Gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh explained at museum exhibit
The article outlines why gold frankincense and myrrh were valuable in ancient trade. It notes gold as a long standing precious metal and describes frankincense and myrrh as resin from trees in Ethiopia Somaliland and southern Arabia. It mentions their uses in rituals medicines cosmetics and air purification. The American Museum of Natural History in New York City hosts a December special exhibit featuring all three treasures.
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Middle East
Mediterranean
Ethiopia
Somaliland
Arabia
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
The Legend of Christmas Tinsel
An old tale tells of a poor peasant woman with many children who decorates a humble Christmas tree with saved berries and nuts. Spiders weave webs on the branches and, while she sleeps, the Christ Child blesses the tree and the webs turn to gleaming silver.
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Christ Child
Red Holly Berries and the First Christmas Night
A fragment recalls the Christmas shepherds visiting the manger and a lamb following them becoming entangled in holly branches, hinting at a traditional legend.
Christmas Eve Traditions and Wassail Origins
The text notes Lithuanians cover their Christmas Eve table with straw recalling Bethlehem. It also explains the term wassail from Anglo Saxon waes hael meaning be in health, describing the mulled ale drink with eggs cream roast apples nuts and spices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wok Okae
Bethlehem
Nk Kkk
Christmas Nostalgia by Norman Rockwell
An analysis of Norman Rockwell's Christmas card illustration shows a trio of quaint musicians in a small town street. The painting emphasizes authenticity with local residents as models and costumes sourced from Rockwell's wardrobe, while lanterns and instruments came from antique shops, originally commissioned by Hallmark.
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Norman Rockwell
Rockwell
Christmas Trees Recycled To Balance Our Ecology
Christmas trees from homes are reclaimed after the holiday season. A wood chipper turns them into garden mulch that retains soil moisture and protects bulbs. The coarse material can also improve traction on icy driveways similar to salt or sand.
Peace on Earth and Rights of Man Quotation by Franklin
A brief quotation on liberty and the rights of man by Benjamin Franklin urging nations to make the Earth everyone’s home where each person can claim a country as their own. The note emphasizes universal peace and freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BexJaMin Franklin
Scandinavian Christmas Birds and The Twelve Nights
A description of Nordic customs includes attaching a sheaf of grain to a pole as a Christmas feast for birds, often with suet, and the tradition that peasants did not eat until the birds were fed. It notes Teutons calling the solstice Yule and referring to the twelve nights.
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Europe
Teutons
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United States
Arizona
Florida
Kentucky
Mississippi
Tennessee
Christmas Island
Indian Ocean
Java
Singapore
Line Islands
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Nova Scotia
Atlantic Ocean
U.S
Christmas
Orlando
Kuwait
Christos
Larry
Texaco
Ted
Hallmark Cards
America
Culligan Water Conditioning
Emmetsburg
Paul Harmon
Giane Sifert
Paul Ollinger
Czech
Vesele Vanoce
Joyeux Noel
Om Kala Christogene Buon
Natale
Feliz Natal
Rojdestrom
Anthony's
OTB Pepe Tege
Farm Service Co
Emmetsburg — Curlew Cylinder
Ruthven
K Vedlings
Siouxland Fertilizers
Ken
Ruth — Rease
Merry Christmas
Yuletide
Brennan Electric
Maurice
Jim — Artene
Max's Auto Service
Max
Betty
Randy
Dan
Farlow Curve Service
Mike
Herm
Pete Floyd
Mary
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