Bethlehem Christmas Eve Ceremonies At Nativity Grotto
In Bethlehem a yearly Christmas Eve service marks the Nativity grotto. The Greek church permits the Latin church to use the grotto at night, with a 10 o'clock service beginning after the image of the Christ child is carried from the basilica of St Helena to the grotto. The Latin rite conducts a silent chant with no musical accompaniment.
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Ethlehem
Holy Land
Christ
Basilica of
St. Helena
Bethlehem family of today officiates in grotto
A Bethlehem family observes a Latin bishop led midnight high mass in a dim church. Bethlemite women in blue dress with red frontlets kneel and sit on the ground as a solemn procession carries the figure of Christ to the crypt. A star on the pavement marks the nativity site with the inscription Here he was born.
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Bethlehem
Todatsalem
Bethlemite
Sue
Christ
Jesus
Mistletoe Mytha and Social Customs in Old Texts
A historical note describes beliefs around mistletoe kisses in English culture. It mentions tradition of berry plucking with each kiss, penalties for inconsistencies, and the idea mistletoe wards off witches while forcing submission beneath its power.
Christmas Candy Recipe For Chocolate Caramela
Instructions describe dissolving molasses and sugar over heat then mixing in grated chocolate and butter. Boil fifteen to twenty minutes then pour into buttered dishes to a quarter inch depth and cut into one inch squares when cold.
Christmas Eve Seals Seek Midnight Meal With Children
A fragment notes a Cornwall event on Christmas Eve where families and children gather at midnight to drink and sing by the Yule log. No clear organization or date is provided.
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Cornwall
The Mexican Posadas Christmas Tradition and Pageant
The article describes Mexico's nine day posadas celebrations marking the journey of Mary and Joseph. It details nave inns, church processions, Peregrinos singing hymns, and the Nino Santo birth scene. Rooms are decorated with evergreens flowers and piñatas, and children enjoy penatas filled with goodies and toys.
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United States
Mexico
Caesar Augustus
Augustus
Rch
Joseph
Mary
House of David
Bethlehem
Nino Santo
Hethiehem
True Christmas Tree Moves a Poor Family toward Hope
A grand Christmas display at Warden and Joyce greets a charity-seeking girl Maggie and a wealthy Margaret Stanhope. Maggie asks for a tree for her sick brother Tommy and a generous turn from Miss Stanhope changes a humble Burnham Street home. The tree becomes a symbol of help and reconciliation as Tommy’s boss arrives, leading to gifts and renewed family warmth.
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Otho B. Senga
Warden & Joyce
Tommy
Foolmmin
Vlalter
Margaret Stanhope
Commonwealth Avenue
Maggie Taylor
Burnham Street
Misa Stanhope
Maggie
Bose
Wald Mins Stanhope Earrin
Becinde—Benwage Blemaeins
Liitile
Miss Stanhope
Tom
Saint Nicholas Origins Revealed Across Cultures
The piece traces Santa Claus origins to German name for St. Nicholas and links to pagan year end feasts. It notes St Nicholas as bishop of Myra in the fourth century, patron of children and schoolboys, explaining gift customs and public celebration as part of the festivity.
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Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
Saturn
Thor
Myra
Tle
New York
Mal and Express
Christmas in Rome's cottio sale draws crowds by the forum
A Rome Christmas custom named cottio or Ned sale takes place near Sam Teodoro by the forum in the small hours. The vast circular market fills with baskets of colorful scaly fish as stall owners shout and buyers laugh seeking bargains, recalling ancient Roman extravagance with high prices such as 20,000 sesterces for a gray mullet.
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Sam Teodoro
Forum
London
A Plum Pudding Recipe From A Historic Page
Crumble breadcrumbs from a stale loaf into scalded milk then cool. Add sugar salt and yolks of four eggs beaten. Work in suet raisins currants and gluons with cinnamon nutmeg cloves and mace. Fold in the whites beaten and serve with bard sauce.
Bitter exchange hints at costly Christmas gift
Jack jealously suggests Richman will bring an expensive present, while Marie coyly skirts the idea and warns him to save for future contingencies.
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Jack
Richman
Marie
Christmas Times In Dixie Prank Stanton Poem
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution rails against the weather and pines for a lively Christmas scene in the South. The piece mentions a possum and a mobbing turkey with playful dialect and holiday spirit.
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Turkey
Dixie
Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
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