12 years of Christmas: Quiver 1952

By Emma Melling

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Posted: January 3, 2017

Day 9 of the Minnehaha Archive 12 days of Christmas series highlights the 1952 Christmas edition of The Quiver. The section of the paper below describes how students prepare for Christmas and get into the holiday spirit, as well as discussing the Christmastime mistletoe tradition.

A clip from the December 1952 edition of the Quiver.

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