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From the Metamora Herald
dated December 9, 1910…
Santa Coming to Metamora
Santa Claus is coming to Metamora. The grizzly, good natured old
fellow will make a daylight visit here, arriving at 1 o’clock
Saturday afternoon, Dec 17 and according to schedule will spend
several hours visiting the stores, ordering his stocks of Christmas
presents and distributing candies and little remembrances to all the
children who turn out to greet him.
The day will be
Santa Claus day in Metamora and all the people within driving
distance are invited to come and see the jolly old saint. The
business men have made arrangements for a sort of reception by
employing a famous “little German band”, led by Herr Spiegelburger,
to dispense “moosic” for an hour or two upon Santa’s arrival. This
band is an all-star aggregation and has been procured by the
business men at the special request of Santa Claus. A program will
be arranged by the business men for Santa’s itinerary when he
arrives in the village and it will appear in the Herald next week.
The following letter received by the business men from Santa Claus
explains itself. It is dated from Santa Claus’ headquarters, Chris
Kringle Land:
To the Merchants
of Metamora:
Your kind invitation of
recent date has been received and in reply I take pleasure in
announcing that I will accept. I will arrive in Metamora at 1
o’clock Saturday afternoon, Dec. 17. Please make arrangements for my
coming and I would also ask that you procure the celebrated
“Spiegelburger Band” for the afternoon. I will come in my airship if
the wind is right, providing it is not laid up for repairs, in which
case I will fall back on my automobile; and if the roads are bad I
will come with team and buggy or sleigh, as you know I sent my
reindeer back to the north pole last winter when I bought my auto. I
would ask you to tell all the children to come to town that I may
see them and decide who most needs presents this year.
In conclusion
let me say that I have always had a warm spot in my heart for
Metamora and every year I buy my presents there for this whole
territory, because your merchants are on the square. This year I
intend to distribute goods from Metamora for a distance of ten miles
around.
Sincerely yours,
Santa Claus
Thanks for the
photo submitted by Mimi Theena. Story by Shirley Adams.
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