December 2024 archive

Dec 31

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from Karen’s Chatt!

Dec 27

Oranges at Christmastime

When I was in elementary school at Willshire, probably during the first three or four grades, just before Christmas Santa would visit the school and give each a student a gift, a little brown paper bag with an orange in it.

Dec 24

Merry Christmas!

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders and he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

Dec 20

Letters to Santa, 1917

December 1917. The U.S. had entered World War I a few months earlier and Christmas was right around the corner. Even though we were at war, children were making Christmas lists and writing letters to Santa…

Dec 17

80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge

Yesterday, 16 December, was the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge, one of the most important battles for the Allies during World War II…