Feature Articles

• Christmas at the North Pole - Nicholas Capozzi, CPC member from Port Washington, NY reported on the activities for the First Day of Issue Ceremony for the 1995 "Santa and Children" Christmas stamps.

• 1994 Christmas Klussendorf Labels - Nahum Shereshevsky of Israel describes the variations of Israel's Christmas Klussendorfs with an update on the 1995 issue.

• Ken Mackenzie Writer's Award Winner - Ed Kalasa is the winner of the annual award for 1995 presented for the best original article appearing in the Yule Log. Ed won for his article The Little Green Christmas Tree Cachets from Christmas, Florida.

• Reports - Included were two pages of Christmas cancels, a report on the 1995 issues from the Austria, Belgium, Canada, Italy and the United States. Plans for the CPC meeting at Capex June 9, 1996 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. were revealed.

• Christmas Customs Around the World by Glenn Vasbinder featured Italy.

• Letters From Father Christmas - Joan Klimchalk reviews this interesting book by J.R.R. Tolkien.

• CPC in Cyberspace - Kathy Ward announces that the Christmas Philatelic Club has its own World Wide Web Page.

• Auction featured 100 lots of stamps, maximum cards, first day covers, pictorial cancels, meters, miscellaneous covers and postcards.

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The Yule Log is edited by Jon Mills of Ottawa, Ontario. Christine Sanders of Englewood, Florida is the club's current president.

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Current dues are $20 per year for persons living in North America. Other Countries: $30.00 (US funds). Send an international money order in US dollars.

Applications for membership are available from Secretary/Treasurer Jim Balog, PO Box 744, Geneva, Ohio 44042-0744 USA or complete this Application Form and send it to the secretary's address..

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