In keeping with this year’s Christmas parade theme, we’d like to share the last 110 years, in ten year increments, of Licking’s Christmas’ past from The Licking News archives. Our wish is that you enjoy reminiscing while reviewing the past and perhaps find personal memories as well. The earlier years will be shared with story items, as photographs were rare. The later years will be shared mainly with photographs as they, too, tell the story. – Christy Porter, Managing Editor
1909 From the archives Friday, Dec. 24: The boys have been having fine sport skating on Uncle Chris Kofahl’s pond. E.T. Vetaw visited Craddock School recently and found Wm. Snow, the teacher busy preparing for a big time with a Christmas tree and entertainment of the 24th. Exercises to begin at 1 o’clock in the afternoon. Lenox Items Cook & Kitchen have put away a fine lot of ice for the summer’s use. There will be a dinner and an entertainment by the school at Blackoak on Xmas Day. Hazelton Santa Claus will soon …