Merry Christmas Greetings Across Languages
The piece explores how Merry Christmas is said in various languages including French Joyeux Noel Spanish Feliz Pascual Italian Buon Natale Swedish God Jul Norwegian Gladlig Jul German Frohe Weihnachten Dutch Gezellig Kerstfeest and notes that the underlying spirit remains the same across cultures.
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Feliz Pascual
Italy
Sweden
Jul
Norway
Germany
Holland
Mistletoe customs and legends tied to Christmas
A brief look at mistletoe’s place in Christmas lore from Norse and Druid traditions. The plant’s mythical healing power and its role in protective rites explain why mistletoe grew between heaven and earth and became a token of good will and kissing.
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Heaven
Earth
England
Allegorical Parades Mark Mexican Yule
The article notes elaborate floats in Mexico during the holiday season with eight evenings of religious processions led by Joseph and Mary figures. On the ninth evening an entrance is allowed and a ceremony is held at the straw manger of the Babe.
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Mexico
Joseph
Mary
True Christmas Spirit Found in Sharing
The article urges sharing the Christmas spirit with the old and feeble the ill and shut-in the bereaved to lighten sorrows and remember the real meaning of Christ birthday despite holiday flurry.
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Christ
Evening School honors six graduates with certificates
Seventy six Bristol Evening High School students received certificates Tuesday from John L. Burke. Recipients span programs in Modern Sales Techniques, Advanced Shorthand, Metalworking, Woodworking, Typewriting, Office Machines, Fundamentals of Machines, Art, Advanced Typewriting, Beginners Shorthand, and Bookkeeping, highlighting a wide range of trades and skills from Mary Carreiro to Dorothy.
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Bristol Evening High School
John L. Burke
Bristol Senior High School
Charles Andrade
Michael DiLello
Carl T. Carlson
Edward Toles
Frank Ferreira
Frank Soignoli
Ovid J. Vergeau
Gertrude Brown
Flora Bullock
Antonio Cardoza
Jack Costa
Matthew Ferrara
Josephine Lero
Geraldine Marino
Earleen McCarthy
Edmund Olver, Jr
Mary D. Belle
Edna Tammaro
Rosaline A. August
Rose M. Dias
Elinor Skillin
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