Mrs. Culp's Diary, Saturday, Dec. 25, 1937

Surprise visitors add joy to Christmas

Although the Culps were Jewish, they celebrated both Christmas and Easter and seemed to pay scant attention to Jewish holidays. Christmas of 1937 was no exception. “Very beautiful day,” Mrs. Culp wrote at the top of the diary page. Early on, she and Walter exchanged gifts. Hers included “a beautiful pocketbook.” Sister Else arrived on the bus from St. P…