Christmas Dryad Returns in Arizona Holiday Tale
Lela Warren, now a governess, spends Christmas alone in the Arizona desert when John Fletcher, a mining engineer, discovers her dryad resting in an oak. They rekindle a past connection, share a improvised Christmas feast, and confess lingering affection as they recall youth and a long-held bond.
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Arizona
Lela Warren
Manzanita
Lela
Copper Knight
Nimrod
Dryad
East
Vermont
John Fletcher
Europe
Mother
Chicago
Evans
Circl Tranch
The Jolly Jack Tar Christmas Dinner Aboard Ship
A naval Christmas scene portrays the jolly Jack Tar far from home at sea this festive season. He imagines fireside cheer while dining in the mess with fragrant spices and galley fare. Even the goats enjoy a holiday feast amid holly and woodland greenery aboard the battleship.
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Jolly Jack Tar
Jolly Jack
Suez
Hough Jolly Jack
Christmas Among Michigan Woodsmen Traditions Ignited
Edward Lyons Hackett describes a northern Michigan timber community's Christmas customs led by Canadian workers. The four week celebration centers on grinding axes, feasting, singing, and ritual slaughter of fowls, with a queen crowned by Christmas Eve and religious services on Christmas Day as camps across Chippewa County mark the season.
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Michigan
Tiber Belt
Sault Ste. Marie
Chippewa
The Tree of Trees Finds Christmas Cheer
Poem celebrates a single evergreen tree that bears a magical Christmas fruit each year. Its branches shelter memories and gifts for all ages, with Santa Claus as a woodman figure delivering toys and treats to bring light and joy during the season.
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Santa Claus
Woodsmen
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Peter M'Arthur
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