Christmas Seal Idea Originated In Copenhagen
A Copenhagen post office scene in 1903 sparks a plan that launched the Christmas Seal campaign to fight tuberculosis. Danish seals spread to the United States by 1907, sparked by Jacob Riis’s article and Emily Bissell’s Wilmington effort to fund a sanitarium on the Brandywine. Despite early resistance, helpers found a path, designing a seal to rally public support and donations.
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Copenhagen
Einar Holboell
Holboell
America
Jacob Riis
Theodore Roosevelt
Emily Bissell
Wilmington
Del
Brandywine River
Miss Bissell
First Christmas Seal Sale Kicks Off in America
The penny stamp proved ornamental as 50 000 stamps issued. Delaware residents heard of tuberculosis and a Christmas Seal table opened in the Wilmington post office marking America’s first Christmas Seal sale.
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Delaware
Wilmington
America
Old Spirit Gertrude 4 Winders in Christmas Despair
Mrs Weston suffers as holiday crowds ignore the war and mock joy. A well dressed couple jokes about Christmas while she recalls her son overseas. She buys a small, sturdy tree to hold up the family spirit amid hardship and loss.
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Harvey Jr
Puppo
Harvey
Harv
Mrs. Weston
Sue
Pacific
Reprobatus Becomes St Christopher in Saintly Transformation
Reprobatus, a heathen giant who deserts masters for greater powers, is converted after bearing a child Christ on Christmas Eve. The child reveals his divine role, transforming him into Christofera, Saint Christopher, patron of travelers with a palm emblem.
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Reprobatus
Pharaoh
Satan
Devil
Christ
Christofera
St. Christopher
Nation's Christmas Tree Dedicated in 1925
The Nation's Christmas Tree stood 267 feet tall, a Sequoia gigantea, in General Grant National Park 64 miles east of Fresno California. On Christmas Day 1925 the tree received a formal dedication with ceremonies held annually weather permitting.
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General Grant National Park
Fresno
Calif
Mistletoe lore and the eight reindeer myth debunked
The article traces mistletoe’s origins from the missel thrush to its symbolic role with Druids and Virgil. It notes mistletoe’s parasitic growth on trees, its Latin name Phoradendron, and the mythic belief of the golden bough. It then asks why St Nicholas is drawn with eight reindeer, explaining the branding of a memorable eight-reindeer image.
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Aeneas
Britain
St. Nicholas
St Nicholas
Nylon rope can support three tons per half inch diameter
A one half inch nylon rope is capable of supporting a load of three tons. This fact highlights the strength of nylon rope for heavy lifting tasks and rigging needs.
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Merry
Old Spirit
Gertrude
Winders
Merrie Christine
Malone Drug Store
Wm. B. Malone Jr
Daniel Malone
Mistletoe
Messenger of God
Thes
Tmas
Merry A
Chistas
Santa
Sid’s Tire Shop
W. Malone
Service
Muchn
Merry Christmas
Powell Insurance Agency
Sikeston, Missouri
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