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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1968
Page
5
The piece traces carols from their early meanings tied to dancing around the crib to their modern sense as Christmas songs. It notes church opposition, the Avignon council ban in 1209, Shrove Tuesday dances, and surviving 15th century carols, including the Boar's Head carol in Oxford.
The evergreen is the traditional Christmas tree. New England and the Northeast favor balsam fir and white spruce. Pennsylvania prefers Scotch pine spruce and red pine. East Coast southerners favor red cedar and holly. The West favors cedars Arizona cypress and on the West Coast Douglas fir blue spruce and Engelmann spruce.
Nostalgic reflections on Christmas highlight small acts of warmth and home. The piece notes wreaths, blinking lights, cookies, pies, roasts, and a mother’s love as core signs of the season. It recalls gifts, family, and familiar rituals that define a heartfelt Christmas.
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