Christmas on the Polly and Polish customs tale
A poem about the ship Polly during a Christmas voyage and the captain's daughter bringing joy to the crew. It describes she and the sailors sharing festive cheer as a Christmas stocking overflows with shells, ivory, coral and trinkets. The piece then shifts to a Polish village Christmas custom, the procession of the star with a hollow star carried on a pole and boys enacting Nativity scenes while villagers reward them with gifts.
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Poland
Bethlehem
Caapar
Melchior
Balthizar
Oshers
Mistletoe Grows On Apples In England Yet Rare On Oaks
Mistletoe on apple trees thrives in many parts of England though growth on oaks is now a rare occurrence. The plant nourishes luxuriantly where apples provide nourishment, highlighting a shift in host tree preference across the landscape.
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England
The Christmas Bears and a Wheat Market Turnaround
Isabel Truesdell schemes to win her father’s approval for Jack Goodale while dealing with a controlling, wealth minded household. Tom Truesdell’s business pressures and a crashing wheat market reveal bitter relations and a surprising turn as Goodale and Van Ingen trade fortunes.
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American Press Association
Sahel
Isabel
Jack
Tom Truesdell
Jack Goodale
Tom Trucadell Kuored
Gerald van Inewen
Cruesdell
Tabet
van Ingen
Goodale
Van
Trucsdell
Mr. Truesdell
Christmas Gift Emptiness Then and Now
A reflective piece contrasts modern gift giving with Christmastide meaning. It argues true gift is peace on earth and goodwill, not material presents, urging cheerful, selfless behavior and减少 grudges to spread joy all year. The narrative weaves a moral on generosity and the Christ Child’s gift across holiday scenes.
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Bing Holly
Christ
Elbert Sherman
Richolf
Rachel
North Pole
Earth
Crete
Timely caution on gifts and keepsakes
A fragment warns against giving brlem brac and pictures to please taste. It notes displaying must be done even if the recipient dislikes them, suggesting a book can be set aside while an ugly vase stays, as vases remain a constant reminder and deface rooms.
Bobby's Christmas Plaint, Copreiaht 1909
A poem about a rich family longing for old simple times in Pawpaw Center. The narrator laments wealth changing family dynamics, jokes about renamed friends, and jokes about how Christmas would occur with electric wires instead of chimneys, ending with a fizzle of fire.
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Santa Claus
Santa Claus on the Street and a Stevenson Christmas Tale
Readers learn of Volunteers of America Santa Clauses roaming American cities to aid the poor by collecting coins for Christmas dinners and goods. The tale recounts Robert Louis Stevenson aboard the Lusbeck at sea, his wit lifting passengers as he faced consumption and imminent death, while they longed for home and a return to port despite broken machinery.
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Santa Claus
Volunteers of America
Ballington Booth
Salvation Army
Stevenson
Lubeck
Rober Louis Stevenson
Lusbeck
Austen Ld
Samo
Gall
Almont
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank H. Sweet
Polly
Tor Ska
the Christmas Bears
Griellat
Triesdoll
Truesdell
Ruesdell
Eliza Archard Conner
American Press
Las
Philippine
Mamma
Chicago
Bobby
Willis Hawkins
Pawpaw Center
Mary Jane
Marie Zhon
Nellie
Natilie
Nell
Mary
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