What-goes-around Christmas cycle through history
A reflective essay traces Christmas from pagan solstice roots to early church adoption, then Puritan bans and modernization. It notes seasonal rites, shifting date debates, and critiques of consumer culture led by cash registers, urging a reawakening of charitable spirit and a return to traditional warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Europe
England
Brock Chisholm
Santa Claus
Santa
Hallowe'en
Scrooge
Marley
Glenboro Gazette notes shifts and local events across decades
A chronicle from Glenboro lists changes at the Gazette with new owners and upgrades, local legal actions, entertainment in the Opera House, school district protests, oblique casualty notes, and community milestones from 1897 to 1987 including hydro line work and marching Santa parades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Broadly
The
Gazette
G.B. Anderson
Duncan
E. Snyder
Stoney Mountain
Rube Allyn
Glenboro Opera House
Oak Creek
Glenboro
Stockton
Manitoba Hydro
Brandon
Treherne
Morley Cullen
Morley
South Central Turf Club
Great Western Racing
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Gregory
Rome
W.C. Robb
Cypress River
E.B. McLeod
Frank Hopkins
Portage la Prairie
Norman Campbell
Manitoba
Ninette
D.A. Stewart
G.J. Oleson
Rusten William Lawson
Clark Lawson
Toronto
Glenboro United Church
Bill Lawson
Lougheed
Bru
Oli Stefanson
William
Allen
Eleanor
Vancouver
Glenboro Gazette
Alvin Cassick
Dauphin
A. Wagner
Monte Carlo
International Inn
Wellington
Berry St
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Glenboro Gaiety
Showtime
Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol
P.G
Peter O'Toole
Phoebe Nicholls
Carberry Medical Clinic
Spruce Woods Inn
Killarney Bayside P.C.H
Beltone
Portage
Princess Ave. Medical Arts
Brandon, MB
Rza
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