When Hearts Are Trumps Christmas Eve Plea for Children
Dr James I Vance writes in the Milnomn State Journal urging readers to welcome and comfort children on Christmas Eve. He laments lack of a child in the home and imagines those on doorsteps and in shop windows hopeful for gifts. The piece exhorts generosity and communal joy, celebrating the “yearning of the old world” for children.
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Christine
James I. Vance
Milnomn State Journal
Earth
Lute
Gare
Mae
Boar's Head at Christmas at Oxford Queen's College
Description of the boar's head feast at Oxford University Queen's College. The ceremonial head, weighing up to eighty pounds, is carried with bearers in a procession past surpliced choir and officials. The head is crowned with gilded sprays and a symbol of plenty appears between the tusks as trumpets sound.
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Great Britain
Queen's College
Detroit News
Dent
Oxford
Origin of the Word Yule Explained in Various Theories
The article surveys explanations for Yule's origin, noting a probable link to Gothic gui or bial meaning wheel. It suggests Yuletide derives from the turning of the year as days lengthen and shorten, with a wheel device marking the festival.
Fragmentary Recipe Fragment Describes Mixing and Setting Fudge
The readable fragment describes a fudge mixture including light brown sugar water a third cup of melted chocolate and heating without stirring until it thickens. It mentions pouring into a greased pan and marking into portions with a battered knife.
Yuletide in the Country Christmas Day Reflections
A nostalgic column recalls Christmas in the old farm home with emphasis on neighborliness, peace, and renewed friendships. It urges shedding grudges, practicing Christian spirit, and sharing plenty to brighten the holiday season and year ahead.
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Christman
Chrismat
A Christmas Sermon by Robert Louise Steven
A reflective Christmas sermon urges kindness, modest spending, and fostering fortitude. It counsels keeping a few loyal friends, maintaining honest effort, and embracing life with a hopeful spirit despite possible failure.
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Robert Louise Steven
Date and Walnut Cake Recipe from Gentle Cookery
A historical recipe narrates mixing cockle books with sugar and butter then beating eggs and soda in hot water. Dates are chopped and walnuts added with ela namop and allaptes before breaking dough into pieces and baking in a slow oven.
Sibloco Pipeless Furnace and Odd Christmas Tale
An advertisement touts the Sibloco Pipeless Furnace priced from 135 to 152 dollars, claiming improved durability and fuel efficiency. It mentions a strange Christmas night scene and cites Alex Seales for references and demonstrations on Fes senden street.
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Alex, Seales
Fessenden Street
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Buster Brown
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