Late Christmas Afternoon a Reverie and a Shock
A fragmented tale blends Christmas nostalgia with a tense drama. A narrator recalls childhood visions and a magic chair while a wedding unfolds, then a murder disrupts the hall as Jacquita confronts Cedric about a fatal betrayal and a bloodied corpse is revealed. Cedric returns battered yet steadfast, and Jacquita reveals a new marriage and sorrowful truth.
Christmas Trance of a Hidden Past in Plymouth Bay
A lonely English manor tale unfolds at Christmas as Cedric frets over a wedding and a singer by the door. Jacquita, once beloved, returns with Dacre as Cedric curses fate. A shipwreck reveals a sailor dying, and Cedric proclaims Jacquita his own, sealing a bittersweet truth of love and loss.
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Christmas Train Brings Comfort to Mourning Expressmen
Amid late Christmas freight and Sabbath labor, a group of Expressmen and drivers waited for a delayed Limited train. They sang carols, offering solace to a mourning undertaker who had lost three children to diphtheria, finding shared comfort in music as the train finally arrived.
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Jesus
Christiaan
Quatat Christmas Custom in Devon and Bomorest
A fragment describes a Christmas Eve custom in Devon and Bomorest. Green sticks bound with bands are placed on the hearth at dusk amid ceremony. Guests circle the fire as the fagots burn, a toast follows each bursting green withe.
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Devon
Bomorest
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