Merry Christmas to Idaho Places and People
A festive Idaho Christmas verse from the Idaho Register Staff wishing joy to communities from Kellogg to Caldwell. It names towns such as Nampa Plummer Orofino Rex and more with warm greetings and hopes for goodwill, happiness for farmers and travelers, and a bright New Year across the state.
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Kellogg
Plummer
Nampa
Caldwell
May
Arco
Declo
Chileo
Boles
Idaho
A Christmas Carol Variant From The Bible Life Encyclopedia
A fragmented text fragment cites a Christmas scene in Bethlehem with Jesus and a manger. It references a sheep offering wool and a coat, attributed to a variant of A Christmas Carol by Robert Davis from The Encyclopedia of Bible Life.
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Robert Davis
Encyclopedia of Bible
The
Millers
Harper & Row
Greeks Celebrate Christmas With Water Blessing Ceremony
Greeks perform a coastal Christmas rite including carol singing with clay drums and tri angles, sharing fig and nut gifts, and a dawn Christ mas Eve service. Epiphany features a water blessing led by a bishop and a cross dive for blessings and potential money gifts. The custom appears in Greek settlements in Florida New Jersey and New York.
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St. Basil
Hagios Vasilias
Four Fathers
Santa Claus
America
Tarpon Springs
Florida
Asbury Park
New Jersey
Church of St
Santa Arrival Delights Townsfolk and Fortunes
When whats its name arrives in town, children cheer Santa as adults hope for luck. The familiar figure brings joy and a sense of festive fortune to the community.
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Santa
Who Is Santa Claus Across Histories and Names
A brief survey traces Santa Claus as Father Christmas St Nick Kris Kringle and Grandfather Frost. It notes origins with Saint Nicholas a fourth century bishop and outlines lore about gifts powers guardianship of children and matchmaking for single women.
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Santa Claus
St. Nick
Pete Noel
Father Christmas
St. Nicholas
Kris Kringle
Washington Irving
Father Knickerborker
Frost
Santa
The Legend of the Christmas Rose
A Bethlehem shepherd girl follows the wise men to the manger but has no gift. An angel appears in a blaze of light and scatters white roses before the child, which she lays at the manger.
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Bethlehem
Jesus
Boxing Day origins in England named after charitable boxes
In England the day after Christmas is Boxing Day. The holiday name derives from the custom of giving boxes containing food gifts and money to tenants tradesmen and servants.
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England
Congress Moves To Restore Real Budget Authority
Congress acted with a budget reform measure aimed at reining in spending and restoring control over the federal budget. The piece notes that despite postwar growth, Congress has long ceded leverage to the executive, and argues the reform offers a chance to reverse that trend. It also discusses U.S. petroleum exports, noting exports are a small share of consumption, imports dwarf exports, and that embargoes would harm the economy, with cross border trade shaping volumes.
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Congress
House
U.S. Pacific
Mexico
Canada
Christmas Towns Swamped with Holiday Mail
The article notes Christmas Florida mails surge each December as residents handle about a half million pieces. Christmas began as a fort completed on Christmas Day 1835 near Orlando. It also mentions Lithuanians placing straw on their Christmas Eve table in memory of Bethlehem.
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Christmas
Florida
Orlando
Bethlehem
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Figemel Ke Meith
Merry Oren Drcen TE
Merry
Idaho Register Staff
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McCammon
Lund
Soda Springs
Felt
Fenn Turo
Rupert
Mt. Home
Preston
Dingle
Wendell
Obsidian
Harrison
Burley
Troy
Meridian
Firth
Roy
Greencreek
Carey
Idaho Falls
Pocatello Hive
Jay
Fort Hall
Maries
Anthony
Charles
Joe
Kooskia
Stibnite
Snowville
Cascade
Boville
Oukey
Shagey
and. Brown
Waters
Greece
Peterson's
Lane World
Peage ON
Earth
Stoor’s Market
Vern and
Jennie
Realty
Wheeler Auto Parts
Nye
First National Bank
Grace
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