New Year customs from ancient times to St. Johns Church Quarterly
Ancient and medieval New Year customs span gifts to royalty and public expenditures funded by loyal subjects. Traditions include lavish presents for Elizabeth, clothing and luxury items for royalty, and Saxon New Year festivities. Superstitions tied weather and luck to the coming year, with prayers and hymns marking St Sylvester's Eve.
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Katherine I. McGee
A Fish Made an Ice Channel
A St. Paul Dispatch note says a fish carved an ice channel at Alder Lake Inlet. Tom Miller observed a thin rib forming a passage and a large muskellunge weighing about seventy five pounds breached the ice and swam along the edge, then moved back toward the east shore. The sight impressed Miller as remarkable.
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St. Paul
New Year Cards Customs Trace to Mika Do Kingdom
The tradition of New Year cards began over 150 years ago in the Mika do kingdom where the custom of exchanging decorative illuminated works of art became fashionable.
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Ware
Hupes Vivian Steadfagt
Cominy
Christmas tree controversy and forest long-term value debate
A public meeting sequence discusses Christmas tree cutting and its impact on future forests. Farmers, foresters, and academics oppose wasteful sapling removal, noting Maine and New England markets rely on young trees worth far more when mature. Examples cite a Massachusetts farmer with a forest valued at about 160 000 and a single cutting yielding 60 000, highlighting long term economic loss.
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Massachusetts
Pater Familias
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