Christmas festival as a social force and
The essay traces Christmas origins from heathen Saturnalia and Teutonic Yule to a Christian feast. It argues December 25 unified sun symbolism with Jesus birth, emphasizes children and the poor as central to the holiday, and praises Christmas generosity as a lasting social lesson. George T. Ferris signs off.
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Judaea
Thor
Christ
Santa Claus
Nicholas
Odin
Tim
Chrissom
George T. Ferris
Christmas Eve in Scottish Hearths and Hallways
Sir Walter Scott portrays Christmas Eve as a unifying festival across ranks. The scene includes bells, Mass, holy rites, mistletoe gathering, and open halls where lords and serfs share joy and fate, signaling salvation and communal cheer.
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Cneer
Sir Walter Scott
Christmas in French Canada A Holy Day Across New Year
Jean Baptiste Leblanc of lower Canada enjoys a Christmas season that spans Christmas and New Year with dawn mass at Notre Dame Montreal and rural midnight services. The French observe etrennes gifts to le petit Jesu and festive foods like tourtieres and cochon au lait, while families end the night with revelry and pious devotion.
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Lower Canada
Dominion
Notre Dame Church
St. James’ Cathedral
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J. MacDonald Oxley
The Date of Christmas in Early Church History
Christmas derives its name from the mass honoring Christ's birth with early solemnization ordered by Pope Telesphorus. This occurred before the year 133, the year of Telesphorus' death as noted by the Philadelphia Times.
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Telesphorus
Philadelphia Times
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