Christmas Traditions Across Early American Colonies
The article compares Christmas observances from Georgia to New England. Southern and middle colonies kept feasting and worship, while Puritan New England debated pagan origins before adopting English customs. Frontier celebrations were lively, and over time regional practices fused into common national traditions.
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Atlantic Seaboard
England
Georgia
Carolina
Maryland
Virginia
New England
Old England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Germany
Holland
Sweden
America
Philadelphia
Saint Nicholas the Bishop of Myra and his feast day
The article recounts Saint Nicholas as a fourth century bishop of Myra Lycia Asia Minor, noted for piety and grace from birth, son of a wealthy merchant, who refused nourishment on fast days yet was not a recluse, and explains the shift of his feast from December 6 to Christmas Day due to medieval suppression of his day celebrations.
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Myra
Lycia
Asia Minor
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Christmas Date origins andPapacy shifts to December 25
The text traces Christmas celebration origins from A D 98 under Pope Telesphorus, notes no record of Christ life commemoration, cites St Cyril around A D 340 confirming December 25 as the birth date, and Pope Julius adopting the date for Rome and Christendom.
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Christ
St. Cyril
Julius
Rome
Christendom
Dark Fruit Cake and Giftable Small Cakes Recipe
A holiday bake guide shares a Dark Fruit Cake recipe yielding 10 to 12 pounds and a lighter cousin for 8% to 4 pounds. It includes eggs, flour, butter, sugars, raisins, currants, nuts, citron, almonds, spices, juices, and jelly. Instructions cover mixing, coating, pan prep, baking times, and cooling. Giftable small cakes suggested with holly decorations.
Plum puddings and Christmas desserts from old County kitchen
A dated recipe set offers Plum Pudding and Suet Pudding methods with ingredients like suet molasses bread crumbs and eggs. It includes steamed puddings and a rich sauce, plus notes on serving for Christmas or winter time. The text also contains a church lesson text about the early Christian church as a fellowship and center of ministry.
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Western Newspaper Union
Christ
Fellowship of
Church of Christ
Christmas fruit cake and plum pudding prep tips
Lynn advises ahead planning for fruit cake and plum pudding during Christmas. Cut and chop fruits and nuts days in advance, fill batter corners fully for even baking, store in a cool dry tin container, and use sound apples to retain moisture while replacing any that decay or shrivel.
Lesson for December 7 Scripture study text
Readings and discussion from the December 7 lesson outline include selections on doctrine and practice. The material reflects permissions from the International Council of Religious Education and is used with acknowledgment.
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International Council of Gious
Barnum’s Early Debt Cleared By Pledge To Pay
A Danbury tale recalls young P. T. Barnum leaving unpaid bills and promising to settle once rich. A creditor scoffed, saying a sieve will never hold water, but Barnum later wrote, I have fixed that sieve, signaling his forthcoming success.
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P. T. Barnum
Danbury
Conn
Ideals as Stars Quote by Carl Schurz
An inspirational maxim compares ideals to stars guiding a journey across desert seas. It emphasizes choosing guiding ideals and pursuing destiny as a seafarer follows a distant beacon. The quote frames ideals as distant but guiding forces.
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Carl Schurz
New Ideas for Home-makers by Ruth Wyeth Spears
A home craft note describes making conversation chairs suitable for a Victorian or modern room. It outlines a simple frame built from one inch pine boards, then adds ready made spring cushions. The plan emphasizes comfortable angled seats and backs with a needlework finish.
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Ruth Wyeth
Spears
Four corners of base make chair easy to move
The item notes that the base design with four corners facilitates mobility of the chair. It also mentions Mrs Spears pattern Add A Square for rug hooking, offering Pattern No. 201 with a 10 cent price, to guide seaming small sections into one rug.
Soul in Inquiry Over Ruling Principles
A reflective medley on personal agency asking which inner soul guides actions. The speaker ponders whether the ruling principle is that of a child, a youth, a weak woman, a tyrant, a domestic animal, or a beast, and whose soul governs each moment.
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