Christmas Surprise Ends Loneliness for Stone Family
Timothy Stone plans a quiet Christmas with wife Rachel and son Tom Wakefield, hoping Caroline cannot attend. A letter suggests she won’t be home, but Caroline arrives with a joyous reunion, revealing she is returning to stay in the city and bringing Tom back into their holiday picture.
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Timothy Rowan
Caroline
Rachel
Timothy
Tom Wakefield
Tom
Mr. Stone
Mrs. Stone
Stone
The Holy Thorn of Glastonbury’s Christmas Bloom Tradition
A historical note recounts the Holy Thorn of Glastonbury said to sprout flowers each Christmas Eve since Joseph of Arimathaea allegedly planted it in Britain. It details Hearne’s 1722 mention, calendar reforms in 1753, and a 1900 cutting taken to Washington DC that bloomed in 1918 and now draws thousands each Christmas.
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Christ
Joseph
Arimathaea
Britain
Glastonbury
Hearne
Huston
St. Joseph
America
St. Alban’s School
Washington, D. C
Henry Gates Satterlee
Hunting the Wren In Old Ireland
A traditional tale describes the Christmas morning wren hunt in Ireland with wren boys, holly, ribbons, and dole from households. It notes a Danish Irish war anecdote where a wren alarmed sleeping troops, blamed for defeat, and modern Irish view shifts toward a kinder welcome of birds to farms and homes.
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Ireland
Wren
Mexico Replaces Santa Claus With Quetzalcoatl in Christmas
In 1930 authorities in Mexico abolished Santa Claus as inappropriate for the tropical climate. They substituted Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent deity worshipped by the Aztecs, and annual gifts are distributed to thousands of needy children on December 23 as part of a national Christmas program.
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Mexico
Santa Claus
Quetzalcoatl
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Ulmistmas
Ham and
Olson
C. B. Olson
R. T. Hom
Holi
Price Motors
Oscar L, Price
Merry Christistmas
Kramer’s Jewelry Store
Style Shop
Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Kramer
Yuletide
Frederick’s Grocery Store
Mrs
Frank Fredericks
Claassen Barber Shop
Thorn of Glastonbury
Gabrielle
Old
Inrismas
H. J. Schutter & Son
Furniture and Funeral Service
Honken Farm Equipment
Harry Honken
Gary
Hamlet Moe, Ed
Joe, Alfred and
Dorothy Heitland
Tianie Fries
Ted
Lois
Jack
Gene
Ronnie
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