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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1931
Page
4
The article recounts monkish legends about the first Christmas when all movement paused. Birds halted midair and rivers stopped flowing as a suspended moment while the miraculous event unfolded, with witches powerless and Christmas deemed doubly holy, echoing Shakespeare’s line about fairy and witch.
The National Safety Council warns that Christmas celebrations can turn tragic from fires, injuries, and home destruction. Candles, flammable decorations, defective electrical gear, and dangerous toys contribute to yearly accidents. The plea is to celebrate with common sense precautions and temper festive activities.
The article traces how Bible scenes inspired early Christmas carols around 1400, notes the rise of new music and ballads in a developing language, and explains the Christmas tree origins in Germany and Norse myth. It mentions the tree’s pagan links, adoption during the Middle Ages, and spread in the United States after the Civil War among German immigrants, with broader presence in Canada, England, and elsewhere.
Asparagus fern wound along cords disguises the machinery of Christmas tree lights. The green lines can trace a pumpkin vine with tiny paper pumpkins at each end.
It takes about ten years to grow a Christmas tree and at the end it stands five to ten feet tall.
Dickens urges a Christmas day filled with good cheer and true hospitality for all. The note emphasizes warm welcome and generous spirit during the holiday season.
A playful note muses on famous figures named Harry Tom and Dick and their link to Kris Kringle Old Sante and St Nick. The piece gleefully argues that fame among these common names elevates ordinary men into seasonal legends.
The first American newspaper printed in a foreign language was the Philadelphia Zeitung. Benjamin Franklin established it in 1782.
The article notes kernel rows in corn plants typically range from eight to two, with some varieties showing kernels in numbers as high as twenty three or more.
Isa belle Florence notes in the Washington Star that Christmas customs blend Christian and Celtic roots. She highlights Richard II’s lavish medieval feasts at Littlefeld with 2000 oxen and two tons of wine, and claims daily dining for 10,000 people with 2,000 cooks, exemplifying grand royal hospitality.
A cynic at the office laments not receiving a gift but calls the item he finally wants a perfect match for his desires. The remark underscores holiday gift tensions and personal expectations around the season.
An advert touts a clean hot water heater available day or night with no waiting dust or dirt and at a reasonable cost, located at 23 Brattle Street.
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