What Has Happened On Christmas Day
A compilation of historical Christmas facts from 98 to 1868, noting coronations on December 25, biblical births, battles and peace observances, and varied customs in Europe Russia and America. It mentions Lincoln 1861, Johnson 1868 proclamations, Newton 1642, and Santa Claus lore across nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlemagne
William the Conqueror
Westminster Abbey
Clovis
France
America
Plymouth
Earth
Okeechobee
Fla
Zachary Taylor
Lincoln
Great Britain
Mason
Sidell
England
Johnson
Sir Isaac Newton
Washington
Delaware
Trenton
John of
Pacific Ocean
Santa Claus
Russia
Austria
Germany
Poland
Degree of Honor Elects Officers and New Members
The Degree of Honor elected officers at Tuesday night’s meeting including Past Chief of Honor Gertrude Worden C H Margaret Worden Lady of Honor Katherine Ryle Chief of Ceremonies Maggie Kelly Recorder Ella Williams Financier Jane Ragan Treasurer Nellie Tucker Usher Ruth Ramella Assistant Usher A Ayle Inside Watch Alice Mann Outside Watch Frank Clinton Trustee E Worden Physicians Dr Simon Dr Ward and Dr Mantor. Five new members were initiated: Alice Mann Elizabeth Harper Ella Erickson Annie Osborn and A Ayle. Lunch followed by a general good time and an unusually enjoyable meeting.
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Degree of Honor
Gertrude Worden
C. of H
Margaret Worden
Katherine Ryle
Maggie Kelly
Ella Williams
Jane Ragan
Nellie Tucker
Ruth Ramella
A. Ayle
Alice Mann
Frank Clinton
E. Worden
Simon
Ward
Mantor
Elizabeth Harper
Ella Erickson
Annie Osborn
Why We Hang Up Stockings
An urchin tale traces Christmas stockings to St Nicholas who, fleeing a storm, sheltered in a convent. He later filled each nun's stocking with sugar plums as thanks, inspiring the custom. The mince pies once used mutton as meat, recalling shepherds and the biblical nativity, while spices symbolized the wise men.
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St. Nicholas
Bethblehem
Christmas Town Poem Of Childhood Wonder And Joy
A nostalgic verse invites readers to return to Christmas Town a place where childhood memories glow. It describes bright streets gentle hills candy filled vales and fragrant orange blooms guiding hearts toward a timeless, peaceful holiday imagined through dreamlike scenes.
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Christmas Town
A Jolly Christmas Game
A Christmas party activity assigns each child a large apple and a knife to balance on a blade. Players race around the room carrying the fruit. successful participants choose prizes or receive a penout on the blade.
Famous Christmas name figures span statuary to poetry
A survey traces notable individuals bearing the Christmas and Noel lineages from Gerard Christmas the carver to coins expert Fleury Christmas and explorers like John William Christmas. It also covers Noel family members such as barons, admirals, poets Roden Noel and Thomas Noel, and Baptist preacher Baptist Noel.
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Christmas
Surrey
Cambridge Estire
Gerard Christmas
Flo
Aldersgate
Northumberland
Royal Navy
John Christmas
Mathias Christmas
Admiralty
Fleury Christmas
Royal Society
Society of Antiquaries
The
Numismatic Society
Ole
John Wiliam Christmas
Jean of
Brittany
George Cadoudal
Cadoudal
Wwich
South of England
Cundondal
Earls of Gainsborough
Noel-Lhid
Baron Berwick
Ernest Noel
Gerard Noel
China Station
Royal United Service Institution
Henry Noel
Elizabeth
Father Tierney Lecture on Shams and Hypocrites
The article traces Father Tierney from childhood poems in 1888 at age ten to Benedictine college studies in Atchison Kansas and sacred eloquence training in St Louis. It notes his poetry appearing in US and international magazines and a 1903 gold medal from King Christian of Denmark for a royal poem. The St Joseph Gazette lauds his lecture as among the city’s most terrible and praiseworthy in years.
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Father Tierney
St. Joseph
Beypoet
Old Benedictine College
St. Benedict’s
Atchison
Kansas
St. Benedict's College
Gazette- Herald
Francis V. Nugent
Kendrick Seminary
St. Louis
Tierney
United States
Christian
Denmark
Czarina
Russia
King Christian
Childs talk sparks tale of Santa year round work
In a playful exchange, Tommy asks what Santa does the rest of the year and Amalie suggests birthdays keep him busy, hinting at a broader, year round gift giving fantasy.
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Santa Claus
Tommy
Amalie
Doans Kidney Pills End Kidney Ailments
Doan s Kidney Pills offer relief for kidney weakness pain backache and general ill health in all ages. Mrs John Lipeka of Sidney Nebraska testifies the remedy helped her daughter and the family for years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York sole agents United States Remember the name Doans and take no other.
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Doan
Sidney
John Lipeka
Noebr
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan'se
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vienna
E. W. Ziebert, Op
M. Ramella
Nebraska
Missouri
C. M. Wright
Harper
Siney, Neb
Cardus
Elmer Sickler
Terre Haute
Ind
J. P. Lindgaard
Sidney, Nebraska
Rentztown Bard
Baltimore Sun
Metalliic
Remington- Umc
Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Broadway
New York City
Baptist Wriothesley Noel
Church of England
Gorham
Rome
Noel
Baptists
Aittle
John Street
Holborn
Thomas Noel
Hood
Roden Berkeley Noel
Beatrice
Roden Noel
Queen Victoria
Mainz
Santa
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