Christmas in Esquimaux Land A Joyful Polar Santa Visit
Franklin Search Party in winter quarters on Hudson Bay celebrates a midwinter Christmas with Eskimo guests. Esquiman Joe and family join, stockings filled by Santa figure Armon, delivering fur clothing, tools, and food. Henry leads guests in feasting and laughter as the tribe shares gifts and cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Schwatka
Santa Claus
North Pole
Toolooah
Teolooah
Tuw
Toolovah
Fanny
Susie
Ein
Henry
Santa Claus Kyete
Armon
Keertoriak-Alool
The English Christmas and Mexican Christmas Customs
An exploration of traditional English Christmas revels from feudal pageants to Dickensian scenes, noting wild gambols, masques, Christmas boxes, and the lord of misrule. It contrasts with Mexico where Noche Buena leads to grand confections and the Misa del Gallo at midnight, a mass marked by wax nativity figures in Mexico City’s churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Scott
England
Misrule
Unreavon
Scott
Perth
Dickens
Mexico
Spain
Plaza Mayor
Santa Maria de la Sede
Seville
San Juan de la Palma
Santa Catania
Santa Maria la Blanca
Plaza del Triunfo
Plaza Nueva
Plaza del Duque
Plaza de la Constitution
Woman's Way and Spanish Christmas Eve Kaleidoscope
A moral vignette of gift shopping for husbands contrasts with a vivid tour of Seville on Christmas Eve. The city crowds Spain’s plazas with vendors, torches, fruit displays, street music, and festive chaos as shoppers, children, and performers create a moving holiday panorama.
Christmas in the Tropics and West Indian Merry Yuletide
The piece describes Christmas in the tropics with warm weather and leisure sailing in Jamaica. It notes Kingston gatherings in 1885 showing close social mixing between whites and blacks and common intermarriage, a point that arouses little remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British West Indies
Kingston
Jamaica
Christmas Rules from a Santa Era
A playful Christmas snippet blends old time homemaking tips with a baby’s first shoes, etiquette for courting, and a mock list of social cautions. It closes noting money makes Santa Claus go and hints at festive mischief and virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Baby
Ree
Johnny
May
Kate
Baby Blue
New Year Interview Opens with Reflections and Resolve
An old year bids farewell as the New Year arrives in a dialog of longing and prophecy. A weary speaker questions trust and promises, while the New Year pledges to aid the needy and lift the fallen, though foresees no guarantee of happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shake Hanes
New
Vyear
Modern Christmas Dinner Menu of English Folklore
A suggested historic Christmas menu notes starting with rich plum porridge or a clear consommé for foreign tastes. It presents a heavy traditional line with many historical dishes and offers simple adaptations for a family table by trimming seafood, beef pies, and ornate garnishes while keeping crackers and cheese optional to add flavor with modest effort.
Christmas Dinner Fare From Ancients to Modern Tables
The article lists varied dishes for a Christmas table including plum porridge boiled rockfish shrimps and sauce hollandaise sirloin beef colandered potatoes Roman punch roast goose and plum pudding with wine sauce. It suggests holly roses moss and decorative woodland elements as festive touches and notes a tradition of boiled carp replaced by boiling fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Fish Commission
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Norway
Norwey
Hitm
Tropics
United States
Koch
W Showly
Exhees
Twelve O'Edlock
Pike Alobet
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