Christmas Reunion Restores Long Lost Love in Philadelphia
Richard Jennings, a wealthy St Louis broker with a gifted past, returns home to Philadelphia for Christmas after years of loneliness. Eleanor Kent, his childhood sweetheart, now Eleanor McCray, welcomes him amid family scenes as memories resurface and renewal seems possible.
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St. Louis Merchants’, Exchange
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Eléanor
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Austrian Christmas Customs and Folklore
The New York Herald describes Austrian Christmas traditions including candles in windows to guide the Christ Child and ward off spirits. It notes European beliefs in Ruprecht and the Klanbach figure, wolves roaming before Christmas, and playful mischief by men disguising as wolves.
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Bugbear
Ruprecht
Tyrol
Klanbach
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Vinen
New York Herald
Christmas mystery of the Star of Bethlehem and the Christ cradle
Description from the New York World of Norwegian children acting out a Christmas rite. Boys in white surplices carry a star lantern and a glass frame with a Madonna figure and baby cradle. The star revolves while the cradle rocks and a carol is sung, depicting the Star of Bethlehem tale.
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New York World
Christmas customs in Scandinavia described in Kansas City Times
The article depicts Yule traditions across Scandinavia, noting family baths before Christmas, Bible readings, candles burning through the night, meat cake offerings in the snow, and sheaves of wheat to feed birds, as observed in many villages.
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Scandinavia
Kristine
Kansas City
Wassailing the Trees Christmas custom tale
The article describes wassailing the trees a Christmas custom with cider cake in a tree a pail and a cake tied to an apple tree. Revelers dance chant and drink spiced wine ale and brandy as they bless the orchard hoping to increase fruit bearing. The verses mention white toast brown ale maple bowl and good fellows toasting the town.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Old Time Christmas Dishes and Plum Porridge
Old texts describe plum porridge at the start of meals and mince pies as a festive staple. The oval pies are linked to Christ's cradle, and in England offering a mince pie to each caller marks a hopeful year ahead as the 12 days conclude.
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England
Christmas Investments and Joy in Savannah News
The Savannah News quotes a festive proverb about Christmas investments yielding bonds of love and stock of pleasure. It argues money spent wisely for Christmas brings happiness and is repaid by genuine contentment rather than material gain.
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Savannah News
Christmas Is Not Cold
A poem describing a warm Christmas despite cold winds and snow, noting cheer in faces and shared delight across social tiers, attributed to Charles Macka.
Christmas holly and its ancient holiday uses and lore
The article traces holly from Europe to America, noting European Dex aquifolium and American Ilex opaca as the holly species. It explains holly and ivy as traditional Christmas decorations, contrasts mistletoe’s sacred associations with holly, and mentions regional beliefs about luck, gender roles, and birds dispersing red berries.
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New York Post
Christmas Carol Tribute In Haiti Celebrates Father Christmas
A festive old verse from Haiti honors Father Christmas with a rousing cheer. The poem salutes brave vessels and the rewards of Christmas homage amid warm seasonal sentiment.
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Father Christmas
Lighting the Yule Log Tradition described in old England
A Christmas Eve custom in England placed a large Yule log in the hearth. The family gathered around the fire as music and ceremony marked its lighting with a brand saved from the previous year's fire. The log protected against evil spirits, and if the flame died early it was a bad omen.
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England
Old Country
How to Wrap the Presents for Christmas Gifts
The piece explains wrapping basics for Christmas gifts, noting tissue paper ribbon and gold cord elevate presentation. It contrasts wrapped gifts with birth day, souvenir, and wedding offerings, stressing the value of a neat wrap over intrinsic price.
Mistletoe Name Means Bird Lime Twig in Folklore
The piece links mistletoe to medieval myth about the crucifixion tree and traces the word’s origin. It explains mistle from mint meaning gloom and toe from an Anglo Saxon ttan meaning twig, describing the viscid seed surrounding the berry.
The Christmas Tree’s Essential Yuletide Symbol
In a Home and Country reflection the Christmas tree is described as the central, indispensable Yuletide symbol. The piece contrasts traditional feasting with humble substitutions and argues the tree preserves the holiday’s spirit for every child.
The Three Kings of the East in Christmas Mystery
In early English mysteries the Three Kings Magi named Molchair, Jasper, and Balthasar visit the infant Jesus. Molchair offers gold, Jasper frankincense, and Balthasar myrrh. The guiding star appears as a radiant child bearing a cross.
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Molchair
Jasper
Balthasar
Long Live Santa Claus in Christmas Folklore
A Toronto Globe editorial celebrates Santa Claus as a beloved figure who brings toys, astonishes children, and understands their wishes. It mocks any scientist who would debunk the Santa Claus theory and wishes good fortune to the tradition's enduring myth.
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Santa Claus
Toronto Globe
Needy Neighbor Urges Family Help This Christmas
Philadelphia Times advocates for households to check their circles for families who will go without Christmas cheer and to provide assistance where possible.
Myth Santa Visits All Children Regardless of Stockings
An editorial debunks the idea that poor children lack Christmas cheer because they have no stockings to hang. The writer insists Santa Claus visits every child, regardless of wealth, emphasizing spirit over material gifts.
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Santa Claus
Meaning of Christmas Emphasizes Peace and Charity
A New York Mercury editorial recalls Christmas origins from pagan solstice to Christian nativity. It stresses Christ’s universal outreach to rich and poor, urging mercy, repentance, and giving, culminating in a call to banish wrath and sing Glory to God.
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Saturn
Bacchus
Bethlehem
Judea
Christ the Lord
Christ
New York Mercury
Christmas Eve Cabin Feast and Dance at Christmastide Quarters
Remus, Saul, Oxsar and companions Dinah Phillis and Chips toured the quarters at Christmastide where they enjoyed hog killing fare including sausage crackling and coon bread, possum fat and hominy, with cider. The floor cleared for a jig featuring juba and pigeon wing amid pine knot light and moaning fiddle.
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Oxsar
Dinah
Phillis
Chips
Jubal
Superstitions for Christmas and New Year Traditions
Folklore from north Germany warns against spinning on the 12 nights, walking after death, and certain actions after sunset on Saturday. Eating herrings on New Year’s Day and avoiding rocking an empty cradle or spilling salt are linked to luck. Other cautions involve table cloths, pointing at stars, and talking of cabbages under the moon with local references.
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Germany
The Edeal Christmas in the Northlands
The season’s essence lies not in flowers but in snow bound northern country. Frosty air, snow covered hills, frozen ponds, roaring hickory fires, and joyous children around feasts define a complete Christmas celebration.
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New York Herald
Puritans Oppose Christmas Yet Festival Survives
Puritans during the reformation viewed Christmas festivities as popish abominations and tried to abolish the observance. Despite narrow minded persecutions this anniversary endured and entered a purer, permanent life.
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New York Journal
A Useful Christmas Present
A satirical note from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch urges giving coal to a poor family as a useful Christmas present, framing the idea as a practical, if controversial, charity gesture.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Give of Your Abundance Morally Urged by Indy News
Indianapolis News urges readers to share from their surplus or even from little resources. The call emphasizes charity and moral duty to assist others in need.
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Indianapolis News
Christmas Carols on the Moor Echo a Winter Scene
A poetic winter vignette describes Christmas snows on the moor, a sweet robin singing beside a bright Christmas star, and hungry birds at the door with feathers puffed by cold.
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Bing
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