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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1914
Page
6
Turkeys will average lower than at Thanksgiving and lower than last year at Christmas. Chickens are cheap, and we shall have ducks, geese, eathe chickens, squab, suckling pigs, and other Christmas specialties in abundance.
The article urges cheerful Christmas shopping as good exercise and mental attitude. It compares shopping crowds and delays to athletic effort, claiming proper mindset yields satisfaction and physical conditioning. It emphasizes viewing gifts and bustle as pleasant exercise, leading to better well being on Christmas day.
A compact history of famed carols detailing origins behind Oh Little Town of Bethlehem and See Amid the Winter Snow. It notes Charles Wesley and John Byrom as hymn authors and recounts Polly Byrom’s personal Christmas carol gift. It also covers As With Gladness and Once in Royal David's City by Mrs Alexander and Dix.
A short Victorian style verse extols Christmas pleasures with mentions of mince pies plum porridge good ale and festive foods as weather and stomachs align in merry cheer.
A fragment from a holiday tale shows Adam lamenting with a comic sigh about delaying clothes until after Christmas to avoid a mean necktie gift. The line hints at lighthearted satire and domestic humor.
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