Merry Christmas Truly and the Confectionery Window
Early one morning in a West End London street, a wan ten year old girl Nelle stands before a confectioner’s window. A passerby notices her and a woman alights from a lit vehicle, asking her name, then hurries inside. A gentleman in the shop watches as Nellie and a girl named Dorothy exchange a gift of a shilling and a request to buy cake.
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Nelle
Westend
London
Traffe
Nellie
Dorothy
Uistrese
Charing Cross Station
Falkhurst
Clare
Theragha
Nelli
Mer Sheeric
Dorothy and the fairies in the cave of light and fate
Dorothy climbs to a cave where Phasma guides her to a chamber of spirits. Fairy Electric, Fairy Cycle, and Fairy Motor loom in glowing forms as the Spirit of the North and the enigmatic North Queen unfold a world of magic, danger, and unfulfilled longing.
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Dorothy
Phasma
Fairy Motor
Atyles
Danca
Phasmi
Owlearda
Yordor
Poly
Darethy Metais
Kay
Dayggtin
Wittentays
Pateace
Plasma
Dorothy Lefe
Tam
Phisma
Isla
Ike
Dorothy Discovers Fairy Help and Christmas Miracle
Dorothy meets a spark of a fairy in a cave who guides her father’s invention idea. A festive skate scene leads to Dorothy’s surprising powers and Nellie’s rescue. The fairy tale ends with Dorothy’s family welcoming Nellie and her baby sister, a Christmas morning revelation.
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Dorothy
Leas
Phasma
Borothy Fele
Doro
Fairy
Rene
Ang
Nellis
Morris
Emmaiene
Nellie
The Tuletide Log A Relic Of The Fire Worshipers
A Chicago Tribune report discusses Christmas Yule log customs, detailing the Black Mountain practice of great and small jogs for each family member. It describes rituals, prayers, timber cuts, the ritual chain above the fire, and beliefs about witches, heat, and the Bethlehem stable legend.
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Europe
England
Chicago Tribune
Black Mountain
Crogees
Blick
Montenegro
Bethlehem
Christ
Max Muller's Enduring Faith in Hard Work Upheld
The late Max Muller prized hard work to his last days. His Six Systems of Indian Philosophy, a COO page book, appeared shortly before his death. In a chat about Hindu philosophy he praised Schopenhauer for recognizing the vast philosophic value of the Upanishads despite only translating parts of them.
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Schopenhauer
Poe
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