Red Letter Day Traditions Across the World
December 25 is celebrated variably worldwide with customs differing by country. The World Book Encyclopedia notes the holiday dates back to at least the 4th century, with rustic Nordic wheat trees, almond luck in Norway, Chinese Lantern gifts, and festive pinatas in Guatemala Honduras and Mexico.
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Santa Claus
Norway
China
Herald Angels
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Norway Christmas Was Top Event
Christmas in Norway was described as the event of events with six months of preparation before December 24. Families prepared food clothing and household items at home with home grown leather cloth woven on hand looms and shoes made by cobblers at home.
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Norway
Atomic toy sets highlight 1950 Christmas display
Toy makers forecast a 1950 Christmas boom with 45 million children of toy age and a record $300 million in manufacturers value. Cowboys lead gun play while new lines push homemaking, architecture, and science careers. Shortages loom as producers stress durability and age appropriate designs. Cowgirls join in Western regalia and play outfits amid wartime inspirations.
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America
U.S. Army
Arthur M. Raphael
Toy Manufacturers
U.S.A
Mr. Raphael
Capital
Danish Clerk Conceived Christmas Seals Idea in 1903
Danish post office clerk Einer Holboell conceived Christmas seals in 1903 while sorting mail in Copenhagen. The idea to sell stickers with each package to fund tuberculosis relief spread through clerks and customers, gaining royal approval. By 1904 four million seals were sold, inspiring nationwide campaigns led by Miss Emily Bissell and Philadelphia journalists and editors.
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Einer Holboell
Copenhagen
Christian
Emily Bissel
Red Cross
Philadelphia
Leigh Mitchell Hodges
Philadelphia North American
Miss Bissell
E. A. van Valkenburg
van Valkenburg
Hodges
First Christmas Card Designed in 1842
The world's first Yule card was designed in 1842 by William Maw Egley in London. He printed 100 copies and hoped to sell them to friends. The idea failed at first and was forgotten until rediscovered in the British Museum in 1941. Christmas cards later flourished after a publisher revived them in 1862.
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U.S
William Maw Egley
Prentice
London
England
William
Egley
British Museum
Capitelli Feast Feature Dominates Italian Christmas Table
The Capitelli is a Christmas dish in Italy presented as a plate of tiny dunce cap shaped noodle dough fills. Each cap holds white chicken meat and chopped pork mixed with egg and spices, served with Moutarde de Cremona, a mustardy fruit sauce described as a tingle without bite.
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Italy
Mrs Emil Anderson Endorses HADACOL For Vitality
Detroit resident Mrs Emil Anderson credits HADACOL with reversing long running aches fatigue and insomnia from vitamin deficiencies. After two bottles she reports improved appetite sleep energy and ability to complete yard work. The ad promotes trial sizes $1.25 and hospital size $3.50 with money back guarantee from The LeBlanc Corporation Lafayette Louisiana.
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Emil Anderson
Wabash
Detroit
Mich
Anderson
Mrs. Anderson
Morton Gap
Jose
Hadacol
LeBlanc Corporation
Lafayette
Louisiana
The
LeBlang Corporation
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