Christmas customs in Britain and the Dewsbury Devil’s Knell
Christmas traditions in Britain feature family hospitality, carols, feasting, and open house by landlords. A 1946 piece notes Coventry carols like Lully lulla and the Dewsbury Devil’s Knell tolling the tenor bell each Christmas Eve for 700 years, tied to a legend of penance by Thomas de Soothill.
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Britain
Pere Cyprian
Europe
Coventry
England
Yorkshire
Dewsbury
Thomas de Soothill
Time of Reunion Christmas 1946 Editorial Greeting
The piece invokes a peacetime Christmas after 1939 with a warm scene of tree lights, gifts, and fellowship. It hopes for hopeful reunions in Springfield and worldwide, urging welcome mats, shared joy, and appreciation of Christian life as editors address readers.
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Springfield
Savings bonds buy in Drummondville ward
Drummondville workers have purchased 234850 dollars worth of Canadian savings bonds. Aylesford notes Gordon Spinney, Military Medal recipient in the Canadian army, received a parcel from the War Department in Ottawa. Spinney was wounded, his clothing sent to his holding unit, and he has been home for almost 24 years.
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Aylesford
N.S
Gordon Spinney
War Department
Ottawa
Spinney
Mistletoe and the Wealth of Christmas Lore Across Eras
An exploration of mistletoe’s mythic and festive roles from ancient Druids and Norse myths to Victorian poets and modern Canadian Christmas. The piece traces legends of the golden bough, Baldr’s fate, and the plant’s ritual use, linking them to enduring holiday cheer and transatlantic traditions.
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St. Columba
Christ
Caesar
Gaul
Cowper
Bdadicea
Atlantic
Dominion
Europe
Child Jesus Story Told Amid Angelic Praise
The piece recounts the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem with angels singing and the message of salvation through his son. It emphasizes a wondrous tale of divine love and the saving mission for humankind.
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Frazer
Jesus
Bethlehem
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Weemouth
Seven Sisters Falls
Lac DU Bonnet Pinawa
Pointe DU Bois
Great Falls
Bissett
Manitoba
Canada
Oltsid
The
Springfield Leader
Merry Christmas
Drummondville
Que - Drummondville
Robert Harvey
Dickens
Irving
Aeneas
Virgil
Sybil
Sir James G. Fraser
Nemi
Diana
Baldur
Loki
Hedera
Baldur the Beautiful
Gemmiill
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