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(From left: Alice Tucker, Jane Sivetz and Claudine Dayton will reopen the Majestic Theatre with a retelling of Oregon Christmas stories both personal and historical this weekend. Bill McCarthy will also read.)

A christmas party for 1,000 kids at the Majestic Theatre movie house in 1924, a taste of the Corvallis society column in 1936 and a call to service for fraternities and sororities in a 1937 editorial:

“But, wouldn’t it make you feel more in the spirit of Christmas to go home with glad hearts and a happy spirit, knowing that you had helped and given joy to someone less fortunate than yourself? … Indeed, it would!”

Listen in as Alice Tucker, Jane Sivetz and Claudine Dayton share Christmas stories from historic editions of the Corvallis Gazette-Times and Daily Barometer. The stories are just a taste of what will be shared in Majestic Theatre Management’s “Christmas in Oregon” readers’ theater presentation, at 7 p.m. Dec. 11-12; and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 13, at the newly-reopened Majestic Theatre, 115 S.W. Second St., Corvallis.

The show is directed by Robert Leff, who also gathered together the material for the show by searching library archives and gathering personal accounts. Bill McCarthy will also read. The show retells stories of Christmas celebrations in Oregon that date back to the Lewis and Clark expedition, when the Corps of Discovery spent a rugged Christmas holiday in Fort Clatsop in 1805, to recent local history. In fact, the second act focuses entirely on Christmas celebrations in Corvallis.

Admission is $8. Information: 738-7469 and www.majestic.org

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