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Christmas 1944
By Dr. Sylvia Morris
No snow capped mountain in this Southern climb
No brightly decorated homes this Christmas time
No clanging sleigh bells in the evening air
No voices blending Christmas carols fair
No cheery Merry Christmases across the backyard fence
Hi there. We wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas.
Photograph from 1952 of Donald Wike on the left, Santa Claus in the middle and Franklin Wike on the right
U S Legacies Magazine December 2005
This building was dedicated 88 years ago in 1935!
Santa's Candy Castle!
The History Of Santa's Candy Castle
Once Upon a Time in a Place Called Santa Claus…
H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock // Getty Images
What Christmas was like the year you were born
On Christmas Day in 1914, British and German troops emerged from the trenches of World War I as weeks of bad weather cleared and called a truce. It was spontaneous and not approved by any higher-ups, but many soldiers on both sides ended up taking part. Soccer games were played between the British and German troops before they returned to their respective sides at dusk and continued fighting.
U.S. Declaration of War on Germany
To the Congress of the United States:
On the morning of December 11 the Government of Germany, pursuing its course of world conquest, declared war against the United States.
The long-known and the long-expected has thus taken place. The forces endeavoring to enslave the entire world now are moving toward this hemisphere.
Never before has there been a greater challenge to life, liberty and civilization.
German Declaration of War with the United States : December 11, 1941
December 11, 1941
(Including the circumstances of the delivery of the note as released to the press by the Department of State, December 11, 1941.)
Paul Harvey’s Famous “Warning to America” Essay from 1965.
Dispatches
The following is a collection of dispatches relevant to the topic. Care should be taken in noting that not all the information enclosed was known to all parties and that some of the coded messages were not deciphered until well after the commencement of hostilities.
To: Tokyo Date: 16 Jan. 41
To the Congress of the United States:
Yesterday, December 7, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.