White Christmas becomes enduring holiday favorite
LYN CONNELLY SONG notes that White Christmas, released in 1942, has grown into a lasting Yuletide standard. Irving Berlin, its composer, recalls its accidental birth during the Holiday Inn idea in 1940 and cites its wartime popularity and annual revival as evidence of its enduring appeal.
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Lyn Connelly
Irving Berlin
Tin Pan Alley
Hollywood
Fred Astaire
Bing Crosby
Irving Ber-lin
Berlin
Little Ol Santa Symbolizes Christmas Joy
Dorothea Waitzmann recalls a nostalgic scene of a battered Santa under the tree. The toy figure, missing a leg and an arm, evokes memories of Tommy and Sue growing up and discovering adult joys while Christmas embodies peace and goodwill on earth.
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Tommy
Sue
Santa
Christmas Was At One Time Illegal
The Puritans disliked Christmas and favored Thanksgiving. In 1659 Massachusetts high court ruled that anyone observing Christmas by abstaining from labor or feasting would be fined five shillings for each offense.
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High Court
Massachusetts
Mistletoe Believed To Strengthen Wrestlers
Report from Holstein notes belief that wearing mistletoe grants strength to wrestlers and serves as a universal cure for wounds. Tradition ties the plant to vigor in athletic contests and healing.
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Holstein
Classic Christmas Q&A Quiz Pack Half Answers
A concise set of questions covering Christmas lore and figures. Topics include authors of The Night Before Christmas and White Christmas, Christmas Island location, the origin of mistletoe, health terms in custom, a Saxon meaning related to Christmas, a superstition about warm Christmas, Quetzalcoatl, a thorny blooms plant, Mme Schumann-Heink’s Christmas Eve song, literal meaning of Christmas, and the burial place of Good St Nicholas of Myra.
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Christmas Island
Mme, Schumann-Heink
St. Nicholas of
Myra
Christmas Trivia Answers From A Mysterious List
The provided items list figures and topics: Dr. Clement C. Moore. Dickens A Christmas Carol. Indian Ocean southwest of davai. Irving Berlin. Sweden. Wassail bowl. a cald Easter. Aztec god replaced Santa in Mexico in 1930. Christmas cactus. Silent Night. Mass of Christ. remains stolen in 1087 and re-interred at ari.
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Dickén
Indian Ocean
Davai
Irving Berlin
Sweden
Santa Claus
Mexico
Christ
I Merchanty
Ari
A Volunteer Santa Speaks His Heart
A Volunteers of America Santa reflects on disappointments and joy of giving at Christmas. He recalls working for 16 years, reading minds as carols lift spirits amid wartime gloom, aiming to ensure no child’s wish is unmet and pondering the unseen needy children and the need for more helpers to deliver toys.
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Volunteers of America
Santa
Real Saint Nicholas and the First Council of Nicaea
The text links Saint Nicholas to Christmas gift giving and notes his role as Archbishop of Myra. It then describes Constantine the Great convening the 325 AD Council of Nicaea near Constantinople, presiding before baptism, and defining the Nicene Creed as foundational to modern Christianity.
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Nicholas
Yra
Nicaea
Constantine the Great
Constantinople
Constantine
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