Christmas Eve Play Tradition In West England Community
A fragment describes a Christmas Eve customs in the west of England with plays, costumes, and decorations. It notes historical steadiness of St George and the Dragon performances, masquerades, and ritual acts, recounting long-standing village celebrations through generations with references to chivalry, feasts, and communal pageantry.
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Burg
England
St. George
Bartte
Lonton Erations
Aspen
Richard
Yuletide Scheme Letter Spars Gifts List Plan
A New York paper years ago printed an arousing letter from a man proposing a Christmas gift plan. The writer suggests each recipient create two lists: items they do not want and items they would like to receive. The idea aims to ease disappointment and save others from wasted gifts by balancing prior wishes with practical choices.
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New York
Wuld
Holiday Music and Festive Toys in a Dreamlike Tale
A garbled festive reminiscence from a New York era piece evokes holiday music, toy shops, and Christmas trees. It threads fond scenes of cheer, brass bands, piano tunes, and children’s awe with fragments suggesting a communal holiday mood and nostalgic sensory details from a bygone publication.
Don't Open Till Christmas Card Prank Misfires in Chicago
A Chicago man who mailed penny Christmas cards with a Dont open till Christmas tag sparked mischief among recipients. Friends opened them by guessing or tearing, revealing the joke failed as many did not buy into the stunt, and the prank backfired in surprising ways.
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Chicago
Christmas Poetry Moments in Seasonal Verse
A short collection of 19th century lines and stanzas reflecting Christmas themes. Poems by F Lawrence Leigh Hunt Lord Houghton and Longfellow celebrate kindness, jubilation, bells, and the birth of Christ with traditional imagery of winter weather and goodwill.
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Christ the Child
Lord Houghton
Chamberlains Tablets Aid Digestive Ailments
Chamberlains Tablets are advertised to relieve stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. The ad claims long sufferers find permanent relief with each bottle and notes complete cures and clear directions on use. It also asserts value for biliousness and chronic constipation. The final line oddly pivots to a moral remark about selfishness versus love.
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Orin
Chamberlain
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Furwell SL
Han Claire
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Montes Wits
Ian
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Mechler’s
Edison Phonographs
Mechler
Holiday Music
Oytand
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Laemle
Florsheim
Foster
Louis Laemle
F. Lawrence
Oime
Leigh Hunt
Longfellow
Stom
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