Amidon and his wife almost
a half century ago.
Will Light Tree
Plans in the nations capital hinge
on the presence of President Harry
S. Truman. If he is at the White
House he will light its Christmas
tree with the customary cere-
mony. which will be broadcast. u
he is home in Missouri, he VIII
light a tree there.
Bethlehem, Pa, America s
Christmas city. will light its $1,000,
star on South mountain for the flrs'
time since the war started. a
candle light service, lit by thou,
sands of beeswax tapers, vii.
be conducted in the city's ceatra.
Moravian church as it has beer
annually for 200 years.
In the German communities o
Pennsylvania. children are ready
tn welcome Relsnickel, their yer.
sion If Santa Claus. Belsnlcke-
originally punished bad children.
but through the years has taken o!
a more pleasant character ant
reputation.
snow-bound New England ane
SUNNY Texas have substituted more
modern transport for Santa's rem
deer and sleigh. The good Sam
will appear in Corpus Christi, LuD'
book and other Texas cities after
an airplane trip. Boston Hlstor
ian Edward Rowe Snow will take
over his St. Nicholas role with the
aid of a helicopter, dropping gl1ts
to lighthouses and coastguard sta
tons south from PASSPORT, Me.
Residents of remote, lce-boune
~offcoast islands and hamlets on tne
stern New England shores VIII OF
visited by representatives of the
Maine Seacoast Mission society
using a sturdy ice-c-ushing poWe'
cruiser.
The Massachusetts, S. P. c. A.
which has not forgotten the animal:
for 80 Christmas seasons, Will pro
vide a feast for some 5000 work
horses of greater Boston. The mem
is oats, carrots, apples. Coffee
and sinkers will be given to thu
drivers.
The United Nations ~secretarla
at Lake Success and Flushing, N
Y. will celebrate the holiday in
dividually in the traditions of tn
"a nations which are members o
the world peace organization. TIL
U. N. personnel already has hal
its Christmas get-together-a bal
at a New York city hotel attends
by most of the 1000 permanent EN-
lployes.