The First Christmas Story Told by the Apostles
Narrative combines Luke and Matthew accounts of Jesus birth in Bethlehem. It covers Caesar Augustus tax decree, Joseph and Mary’s journey, the manger scene with shepherds, angels proclaiming good news, and the visit of wise men bearing gifts. Names include Mary Joseph Jesus Herod Bethlehem and Jerusalem.
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St. Luke
Caesar Augustus
Cyrenius
Syria
Joseph
Galilee
Nazareth
Judea
David
Bethlehem
Mary
Christ the Lord
Jesus
Judaea
Herod
Jerusalem
Christ
Juda
Israel
Christmas Goose and Pudding Fantasia in Cratchit House
A vivid sequence from Dickens tale shows the Cratchit family feasting on a modest goose and homemade pudding. Bob, Tiny Tim, Belinda, and Peter bustle around a cheerfully tight Christmas table, sharing simple blessings as Tim dreams of kindness to the poor.
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Cratehit
Belinda Cratehit
Peter Cratchit
Bob
Cratchits
Little Bob
Tiny Tim
Tim
Lome
Peter
Mrs. Cratchit
Miss Belinda
Martha
Crat
Belinda
Fing Tim
First Christmas in America on the Mayflower
On December 23, 1620, amid New Plymouth harbor, Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower reflect on Christmas customs. Mistress Brewster explains why they left England and chose a simple holiday, while Rose Standish teaches Remember a carol. The tale contrasts English Yule traditions with Pilgrim restraint as Remember dreams of home.
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Plymouth
England
New Plymouth
New England
Sore
Remember Allerton
Hannah
Old England
Jesus
Tling
Constance
Mistress Brewster
Mistress Standish
Little Remember
Holland
Tony
Bing
Rose Standish
Maurmured
Remember
Poem Trio for Yuletide From The Daily Review
Three poem fragments appear in this issue as a Yuletide feature. The text blends lines from Clement C Moore with altered spellings and archaic phrasing, presenting a nostalgic holiday verse set for reading in a Southern Alameda County paper.
Christmas Bells Through War and Hope in Verse
A compact montage echoes two 19th century poets Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Alfred Tennyson. Longfellow contrasts Christmas carols with Civil War bombardment signaling peace versus hate. Tennyson paints moonlit bells across hamlets answering each other in a misty night.
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Christ
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St. Matthew
Charles Dicken
Ebenezer Scrooge
Tiny Ti
Cratchit
Peace and Brotherhood
America
Gertrude L. Stone
M. Grace Fickett
Eben
Tobap
the Daily Review
Southerrn
Alameda County
St. Nicholas
Mara
Sam
Nick
Nicholas
Clement C. Moore
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Alfred Tennyson
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