Customs of the Season in Britain Recalled in Christmas Lore
The article recalls British Christmas customs from medieval to modern times, noting hospitality, open houses for tenants, Yule logs, gifts, and feasts. It highlights carols sung by clubs and churches for charity, with Coventry as an example where locals sang amid bombed ruins. It mentions Christmas bells, decorations, mince pies, and plum pudding tradition.
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Britain
Pere Cyprian
Europe
Coventry
England
Dewsbury Devine Knell Toll Marks 700 Years
In Dewsbury England the parish church tolls the tenor bell each Christmas to honor a 700 year old custom. The 1946 strokes will last about an hour ending at midnight. Legend says Baron Thomas de Soothill gifted the bell after killing a servant to expiate his crime and keep the devil away for another year.
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Yorkshire
Dewsbury
Britain
Christ
Thomas de Soothill
Fragmentary Holiday Customs Noted In Journal Entry
The passage notes lingering meals and exchanges of presents as parts of holiday observances. It reflects ongoing practices despite incomplete text.
Masterpieces as Christmas Cards from Wallace Collection
Londoners can buy affordable art reproductions as greeting cards from the Wallace Collection at Hertford House. For three pence a colored print about 6 by 4 inches, plus another three pence for a print-mount and printed greeting, the cards offer a small framed look. The standout is Franz Halas' The Laughing Cavalier.
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Britain
Wallace
Hertford House
Franz Halas
Quotations on Joy and Virtue From Classic Thinkers
A collage of lines from Phineas Fletcher Seneca Montaigne and others discusses joy faithfulness to home life and the nature of true happiness. The excerpts reflect on distrust fear worldly pleasures and the enduring quiet of tranquil joy amid life changes.
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Fielding
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Iva Fowler
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Roblin Revellers Orchestra
Roblin W.I
T. Eaton
Tenor Bell
Phineas Fletcher
Mary Baker Eddy
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the Royal Bank
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Roblin Branch
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