Boxing Day customs and gifts across Britain
The article discusses Boxing Day as a holiday in England Wales and Northern Ireland, noting gifts given to servants and others. It traces the term Christmas boxes back to past practices and church alms boxes opened on this date, linking the custom to ancient Saturnalia gift giving and New Year traditions. A fiction excerpt follows about a father and son reconciling during Christmas, emphasizing family resolve and joy.
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England
Wales
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Detroit News
Chambers
What Christian Surrender Means in This Lesson
A compact study of consecration from Philippians 1 12 26. Paul shows Christ centered life as the true aim beyond circumstance. The message urges immediate commitment to Christ, declaring to live is Christ and to die is gain.
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Christ
Jesus
Paul the Apostle
Paul
Missionaries of the Cross
Praedorian
Chic E Patterns Offer Holiday Sew Your Own Trio
The Lewis Circle Pattern Dept outlines three sewing patterns for holiday vacation outfits. Slips and dresses feature V necklines, defined waists, and light proof backs. options include sheer wool or crepe fabrics with contrasting collars and cuffs. Patterns 1946 1404 and 1390 list sizes, yardage, and fabric needs with prices 15 cents each.
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Milady
Lewis Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU Servica
The Christmas Carol Changes Two Mountaineers
Smoke Creek valley dwellers Jim Knox and neighbor Joe Hathway confront loss and hatred on Christmas Eve. Reading The Christmas Carol and the Bible, Joe seeks peace and plans to leave for Cedar Creek, while Jim reflects on forgiveness as the two men resolve to start anew.
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Joe Hathway
Joe
Jim
Mary
Cedar Creek
Spiteful Words and Their Double Edged Harm
A reflective note on how spiteful speech harms both speaker and target, echoing Victor Hugo’s idea that every sword has two edges. The piece warns that slander injures the spreader as much as its victim, in a moral and social sense.
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Victor Hugo
Realizing Truth Through steadfast Resolve and Faith
Canon Farrar’s maxim on failure warns that the sole true defeat is not living up to one’s best knowledge. The quote frames effort, integrity, and courage as the path to genuine achievement, urging steadfast adherence to truth.
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Canon Farrar
Dialogues of a Stormy Dinner Party Night
A fragmentary humorous exchange unfolds at a dinner party where a high school girl sits with a famous astronomer. The girl asks what he does, he says he studies astronomy, she quips she finished astronomy last year. Other snippets include remarks about firing and slaves.
Figures and family squabbles prompt a humorous exchange
A mother in law scolds a couple about harmony while Hankins and Nellie joke about being as one though they see themselves as ten. An optometrist warns that blondes’ slower eye response makes them less safe drivers, but men tend to dismiss it with a wink.
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Nellie
Hankins
Willie Willie-Please and the Question at School
A playful exchange where Willie asks the teacher what he learned, and the teacher prompts Willie to reflect on the peculiar question he will face at home. The dialogue hints at curiosity and the humor of classroom routines.
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Willie Willie
Willie
Glass Curtain Shines At Palacio de Bellas Artes
A monumental Tiffany glass curtain at Mexico City’s Palacio de Bellas Artes captivates with thousands of color varied panes and a lighting design that reveals Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl at sunrise, noon, and sunset, claiming to be unique worldwide.
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National Theater
Mexico City
Palacio de Bellas Artes
Tiffany
New York
Popocatepetl
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