OPINION: Christmas In North Idaho through time
Christa Hazel
One hundred years ago, the Coeur d’Alene Evening Press recorded the quiet rhythm of Christmas in Kootenai County — not through headlines, but through its society pages. Those brief notes, published in December 1925, reveal a community woven together by gatherings, music, hospitality, and a shared understanding that neighbors mattered.
A choir of twenty-five voices at the Christian Church prepared a Christmas program that included “Angels from the Realms of Glory.” Nearly fifty people crowded into the Edmonds’ home at 810 Sherman Avenue for a musical evening of violin, piano, and carols. Mrs. Le A. Hart sang “Ilone Marie,” accompanied by local pianist Mr. W. B. McFarland, whose steady playing helped fill the home with Christmas music.
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