From The Sun Dec. 25-31, 1844
Dec. 27: Wednesday was in good sooth a Merry Christmas in this good city of ours. There was general joy among the young, and a general rejuvenation of the old and middle-aged; and per consequence a general amalgamation of feeling favorable to a joyous observance of the day.
Dec. 28: The Senate was not in session to-day, having adjourned till Monday. What a strange thing it is, that the roast beef and plumb pudding of Christmas render men unfit for legislation.
From The Sun Dec. 25-31, 1894
Dec. 25: At the Monumental Tournament last night, Paul Johnson, the colored light weight champion of Maryland, knocked out William Sweitzer.
Dec. 26: Four trees and Santa Claus with several assistants, made many little folks happy at Highlandtown Avenue United Methodist Episcopal Church in Highlandtown. Candies, fruit and toy were distributed to each child.
From The Sun Dec. 25-31, 1944
Dec. 27: Christmas holiday traffic on railroads serving Baltimore exceeded that of last year by 10 to 25 percent, it was revealed yesterday. The Pennsylvania Railroad carried Friday through Monday 584,000 passengers on its Maryland circuit.
Dec. 31: Baltimoreans yesterday were urged to start the New Year right by calling at the Red Cross Blood Donor Center and donating blood to help save the lives of fighting Americans now being wounded on the Western Front.