Christmas Ban In 1643 Old and New Christmas Day
In northern Europe ancient fires to gods Odin and Thor marked Yule. The essay discusses Christmas' origins, the December 25 date, and the Puritan ban in 1648 in England and 1689 in Massachusetts, noting the calendar disputes and cultural resistance through history.
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Europe
Odin
Thor
Egypt
Kote
Constantinople
Alfred the Hott Dry Serson
Parstantia
England
Christ
Alice
New England
Maxoachusetts
Christman
Massachusetts
Thia
Honey Drop Cakes and Miscellany From a Damaged Page
A fragmented excerpt features a honey cake recipe with ingredients and steps mixed with stray, garbled text about Christianized world ideals and toy manufacturing in Sweden, ending with scattered terms like gloves and socks. The readable portions include cake ingredients such as honey sugar shortening and vanilla, plus vague baking instructions, interspersed with unrelated snippets.
Christmas Plant Legends and Folk Beliefs Across Europe
A century old survey recounts Christmas plant lore and peasant superstitions. It links Glastonbury Thorn tales to Joseph of Arimathea and describes beliefs around Star of Bethlehem, Our Lady's Bedstraw, juniper blessings, and the Rowe of Jericho. The piece note how Christmas customs shape behavior, from fortunes of trees to prohibitions and omens for the year ahead. It also surveys prohibitions and tasks seen as luck or danger, such as washing, carrying items, and tending gardens on Christmas Eve.
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London
Australia
Christ
Christeas Hie Kiuster
Glastonbury
Jesus
Joseph of
Arimathes
England
Jericho
Mary
Eur
Servnor
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