President Sought Good Old Days at Christmas Time
Nostalgia for the good old days of Christmas is explored from a presidential angle as Benjamin Harrison in 1891 allegedly planned an old fashioned Christmas. The piece ponders whether such traditions persist amid modern store bought treats and evolving customs.
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Alwys
United States
Harrison
Pagan Feasts Shaped Modern Christmas Customs
The piece traces how Christmas customs sprang from pagan Saturnalia Mithras Yule and Teutonic rites with lights gifts feasting and home crafts. It notes evolving traditions including tree selection and modern handmade gifts as families preserve nostalgia while new practices grow.
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Encyclopedia Americana
Mithras
Mooseheart Children’s Choir Christmas Radio Concert
The Mooseheart High School 60 voice Children's Choir will perform a 25 minute Christmas program on Radio Station KCRS Midland on Christmas Day at 11 35 CST announced by Frank Wood Moose Lodge No 1834. Evelyn Pahnke will accompany on a large pipe organ in Mooseheart’s House of God Cathedral. Mitch Miller lauded the choir on the Christmas Melody album.
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Mooseheart High School
KCRS
Midland
Frank Wood
Andrews Moose Lodge
Moose City of Children
Aurora
House of God
Children’s
Mooseheart
Evelyn Pahnke
Mitch Miller
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