Christmas at Carston A tale of a boy’s visit and reunion
Tony a frail six year old itinerant musician seeks Santa Claus at his father Guy Fairfax’s old home Carston. The wounded estrangement with the grandfather softens when the boy’s courage and song move the master of Carston to forgiveness. Santa Claus brings peace and a new family bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy
Guy Fairfax
Tony
Fairfax
Grange
Santa Claus
Mannie
Treasury
Daddy
Plese
Sandterklawse
Stoneley
Carston
Garston
Qute
Norris
Amy
Saia
Anthony Liscard Fairfax
Tony Trumphantly
Tie
Gmal
Chris
Grandad
Christ Child
Adopting Pale Fences and Native Lodge Notes
The piece surveys varied topics from a class plan easing adoption, tribal enlistments in the United States army, and lodge organizing efforts in Illinois to New Hampshire gain and Indiana’s Great Council stance on laws. It also notes Adelina Patti’s marriage plans and her eyesight regime with Marginal remarks on her age and birth records.
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Philadelphia
Noo
San Antonio Ata
United States Army
P. G
Charles L. Feltus
Indiana
Ilinois
Mattoon
Paris
New Hampshire
Great Council of
Texas
Adelina Patti
Madrid
Christmas Tree On A Budget From Kris Kringle
A humorously frugal guide shows how to assemble a full Christmas tree scene for about $2. A Berkshire Maine pine, 4 to 8 feet tall, costs 15 cents with a 10 cent stand. Decorations include a dozen ornaments for 12 cents, gilt highlights, small trinkets, and candy treats, all sold in a single bag for a few cents.
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Ana
Kris Kringle
Berkshire
Maine
St. Louis
Christmas in Venice at St. Mark's Church
The narrator recalls a 1880s Christmas at St. Mark's Venice where Catholics and Protestants, English and Italians, rich and poor gathered on a shared footing. White robed clergy, brass and string orchestra, and a harmonized boy soprano filled the grand church with incense scents and golden altarpiece light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark's
Venice
Prisko
Knolte
New York Herald
First Christmas Observed Under Bishop Telesphorus
The article notes bishop Telesphorus in Rome around 137 AD as the first to order Christmas Day observances marked as a solemn feast with divine services. It also mentions possible earlier recognition around 98 AD, though details are uncertain and lost to history.
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Telesphorus
Rome
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Anelne
Froenn
Weavk
Yong
Arkistra
Aurtint
Hou Erold
Sosial Rousehild
Royal Hus
Queen Hub
Victor Hub
J. W. Henderson
South Acton, Mass
Maynard
H.E. Boyd, Maynard Elk
Mayard
the Gem Washing Fluid Co
Maynard, Mass
Westerly
Quincy
O. S. Fowler
James T. Foote Horneshoor
Smith
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