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- Capitalists and Uncle Sam are visiting Moscow at Christmas time and recognize Russians are pretty good at diverting aid. They are selling Santa's sleigh, reindeer meat and toys sent to them to survive. 1
- Four faces of people looking through open curtain at Christ child. One man is happy. One is afraid. One is skeptical. One is evil. Christmas observations. 1
- In one small package (baby) God gave us (all the biblical names of Christ) 1
- Judge looks over ACLU, lawyers, and people dressed as Christmas characters beating each other up. Judge says, Sigh! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. 1
- Panel 1-2. A survey revealed people who live in red states are more compassionate in giving to the poor (out of their own resources) than people in the blue states. What does that say about compassion in America? 1
- Panel 1-5. Wisemen on camels are reading Isaiah 9 1
- Panel 1-6. Down your chimney she'll come. President Obama's EPA secretary, Lisa Jackson, is like the Grinch who stole Christmas. In her zeal to fight climate control she will steal loot from our children to fight her war on soot. 1
- Panel 1. Some families put their Christmas decorations away until next year. Panel 2. Some families put their Millennium decorations away. They will put them up again in 2000 (if the world doesn't end). 1
- Panel 1. The Problem...is that we are all fighting one another. Panel 2. GOD'S answer...is little baby Jesus. Warring factions don't get it. God's answer 1
- President Clinton is writing a letter to Virginia saying there IS a Santa Clause. Outside his window is the capitol building with a Santa hat on top of it. 1
- Reagan, Santa, GOP, coal, Dems, INF treaty, Tax increase. 1
- Santa had better be careful of granting Christmas wishes. Kids have lawyers. 1
- Santa has to break through the ice to reach the chimney. It's really cold in Colorado Springs. 1
- Santa is in therapy with a Doctor of Diversity. Doctor says Santa will feel better if he would stop making value judgments on children being naughty or nice. Just bring everyone the same thing. 1
- Santa's sleigh, labeled 1
- Thanksgiving has always seemed like a great holiday to me. Unfortunately, the commercialized Christmas season rushes in after that. 1
- The ACLU brings baby Jesus model to the court. The judge will rule on the nativity scene vs separation of church and state after the Christmas holiday break. 1
- The Christmas story tells us that God sent a star to announce His plan to bring "Peace on Earth". Instead of wise men in desert seeing peace on earth, we have tank crews pondering what that bright star is all about. 1
- The Son of God was born in a manger. People today wonder how such a thing could be done without a government housing program. Maybe the Lord is more powerful than the governments of men. 1
- Wise men on camels wonder what kind of gift the God of the universe gave us. Other wiseman says, "I don't know, but I'll bet it's something we really need." 1
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- A young boy talks with Santa Claus, holding a wrapped gift. 3
- Alexander Industries employees enjoying themselves at the Christmas Party held at the Broadmoor. 2
- Group of well-dressed boys and girls posing for the camera at the Sertoma Christmas party inside the Antler's Plaza Hotel. [Image courtesy of Ray Turner, Colorado Springs] 2
- Postal employees setting off to deliver Christmas mail, received in record amounts in 1947. Postmen venture out on foot, bicycle, and vehicles. The view is the southwest side of the Post Office building on the SE corner of Pikes Peak and Nevada Avenues. 2
- (From left to right) Paul M. Conover, Mrs. R. G. Conover, Mr. R. G. Conover (1884-1964), and Everett R. Conover standing in front of a decorated Christmas tree. 1
- A crowd of spectators brave the freezing temperatures to sing along with Christmas carols led from the stage of the Acacia Park bandstand. 1
- A crowd of spectators sing along with Christmas carols led from the stage of the Acacia Park bandstand. Lights are strung among the trees of the park. 1
- A crowd of spectators sing along with Christmas carols led from the stage of the Acacia Park bandstand. Lights are strung among the trees of the park. 1
- A nativity float rides down Tejon Street in the 1949 Christmas parade in downtown Colorado Springs. 1
- A small crowd of shoppers gather to view the Christmas window display at Giddings Department store at 101 N. Tejon St. The shadow of the photographer can be seen in the bottom left of the photo. 1
- A young girl stands behind her new doll and baby carriage. A trunk sits under the lit Christmas tree, and a fire burns in the hearth. 1
- Annwin and Renny Borchert with Christmas creche in their Broadmoor home. 1
- Carolers sing under Acaia Park 's bandstand in an annual community tradition sponsored by the Gazette Telegraph and the Colorado Springs Jaycees. Bernard Vessey. a noted Pikes Peak region singer, stands in front of the microphone. 1
- Cathie Daniels makes a contribution to the Salvation Army kettle manned by bell ringer Jimmy LeBeau. Featured in the Gazette on November 28, 1948, pg 3A. 1
- Christmas stockings for aged or ill are filled with candy, fruit, and inspirational messages by volunteers of the Salvation Army. Volunteers Florence Manning (left) and Rosa James are both blind. Maj. Edwina Kendall supervises. 1
- Delbert Webb meets Santa Claus at a Christmas party thrown by Lane Equipment Company, 508 S. Tejon. A.E. Lane is shown loaded with presents while Priscilla Miller (left) and Idonna Waldie look on. Lloyd Faddis is identified as Santa. 1
