The Many Names and Tales of Santa Claus
A wide survey of Santa Claus across cultures tracing names from Saint Nicholas to Pere Noel and Babouska. It recounts legends of good deeds, miraculous resurrections, and the varied appearances and companions, plus the spread of Christmas trees and the journeys of Santa Claus through Europe to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Nicholas
Pera Noel
Prince Ruprecht
Kriss Kringle
St. Nicholas
Russia
England
Germany
Claus
Nicholaus
Necht Ruprecht
la Befana
Italy
America
Holland
Christ Child
Ruprecht
France
Angel
Pere Noel
Black Forest
Sweden
Norway
London
Paris
Chicago
New York
Nuremberg
Switzerland
Bernese Oberland
Iceland
Spain
Greece
Origin of Christmas Customs From Pagan Roots
National Monthly notes that many Christmas traditions originate with ancient pagan worship. Druids in Britain revered oak and mistletoe, decorating winter feasts with berries. Christian missionaries merged these feast days with Christmas, changing names but preserving familiar rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Thata
Britain
Ye Christmas Feast Neighbors Smoke and Fire
A festive verse noting neighbors’ chimneys smoking and Christmas logs burning. The poem imagines ovens choked with baked meats and spits turning. It ends with a vow to bury sorrow in a Christmas pile and remain merry.
Poultry and Livestock Care Tips From a Rural Manual
Practical guidance on poultry and livestock management emphasizing nutrition, breeding, milking, housing, and humane handling. Advises on feeding barley sparingly, silage use, egg records, keeping stock sheltered, and selecting healthy breeding stock. Encourages regular handling, quiet training, clean water, and disease prevention.
New Way to Get Money
A preacher, famed for solicitations, jokes about collection tactics to raise funds for missionary work. He notes many methods to obtain money from congregants and recalls a southern preacher who publicly calls for donations while joking about theft, urging honesty in giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dia Mawnin
Jonea
Popular Magazine
Push Sale of Red Cross Seals Exceeds Six Million Printed
The American Red Cross reports over 6,000,000 Red Cross Christmas seals printed with a projected edition of 100,000,000. Anti tuberculosis workers expect at least 400,000 from seal sales, most money staying in local communities. Seals cost one cent each and funds stay largely near where sold. If unable locally, buyers can write to Red Cross Seal Headquarters in Washington, D. C. Each seal is a bullet in the tuberculosis fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Red Cross Seal
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
SLI
LY Les Arko
Meadowbrook
William Pitt
ATA
Hevng
Rim
Erind
Mankat
Sital
Dr. Pierce
Strangth
Hague
PIS Company
BOXE
Warren
Papa
Mamma
Filia
Gritta
Post
Cinating
Hutchison
Postum Cereal Co
Battle Creek, Mich
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