This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 2 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1951
Page
10
The piece recounts that gift giving originated in ancient England with kissing rings hung in halls. Rings adorned with mistletoe drew knights and ladies to secret exchanges using Christmas roses as tokens, shaping the holiday custom we know today.
Across Canada England and Europe legends and superstitions shape Christmas customs. Deer kneel in prayer in Canada, bees sing in England, a girl plucks a first stick from the woodpile for a good husband, and farmers send torchbearers to orchards while creatures flee before carols. In Germany water turns to wind before midnight.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.