Washington at Valley Forge in the 1777 Christmas Snow
December 23 1777 Washington warned Congress the Army faced starvation dissolution or dispersal without supplies. About 11 000 troops sheltered at Valley Forge endured freezing huts worn clothes scarce food and mutiny fears as Congress and the army awaited relief.
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Philadelphia
Dickens
Father Christmas
Valley Forge
Washington
Germantown
York
Congress
Efenemy
Night Before Christmas Turns Stern Professor Merry
A Sunday Bul article recounts how Clement C Moore the General Theological Seminary professor transformed from grave scholar to jolly poet after a Christmas night in 1822. The piece notes Moore’s Hebrew scholarship and his unexpected shift to a festive vision of Santa Claus and his eight tiny reindeer.
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Philec_ shia
New York City
Clement C. Moore
General Theological Seminary
America
Moore
Dr. Moore
St. Nick
Christmas Eve in San Felipe Pueblo Dance Celebration
A Rocky Mountain Empire feature recalls Christmas Eve 1945 at San Felipe Pueblo on the Rio Grande. At midnight Misa del gallo preceded three dance dramas Buffalo and Deer Eagle and Comanche performed by men in ceremonial dress with drums and choruses. The event blends Catholic ritual with pueblo tradition drawing visitors to the 18th century church and home hospitality of Indian Joe Esquibel.
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Rocky Mountain Empire
Denver
Cole
San Felipe
Rio Grande
Americas
Joe” Esquibel
Santa Fe
Joe
Fray Cristobal de Quinones
Jeronimo Pedraza
Fray Qunones
Kauishtya
St. Phillip
Pedraza
Rio Grande Pueblos
Plains Indias
Pueblo
N. M
A Visit From St. Nicholas by Clement C. Moore
The poem recounts a Christmas Eve night as St. Nicholas arrives secretly through the chimney with a sleigh and eight reindeer, delivering toys and filling stockings before departing with a cheerful farewell.
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Dancer
St. Nicholas
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Mamma
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