Beaver Island holds Children’s Christmas Party at the Shamrock, 1988

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Event

Date: 1988-12-11
Kind: Celebration
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: celebrationfamilycommunityseasonal-lifefoodwayscommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The island Children’s Christmas Party took place at the Shamrock Bar and Grill on December 11, 1988, with Santa, food, photographs, gifts, and a pinata.

Evidence limits

The article is a community report and thank-you list, not an attendance roster or financial account.

Sources

“The Children’s Christmas Party,” Beaver Beacon, December 1988.
Reports the December 11 party, cookies and punch, Santa and gifts, photographs, a pinata, and thanks to participating residents and businesses. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, December 1988, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eighteen-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island holds Children’s Christmas Party at the Shamrock, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-shamrock-childrens-christmas-party-1988/, accessed [date], citing “The Children’s Christmas Party,” Beaver Beacon, December 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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