Christmas Messages from the Churches Reflections on receiving Christ
Rev Ross Williams appeals to readers to welcome Emmanuel this Christmas and always. He contrasts crowded inns with closed hearts and urges surrender to Christ as Way Truth and Life. He cites John 1 12 and quotes from Rev Ken W Burton urging praise and acts of service.
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John
Emmanuel
Calvary’s Cross
God
Ken W. Burton
Christ
Ross Williams
Christmas Message From United Church of Canada
The Roblin charge shares a Christmas reflection urging remembrance of the Christ child as God incarnate coming to bring freedom and peace. The message emphasizes mercy and goodwill to all during the season.
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United Church OF Canada
Christ
God
Christmas and New Year Church Services in Roblin Area
The Anglican Church notices Christmas Day service at 11 a.m. in Roblin Manitoba led by Rev L Daley. Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Parish in Roblin offers monthly service at 10 a.m. led by Rev E Schwetz. St Matthew's Lutheran announces Christmas Eve services in Zorra and Roblin with a filmstrip program, plus December 25 services and New Year events. Additional Lutheran Hour broadcasts CKX Brandon at noon and CJGX Yorkton at 2 p.m.
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L. Daley Roblin
Manitoba
Roblin
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E. Schwetz
ST. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Paul Borchardt
Zorra
Church of the Lutheran
CKX
Brandon
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Yorkton
United Church OF Canada
R. Williams
B.A
St Francis and the rise of Christmas carols tradition
The article traces the origins of Christmas carols from St Francis of Assisi in 1223 through early hymns in the fourth century, noting Puritan bans in England, underground singing, and the Waits in colonial Boston resuming the Old English tradition with candles and carol singing on Christmas Eve. It highlights 15th century modal experiments and the influence of folk songs on carol popularity.
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Boston
It Takes Know How To Burn a Yule Log Tradition
The Yule log is a Christmas custom fading in urban areas due to central heating and gas stoves. For those who light one, oak, ash, olive, apple, or pine are preferred woods, with careful ignition from last year's brand and keeping the flame alive. Ash burns hot, beech and oak burn slowly with aroma. birch, pine, fir aid, and elm burns slowly but lasts long.
Boar's Head Feast Described in Medieval Yuletide Tale
Hat roast turkey signals Christmas dinner in Medieval England with a boars head centerpiece. Feasts began in September or October as hunters pursued the dangerous beast with packs of boar-hounds. Hunters attacked with spears or nets, the ear was a weak spot, and bites could wound or kill. Despite danger, bold hunters were praised as merriment filled the season.
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England
Virtues Enumerated in a Christmas Play Request
A fragmentary meditation from Caidden of Revence, France asks readers to recite a list of virtues before Christmas cribs. It invokes qualities tied to workers and creatures, from the fisher and drummer to the lamb and star, pairing earthly duties with innocence and nostalgia.
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Caideen
Revence
France
Jesus
Isherman
Old Superstitions About Eating Of Mince Pie
The article notes mince pie origins debated as German or historic, yet an essential Yuletide staple in early England. Superstitions warned that refusing a mince pie would bring bad luck for the coming year, a belief reflecting festive customs.
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Germany
England
Eating Mince Pie Tally in Holiday Season
A quirky note states that if a man eats mince pie during the holidays and shares in the season's cheer, his number of happy months in the year will equal the count of houses where he enjoyed the festive pastry.
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