Varied Christmas Customs Across Communities
A survey of diverse holiday traditions from Putney Vermont to New Orleans California Richmond and New Mexico, highlighting Santa feasts caroling Reveillon candle parades Christmas Tree Lane and luminaries as community expressions of the season.
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Putney
Santa’s Land
U.S.A
Santa
North Pole
Vermont
Green
S. C
New Orleans
St .Louis Cathedral
la Petite Ecole
California
Altadena
Frederick J. Wood
Bury
India
Himalayas
Woodbury Ranch
Richmond
Colonial Williamsburg
Governor’s Mansion
Capitol
Hanover
Barksdale Theatre
New Mexico
Old Fashioned Christmas Nostalgia Across Generations
Nostalgia for the good old days colors Christmas traditions from food and gifts to tree cutting. Presidents, statesmen, and families yearn for simpler times as households blend handmade crafts with modern conveniences and new customs.
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United States
Benjamin Harrison
Santa's Sleigh and the Legacy of St Nicholas
A concise look at Santa Claus relying on reindeer sleigh, his helpers, and Christmas Eve gift delivery. It traces St Nicholas as the original Santa, honored for helping children after his death on December 6, noting Children’s Day and his European legacy on December 5.
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Made O'Day
Santa
St. Nicholas
Pagan Feasts Behind Christmas Customs Across Ages
The article traces Christmas customs to pagan origins such as Saturnalia in Rome and Yule among Germanic and Celtic tribes. It notes the Mithras sun god influence and how early Christians aligned Jesus’ birth feast with Mithraic rites at Saturnalia, shaping winter celebrations.
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Encyclopedia Americana
Organ Broken Silent Night Story From 1818
In a Austrian village a broken organ left by mice sparked a first performance of Silent Night sung by a saddened congregation with guitar. Handel Messiah traditionally tied to Christmas was begun in August finished in September and first performed in April in Bethlehem Georgia a 60 foot star lights the countryside and a Christmas carol service is held beneath it.
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Bethlehem
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Nels
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Allt Ek Wale
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