- Elizabeth Powell wraps a Christmas gift while visiting her father, Henry W. Powell, on holiday break from Wellesley College. Her dog Sambo looks on attentively. See Gazette article 12/21/1947, E1. 1
- Four-year-old Kendall David Marshall diagrams just what he wants for Christmas in the Colorado Springs Sears Roebuck & Co. See Gazette article 12/23/1948, 13A. 1
- Four-year-old Pat Carey in snowsuit and gloves chats with Santa Claus in Sears. See Gazette article 12/23/1948, 13A. 1
- Francis Waldie with Salvation Army Kettle at Tejon and Kiowa. Out West Cafe (21 E. Kiowa) and Weather Hat Shop (27 E. Kiowa) visible in background. 1
- Gazette reporter dressed as Santa Claus holds Colleen Allnutt in Sears. See Gazette article 12/23/1948, 13A. 1
- Group of well-dressed boys and girls posing for the camera at the Sertoma Christmas party inside the Antler's Plaza Hotel. 1
- Group of well-dressed boys and girls posing for the camera at the Sertoma Christmas party inside the Antler's Plaza Hotel. [Previously numbered 001-7324] 1
- Harold Sheldon (left) and Cliff Feldt work through a huge pile of Christmas packages at the Colorado Springs Post Office. This was Feldt's 29th Christmas as a parcel post carrier and Sheldon's first. See Gazette 12/19/1948, page 13A. 1
- Judy Henderson, daughter of future mayor William Henderson, poses with her cat next to her stocking for the family Christmas card. Back of the card reads "Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, The Hendersons." 1
- Lynn Ann Roelens (1-year-old) isn't pleased to meet Santa in the Colorado Springs Sears Roebuck & Co. See Gazette article 12/23/1948, 13A. 1
- Man dressed in Santa suit giving a small child a Christmas gift. Child is being held in the arms of a standing man. Several ladies are sitting at a table in the background observing. Possibly a Christmas Party for firefighers and their families. 1
- Man prepares to play Santa Claus at Bemis Hall. 1
- Marching band in the Santa Claus Parade on Nevada Avenue in front of City Hall. Banner possibly reads "High School Band, Colorado Springs." Christmas decorations line the street and hang from power lines. 1
- Martha and Mike Porcelli sit bundled up against the extreme cold in Acacia Park for the annual carol sing. Grandmother Ethel Morehead stands to their left. 1
- Mary Lou Vegh, 4 years old, drops her contribution into the Salvation Army Kettle on Tejon Street. Attending the kettle is Helen LeBeau in her thirteenth year of service to the Salvation Army. Fashion Bar is visible in the background, 17 N Tejon. 1
- Mayor James McCullough makes a contribution to the Salvation Army kettle while Mrs. Audrey Beringer looks on. 1
- Members of the Y's Men's Club pay for their Christmas tree permit at Colorado Springs City Hall 1
- Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from Hedda Mohl and Associates. Reweavers / Colorado Springs. 1
- Night scene of City Hall building decorated with Christmas lights and wreaths. A 1928 Chevrolet coupe automobile is parked on the right side of the building and a sign for Earl Udick Tire Company is displayed on the building to the left. 1
- Night scene of City Hall building decorated with Christmas lights. Note on back reads "City Hall Xmas lights. Possibly among first city decorations." 1
- Orrie, Helen Stewart and family in living room. 1
- Patrons crowd into the Colorado Springs Post Office to mail Christmas cheer nationwide. See Gazette 12/18/1947, pg 1. 1
- Patty Baldwin waves to the camera from the lap of Santa Claus in Sears. See Gazette article 12/23/1948, 13A. 1
- Portrait of General James E. Briggs, second Superintendant of the Air Force Academy from 1956 until 1959. 1
- Preston Kundert, 5, hastily shines his shoe while speaking with Santa Claus in the Colorado Springs Sears Roebuck & Co. Toys are on display in the background. See Gazette article 12/23/1948, 13A. 1
- Printed on front "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" and "1908 / 1909", "Best Wishes from the Postman / Arthur M. Rivard / Route Number 12 / Colorado Springs, Colo." Postage rates listed on back. 1
- Santa and his reindeer in the Santa Claus Parade on Nevada Ave. City Hall in background. Christmas decorations line the streets and hang from electrical lines. 1
- Scott Stanec visits Santa (Irvin Markl) in a Sears store. Markl played Santa Claus for 7 years at the North Pole, then moved to Sears Roebuck in Southgate. He worked in maintenance at Fort Carson. See Gazette article on 12/14/1969, L1. 1
- Singing carols at the Christmas Party for Colorado Springs firefighters and their families. 1
- Stephen Joseph Taylor, first baby born in Colorado Springs in 1951, reaches for an ornament on the family Christmas tree in their home at 718 East Boulder Street. Wrapped presents surround the tree. 1
- Three-year-old Jerry Norvell relates his list of wants for Christmas to a Gazette reporter dressed as Santa Claus in Colorado Springs' Sears Roebuck & Co. See Gazette article 12/23/1948, 13A. 1
- Triplet girls (left to right) Ardith, Marilyn, and Evalie DuMars make the first contribution of the season to the Salvation Army Kettle at Busy Corner. Bell ringer Maj. Grace Hammock looks on. Featured in the Gazette on November 27, 1949, page 1. 1
- Two junior hostesses and three Camp Carson soldiers decorate the USO Christmas tree. Left to right 1
- University of Colorado freshman Carol Ann Durtschi accompanies a stage full of carol singers from First Methodist Church in Colorado Springs annual carol sing in Acacia Park. 1
- Written on bottom of print "28PR / 25 Dec 43 / 164 / Lab boys and their wives" 1
- Young Life members stage a brief concert of Christmas carols at Busy Corner on their way to the Broadmoor. 1
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