Evergreen Mourning Symbol in Finnish Homes and Churches
Finni s sees evergreens as mourning symbols in Finland with homes and churches using gold framework with straw paper ribbon and stars for decor. Candles brighten church windows before dawn on Christmas morning, followed by sled races, festive meals, and long naps. Christmas Day focuses on religion, Bible readings, carols, and later New Year's parties with limited gift-giving and occasional tokens from the Kalevala hero. The Philippines Islands produce most of the world copra.
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Finland
Vainamoinen
Evolution of Santa Claus and Virginias Produce Heritage
A retrospective on Thomas Nast shaping Santa Claus with North Pole lore and a red suit, plus a note on Virginia's agriculture led by tobacco, with crops like corn winter wheat cotton and peanuts and minerals such as feldspar, gold, lead, manganese, mica, pyrite and zinc.
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Virginia
Old Dominion
Pitt County Hosts Large County Hog Show This Year
Pitt County conducted one of the largest county hog shows in the state this year showcasing extensive swine displays and judging across multiple divisions with strong participation from local 4-H clubs and FFA chapters.
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Pitt County
Property to be sold under deed of trust in Kings Mountain area
Public sale of lot 3 in Block E in Midpines subdivision two miles south of Kings Mountain with a light and power right of way reserved. The sale, at the courthouse door in Shelby, NC, is scheduled for January 9, 1950 at 10:00 AM. Purchaser to pay cash. Trustee: B. S. Neill. Attorney: J. R. Davis.
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T. Kenneth Green
Rachel W. Green
Register of Deeds
Cleveland County
Kings Mountain Building Ad Loan Association
Kings Mountain Building and Loan Association
Shelby
North Carolina
Midpines
Calvin Howell
Kings Mountain
H. R. Parton
Sane
B. S. Neill
J. R. Davis
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Phillippine Islands
Folidag Ie
C. Dettmar
C. C
Shorty) Edens
Santa Claus
Thomas Nast
America
Clement Clark Moore
St. Nicholas
United Ary
Thomas
New York
Tommy
Leslie's Weekly
England
New York Ilustrated News
Heenan Sayers
Harper's Weekly
Nast
Santa
North Pole
ULL
Merry Christmas
Cooper’s
Ine
Vey
Keeter’s
AL LY
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