Talk:Willem Lange

A fact from Willem Lange appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 December 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that on every Christmas Eve since 1994, Willem Lange's story about the fruitcake-delivering farmer Favor Johnson is broadcast on public radio stations in Vermont?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Valereee talk 12:19, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that on every Christmas Eve since 1994, Willem Lange's story about fruitcake-delivering farmer Favor Johnson is broadcast on public radio stations in Vermont? Source: “Willem Lange's modern American folktale is a heart-warming tale of neighborliness and generosity in a Vermont village at Christmas. It has been a Vermont Public tradition on Christmas Eve since 1994. If you don't catch it on the radio, click or tap the play button above to enjoy whenever you like.” Vermont Public
“ This delightful story of Favor Johnson, Hercules, Doctor Jennings, and the mysterious house-to-house delivery of homemade fruit cakes on Christmas Eve is a heart-warming tale of neighborliness and generosity in a Vermont village at Christmas.” Manchester Journal
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kangina
- Comment: I would like this to run on Christmas Eve

Moved to mainspace by Thriley (talk). Self-nominated at 20:32, 4 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Willem Lange; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

New enough, long enough, article is sourced and copyright-free. Hook is cited and interesting. QPQ done. This is gtg. Z1720 (talk) 02:38, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]