Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1902 — Some Christmas Festivities. [ARTICLE]

Some Christmas Festivities.

The various Sunday Schools in town had very successful Christmas Eve entertainments, Wednesday evening, in spite of the cold weather. At the M. E. church there was a miscellaneous literary and musical entertainment, after which Santa Claus came down ' the chimney and superintended the distribution of a whole lot of presents for the ohildren. There were two fine Christmas - trees and a “chimney” all well loaded with seasonable Christmas fruit

At the Presbyterian ohuroh there was also a Christmas tree loaded with presents, and a Santa Claus te distribute them among the happy youngsters. A varied musical and literary program was rendered before the presents were distributed, and after that the evening ended with a fine treat of ioe oream and oake for all present. At the Christian Chnroh a very large audience was present. The entertainment features included music and declamations, also a boys’ and girls’ brigade drill and a Christmas pantomine. There was a fine and highly deoorated Christmas tree, heavily loaded, and a Santa Claus to shake down and distribute the abundant fruit thereof. At the Free Will Baptist church there was also a Christmas tree, and very finely deoorated, as well as heavily loaded with fine presents for the ohildren. A good program, consisting of songs, recitations eto, was rendered and Uncle Santa then came in and saw that the presents were properly distributed. The evening closed with a song by 8 little girls, who had been watching for Santa all day and had just concluded there wasn’t any, when in be came.