In the illustration above it looks as if the children are sneaking up on the house to storm it and loot it. All those fine Christmas presents, waiting to be liberated!

If you read the list of Important Things, you may note that no one marks these things anymore. Some were only important because they'd happened within living memory, like "Earthquake in Italy." That would be the 1915 Avezzano Earthquake, which eliminated "ninety-six oercent of the population almost simultaneously." 30K dead.

Moonrise isn't marked much anymore.

On the other hand, Delicious, All-Bran Pancakes!