Promise of a Trip Upward by Pierre in a Snowbound Realm
Pierre, aged four, lives in a world bounded by Kelton range snow peaks Red River and pine forests. He dreams of a flight with Pilot John in a float plane to the Big Ox, a journey over mountains and forests on a special day described by the New Oxford Item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Kelton Range
Red River
Pierre Hac
Ebor
Jace
Fisterren
Pierre S
New Oxford
Rver
Yeas Corns
John
Long Es
Perre
Yule Log Tradition From Viking Roots to English Christmas
The yule log, a long standing Christmas tradition, traces to the Vikings who introduced it to Great Britain and honored Thor. English households adopted the custom during Christmas with a grand log burned for twelve days while servants and the master sang and feasted. Fragments were saved to kindle next year’s log.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Thor
Pierre Dreams Of A Flight To The Big City
A boy Pierre waits for a snowbound plane across mountains and a river as his mother calls him to supper. He clings to hope of arrival, imagining Christmas lights in the Big City while the storm rages and the plane finally appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Pierre
Bim
Big City
Borzen
The Gay Nineties Festive Times
During the Gay Nineties hosts announced New Year visiting hours in papers. Guests arrived in fine attire, left calling cards, dined on roast beef turkey ham pastries, and enjoyed punch. Hosts toured their friends afterward, making the party a calling marathon, though uninvited guests and intoxicated attendees caused embarrassments.
Christmas Card History Cloud
The text discusses an early Christmas card concept attributed to J. Horsly around 1843 in England. It notes a precursor practice in New York around 30 years earlier and mentions a Horstey card sent to members by a society. The passage is fragmented and lacks clear dates or names beyond these references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Horsly
New York
Horsteyecard
Glad Angel Christmas Angel Craft
A charming, easy to make Christmas angel uses a triangle of colored cardboard covered with sandwich wrap and taped on the back. Two small triangles form sleeves at the neck, a styrofoam head is mounted on a popsicle stick, with sequins optional for decoration.
First commercial Christmas Beadsheet issued in 1842
The fragment notes that the sheet featured a cut of St Nicholas with C C Moore's poem in Dutch and English greetings. It mentions a 1982 inscription by Carl W Drepperdais and references an English firm in Philadelphia that issued the first Beadsheet about 1842, with a 1863 card business edition by John M Welff.
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Friends of the Society
St Nicholas
C. C. Moore
Carl W. Drepperdais
Pennsylvania
John M. Welff
Philadephia English
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Ape Tore
Sones
Martz
Main Street
McSherrystown
East Berlin
Serew's, Inc
East Berlin, PA
Golden’s
York Springs, Pa
B. W. Forry Garage
Abbottstown, Pa
Festive Times
Lau's
W. King Street
Shaberly
Carl
Merry Christmas
Larry’s Cleaners
J. R. Eisenhart
Leib
Abbottstown
U. 5
Danner’s, Inc
Pan
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