Christmas Spirit and Traditions Across America
A nostalgic look at Christmas spirit, giving, and old time customs. The piece traces gift exchanges from Saint Nicholas to modern cards and seals, notes holiday spending, charity drives, and the Christmas tree’s symbolism from Luther to nationwide tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Club
Kitty
Ufrey
Nicholas
Santa Claus
Lucia
Asia Minor
Elizabeth
Christens Senis
Copenhagen
Denmark
Mother Goose Origins and the Fauntleroy Connection
An exploration of who created Mother Goose rhymes linking English folk roots and the Perrot collection, crediting Elizabeth Vergoose in Boston. It recounts Thomas Fleet and the 1719 edition, then shifts to Robin Adair and Lady Caroline Keppel, and ends with Frances Hodgson Burnett and her son Vivian Burnett, who inspired Little Lord Fauntleroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banbury Cross
Jack Horner
London Bridge
Charles Perriot
America
Mother Vergoose
Elizabeth Vergoose
Thomas Fleet
Boston
Fleet
Boston News Letter
Phos
Caroline Keppel
Bath
Robin
Adair
Caroline
Dallad
Dahlia
London
Anroine
Thes
Rwiin Adair
Man Borsett
Vivian Burnett
Frances Howleson Burnett
Lord Fauntleroy
Vivian
Mr. Burnett
Lacy
Invisible Christmas tree spans friendships across the world
A Western Newspaper Dalen piece notes two Christmas trees: the visible one in a home and an invisible one made of goodwill. It reflects on how friends, relatives, colleagues, and strangers contribute prayers, wishes, and support across distances from the Arctic to the tropics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Fairfax
Virginia
Mary
Sess
Vel
Arctic
Tropics
Dalen
Christmas Mountain Trip Ends With Collie Rescue
In winter California's High Sierra trip takes Marion Bailey and family to a snowbound lodge. Prince the collie rides with Marion on a toboggan slick, drags Marion and mother from a fall, and is later chained to a tree to keep him from danger as the family enjoys snow games and a fog fire at the lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jalsis
Pulnsetthis
Oranpe
Sierras
California
Marion
Tom
Harry
Prines Marion
Collie
Prince
Ancient and modern book plates traced from Assyrian tablets
The article notes that early libraries used small tablets as book plates in Assyrian sources and in Japan by the tenth century. It states modern book plates emerged with printing and cites a hand colored heraldic woodcut from around 1480 as the earliest known example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Iceland Named for Its Desolate Landscape
The text explains Iceland's name origin, noting that only about a quarter of the land is habitable while much of the country features elevated deserts, savage streams, and glaciers. It asserts the name Iceland reflects the harsh, icy terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Renson
Christmas Eve Refusal to Wear Laurel and Mistletoe
A coquettish maid rejects traditional symbols of fame and adornment saying the laurel is too somber the holly too gay and she cannot wear the bay or rose while pondering mistletoe on Christmas Eve from The Country Home.
Cure for Homesickness Christmasly
A brief American Magazine excerpt extols a spiritual cure for homesickness, linking Christmas joy to renewed faith and natural hope. The text frames awakening as possible through spiritual joy and certainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Magazine
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Louise M. Comstock
Palm Springs
Calif
Me. W. K
Dave Roosevelt
Outlook
Emily Bissell
Wilmington
Delaware
National Tuberculosis Association
Sir Henry Cole
Eng
J.C Horsley
Royal Academy
Cole
Scotty
Bethlehem
Martin Luther
Germany
Lake States
Uolon
Mother Goose
Robin Adair
Frederick Wadsworth
Noni Mack Bailey
Ualan
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