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==Christmas==
Until my Ross grandparents died, we visited Kansas City every year, usually during Christmas week. The Brethren did not believe in the usual Christmas celebrations. Not until I was a teenager did my mother buy a Christmas tree. Yet our parents did not deny us Christmas presents or, as noted already, the thrill of seeing Santa Claus with Uncle Alf. On Christmas morning, we found presents – articles of clothing, usually, but they were not under a tree and they were not wrapped. We found them in the parlor on the sofa or one of the arm chairs. After breakfast, we went to a conference “meeting” at the Gospel Hall, the first of many until the final meeting on Sunday night.
=Location History=
* Caleb J. Baker's Awnings, Tents, Covers (later known as Baker-Lockheed) sponsored the assembly prior to the building of the Troost Hall.
** @ Fourth & Delaware Sts. (104 W. Third St., 413/415/417/419 Delaware St.) +1889-1899 until it was destroyed by fire ($90k in damage)
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