Wheels Through Time Tin Wheel Toys Capture Childs Play
The piece traces the enduring appeal of tin wheel toys from 1850s American makers to modern collectors. Mary Childs Bleek notes toys evolved from horse drawn bogeys to varied wheel toys, with a focus on delicate open spoked wheels and automobilish designs. The Garenholts of Princeton own pictured tin wheels anchored by their 1950s toy firm and a 1956 milk wagon gift.
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Wheel Toye
Tetley
Mary Childs Bleek
Museum of American Folk Art
Bernard Garenholts
Princeton
N. J
Barenholtzes
Love and Legend Tell Happy Mood of Yule
A short, festive note on Yuletide joy as Christmas celebrations spread from home to home and country to country. It highlights gift giving decor, carols, cards, candles and tree trimming as shared traditions shaping the season.
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Yule
Rockwell Bros. & CO
Swedish Christmas Straw Tradition Still Hung on Trees
The article notes that carrying in Christmas straw is a traditional Swedish custom tied to the manger scene. Swedes still create straw and wooden figures to hang on Christmas trees, preserving a practice from the first Christmas.
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Sweden
Hong Kong Santa Claus Named San Tan You Lin
In Hong Kong the festive figure Santa Claus is known as San Tan You Lin and is employed by department stores. Elderly men wear special costumes to entertain children as they sit on his knee and share gift requests.
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Hong Kong
Santa Claus
Christbrand Yule Charm Of Ancient Germany
The Yule log in ancient Germany was called the Christ brand. Belief held the charred log placed in a corbin warded off mice and, if storms came, was returned to the fire. While burning, superstition claimed the house stayed safe from lightning.
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Germany
Mumming Play Tradition Traces to Early English Yuletide
The Mumming custom began in early England with masked performers reenacting winter’s decline in silent ritual plays. These pages describe how mummers traverse communities, enacting death and renewal themes each Yule season.
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England
Down the Chimney Legend of St Nicholas and Befana
Legend recounts St Nicholas and Befana sliding down chimneys to deliver Yule gifts with bells ringing as they travel.
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St. Nicholas
Befana
Yule Decorations Modeled by Scandinavian Traditions
In Scandinavia, greenery signifies mourning so people instead use bright colored papers ribbons fringes flowers and fruit for holiday decorations.
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Scandinavia
Early 1852 London Christmas Card Shows Robins and Lace
A tiny two by three and a half inch card printed in London by Goodall and Son features a robin in a pastoral winter scene framed by delicate paper lace. The card marks one of the first Christmas card publications and reflects Victorian greeting customs.
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London
Goodall and Son
Little Folk Prance on Christmas Eve Traditions
For Icelanders Christmas Eve is the holiest night of the season. Traditions tell of elves dwarfs and other little folk dancing in the streets the night before Christmas.
Mummers Enduring Though Plays Have Faded Worldwide
The old year custom survives in some regions though the plays are no longer performed. Today mummers entertain with dancing and instrumental music and are regaled with treats.
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