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20 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCKNEWS From the Dec. 23, 1965 edition
The Christmas Tree in the
Town of Washington was lighted Sunday night for the holidays. Mrs. B.K. Armel, a member of the Town Council, was responsible for the decorating of the tree which is located in the lot between the Rappahannock National Bank and Washington fire house. The tree grows enough each year to necessitate the addition of several new strings of lights;
W.A. Miller will retire from the position of Postmaster of the Washington, Va. postoffice effective December 30. He has served in this capacity for 31 years, taking office in 1934 after his appointment by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Christmas cards were first offered “to the trade” by an English publishing house in the 1860’s. They carried such designs as jolly old gentlemen (who might have been Santa’s forebears), plum puddings, holly and mistletoe.
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