From the January 17, 1930 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

From the January 11, 1980 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

From the January 7, 1949 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: More than three hundred members and friends of the Martha’s Vineyard Improvement Association attended their New Year’s Eve ball.

From the December 31, 1976 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

From the December 19, 1924 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

From the December 14, 1962 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: It isn’t Christmas yet but it’s pre-Christmas, a division of the season that has become a time apart in our modern year. Some may say that pre-Christmas is a commercial arrangement, and so it is in a sense; but Christmas givers must have gifts to give, a matter more difficult than it was when frankincense and myrrh were all in all. And so there must be shopping, other preparations too, as the days of the calendar become fewer.