January New Year Observances Across Religions and Law
January is marked by New Year customs and watch night services led by denominations including the Methodist Episcopal church. St George’s M E in Philadelphia held the 175th watch night service in 1944. January 1 is a legal holiday nationwide except Massachusetts until 1918. Navy and army rules designate January 1 and other designated days as holidays aboard ships and naval stations.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
St Georges Methodist Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
America
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Army
Navy
New Year's Mummers Parade Big Event
The Mummers Parade in Philadelphia grew from English and Swedish customs, with George Washington replacing St George as central figure. By 1930 about 12,000 participants and 300,000 spectators watched the New Year Eve march along Bond Street, parade lasting into the early hours.
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Philidelphia
Pasideni
George Washington
St George
Mumetpil
Bond Street
Danish New Year custom sparks debris at doorstep
Danish families celebrate New Year by throwing broken crockery at friends doors. The tossers run for doughnuts after the celebration and expect hospitality inside. Debris around a doorstep marks the most popular household on New Year morning.
Canada’s 1898 Christmas Stamp First of Its Kind
The article recalls Queen Victoria’s 1897 Christmas rate cut to one penny and Canada’s 1898 issued stamp marking the first Christmas stamp. It features a globe design with English territories in red and bears the inscription Canada Postage Xmas 1898, highlighting Canada as the pioneer to issue a Christmas stamp and the sole use of the word Xmas on a stamp.
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Victoria Regina
British Empire
Canada
The Uncharted Sea and a Revolutionary State
A poetic meditation on life as a voyage with God as pilot, promising guidance through all winds and calms. The piece reflects on courage and faith as a ship sails toward port, paired with a historical note that New Hampshire saw no British military action in the American Revolution.
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Ari
New Hampshire
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