Bell Ringing One of the Oldest Christmas Customs
A compact look at bell ringing as a Christmas tradition in England. It notes free service by ringers, the celebration of bells with Christmas decor, and historical dissent to 17th century bans. It highlights Canterbury clashes where citizens resisted bans, breaking windows and defying authorities to keep their Christmas in their own way.
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Inngland
Great
Brittain
Parliament
Canterbury
Modeling Material for Child Amusement and Craft
A simple recipe describes mixing four tablespoons cornstarch eight salt and eight tablespoons boiling water. Cook the dry mix with water until a soft ball forms then stir ten minutes. Add a little color, wrap in oiled paper to keep from hardening for hours of play.
The Christmas Card Tale of a Penny Price Card
A Christmas card narrates its journey from two cents to fifty cents, recounting early 20th century pricing. The card recalls being sold, marked up, and stored, traveling with it written on its back as it moved through various places and people who react with surprise to its high price.
Christmas Fish in Sweden Feasts
A fish resembling a cod is regarded as essential to Swedish Christmas meals. The fish is buried in wood ashes or ice soaked in soda water, then boiled and served without milk gravy.
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Sweden
Bridal of Ministers and Peaceful Dawn Hymn
The verses extol unity and hope as nations join in a chorus of peace. References to dawn, songs, and hearts beating as one evoke universal prayer for harmony across East, West, North, and South. The text blends ritual language with calls for God’s blessing on collective resolve.
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Hailoma
Johnna
Christmas Morning Window Watcher
Hiram Palmer waits by the window on a bleak Christmas morning as groups pass by, hurrying and smiling in the era’s quiet tension, while the postman’s arrival lures hope through the Western Newspaper Union era.
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Western Newspaper Union
Hiram Palmer
Christmas Shame and the Old Man Left Waiting
Hiram, aged and solitary, spent a life of charity and small gifts, awaiting overdue Christmas presents from a Western nephew and a grandchild who dismiss him as a nuisance to shop for. The postman brought no parcels, and the elder man faced a quiet, unwelcome holiday in a lonely house as kin’s indifference sealed his fate.
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Hiram
Norong
Christmas Eve in the Kitchen
In a city apartment kitchen a grandpa recounts a fairy tale origin of Santa Claus to a girl and two boys. The tale follows Claus raised by fairies, becoming a toy maker who delivers gifts to good children with help from reindeer, and ending with Santa gaining immortality to keep making children happy.
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Grandpa
Claus
Santa Claus
Santa Lage
Doris
Santa
Christmas Gift Guide Quote From F M Balfour
The fragment lists a quote about best gifts: forgiveness to an enemy, tolerance to an opponent, heart to a friend, respect to oneself, and charity to all, attributed to F M Balfour. This concise excerpt presents moral counsel on conduct for family and society.
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F. M. Balfour
How to Make a Linen Ironing Board Cover
Instructions describe cutting unbleached muslin larger than the ironing board, hemming, crocheting a six chain edge, lacing a cover, and using a stiff card or tapa to shape the top. The cover is removable and washable for care.
First Christmas Tree in North: A Reverent Flame of Wax Candles
Ancestral tale recalls Saint Ansgarius and the balsam fir chosen for the first Christmas tree. The author laments modern luxuries overpowering tradition, praising wax candles and simple decorations over electric lights, tinsel, and costly store souvenirs. He envies home made ornaments like red apples, oranges, cornucopias, drums, toy trumpets, and a modest rocking horse.
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Hen Ansgarius
Washing Windows Advice Says Dust Before Washing
If windows are washed when the gun is shining on them they dry before there is time to polish them. They look streaky. Always dust windows before washing them. Add a little ammonia to the water to make the glass shine and polish well.
Merry Christmas Message Calls For Joy And Service
A Christmas message urges sincere wishes and actions to spread joy. It reflects on Christ bringing light and deliverance, and encourages doing good deeds beyond gifts, noting many people have little and suggesting small time and thought can yield great joy.
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Christ
Feast of Lights and Christmas Derivation
The article explains the Jewish festival of Hanukkah in Kislev and its eight day oil miracle. It notes lighted menorahs in homes, links Bethlehem and Jerusalem to a possible Nativity date, and mentions Weihnacht as the German Christmas name and Greeks calling Christmas the feast of lights associated with Chanukah.
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Kislev
Abtlochus
Judas Maccabeus
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Why the Christmas Kisses and Mistletoe Tradition
A quirky reminiscence on mistletoe kissing rooted in ancient myth and ritual. It traces mistletoe’s origins from Norse legend to Druids, noting it as an emblem of love and celebration. The piece ends with a humorous aside about Santa Claus and gifts.
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Scandinavia
Baldur the Beautiful
Locke
Bull
Tuthia
Venus
Klases
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Tineers
Christrads
Aaid
Growcher
Ma Mary Qranad Bol
Dion
Eleanor & King
Donia
Fred
Claur
Pate
Durr
Dolly
Martha Hart
Successful
Merry Christmas
Rock
Plock
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