Christmas Part I: Santa Claus, Children, and Charity
One hundred years ago today … Excitement about Christmas mounted. The Daily News announced that veterans would be treated to holiday dinners. The paper’s photographers, meanwhile, snapped photographs of Santas distributing gifts to “little unfortunates” at Greenwich House and “Oriental youngsters” of the Chinese Sunday School in the Church of All Nations.
Daily News, 25 December 1920, p. 1. Chronicling America.
The Girl Scouts and Immigration Commissioner Wallis (on Ellis Island) also gave holiday charity to children.
– Jonathan Goldman, December 24, 2020
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