Christmas Charity Across New York and Nation
Charitable giving during Christmas is described as the world’s most generous season. Figures estimate nearly a billion dollars circulate in the United States through gifts, dinners, and purchases, with major efforts by Tim Sullivan’s Lower East Side dinners and Navy and Army support. Notable redistributions include meals by restaurants, hotel hosts, and individuals like John D Crimmins, who personally served and entertained the elderly, highlighting a culture of spontaneous, wide-ranging benevolence.
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New York
United States
Timothy D. Sullivan
Lower East Side
Big Tim
Sullivan
Army
Navy
Sam
F. J. Shepard
Helen Gould
Young Men's Christian Association
United States Navy
Johun D. Crimmiins
Sudler
EL Jun McCarty
Charlotte Russe
Realm of Christmas Fancy and Victorian Notes
A collage of festive verse and literary reminiscences outlines Lorana Sheldon’s Christmas fantasia and comments on Dickens amid early Christmas plays and authorial anecdotes. The piece blends nostalgia for Christmas memory with literary gossip and brief health advertisements.
Dickens Reads Christmas Carol in Wolverhampton 1858
Charles Dickens gave his celebrated reading of the Christmas Carol in Wolverhampton at the Corn Exchange on Wednesday evening August 11 1858 before a crowded audience. He was accompanied by Arthur Smith and stayed at the deanery with Parke while avoiding the deanery stay for privacy.
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Game Inn
Birmingham
Bire
Dickens
Hig Waverhampton
Cuthbert Bede
Cuthbert Beda
Wolverhampton
England
Charles Dickens
Lts
London
Corn Exchange
Arthur Smith
Albert Smith
Lor
Parke
Dicktus
Deanery
Richard Gradley
Huesta
Mr. Parke
Holiday Time in Holland and Christmas Carols
The piece notes how Holland celebrates Christmas with 2 am bonfires and carols in town squares followed by a dawn breakfast at a prominent host's home. It then praises England for its strongest tradition of Christmas carols and festive generosity to neighbors.
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Holland
England
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