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Bluefield Daily Telegraph in Bluefield, West Virginia

09 Dec 1997

Page 7

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

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Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1997

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7

Holiday Customs Around the World

The piece surveys Christmas traditions in the Netherlands France and Italy. It describes St Nicholas and Black Peter in Amsterdam, Dutch gift rhymes, French Christmas Eve trees, Pére Noél and Epiphany customs, a king or queen with a bean treasure, Santa Lucia Day, and Santa Kris Kringle delivering gifts on Christmas Eve.

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St. Nicholas Spain Amsterdam Black Peter Pére Noél Father Christmas Jesus Santa Lucia St. Lucia Italy Santa Kris Kringle
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Christmas customs around the world and a Victorian note

The piece explains English Christmas lists sent in a fireplace, Boxing Day gifts, and card origins beginning with John Horsley in 1843. It covers St Nicholas in Germany, Christkindl gifts, and their markets, plus Germany’s Christmas tree origin linked to Martin Luther before noting next week’s Victorian Christmas feature.

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England John Horsley Germany Martin Luther
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Befana Delivers Gifts on Epiphany Night in Italy

Italy marks January 6 as Epiphany when Befana, an old fairy, brings presents for children. She carries a broom and rings a bell as she slides down chimneys to fill stockings with gifts.

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Befana
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