Christmas Love Making Time in Portuguese Traditions
A Boston writer recalls Christmas in Portugal and the Azores describing how houses are decorated for Christmas Eve. families gather, a solemn midnight mass is held, toys are scarce then, and dating and marriages reportedly rise on the festive night with youths freely roaming streets in their best clothes.
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Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
Wris
Portugal
Azores
Bor “Noute
Joseph VM. Ramus
Easton Harper
Revere Street
Revere
Ng Strel
Rise, Hope of the Ages in a Christmas Hymn
The passage blends festive carol lines and reflections on Christmas origins from Youth's Companion. It links the nativity to peace and immortality symbols, noting ancient rites giving way to Christian feasts and tree symbolism.
Christmas Tree and Yuletide Traditions in Northern Europe
The article traces pagan and Christian yuletide legends from northern Europe, noting Saint Boniface’s mission in Germany and a 724 winter solstice rite at Geismar where a priest raised a hammer to strike a child before an unknown intervention. It discusses the cross's victory and contrasts myth with historical sites and figures.
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Europe
Lonsieilow
Suis
Reubersen
Gortars
Istfin
Homer
Boniface
Cermriny
Bendrece
Wrufrith
Vaelius
Geismar
All About the Mistletoe and Its Christmas Lore
The mistletoe is a parasitic evergreen plant found on various trees and rarely on oaks. It bears berries only after four years, with clusters of three berries linked to ancient Celtic customs and marriage superstitions.
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Agmertea
Couple of Brooms and a Coal-Scuttle Christmas Gift
Mr. Dobb tells his wife he bought two sturdy brooms for Christmas. She replies that she has bought a strong coal-scuttle to carry coal from the cellar.
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Mr. Dobb
Mrs. Dobb
Christmas Coronalony and a History of Christmas Events
A garbled chronology of Christmas related events from various years, naming kings, battles, coronations, religious acts, explorations, births, and destructions. It mentions Diocletian, Augustine, Charlemagne, Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror, Pilgrims, Newton, Washington, and other figures in scattered dates and places.
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Diocletian
St. Augustine
Kent
Mercia
Leo II
Rome
Alfred the Great
Guthrun, the Dane
Chippenham
Westminster Abbey
Edgitha
William the Conqueror
Westminster
Henry Jr
Dublin
Richard the Lion Heart
Sicily
Sir John Oldcastle
Trudce
Orleans
Columbus
Santa Maria
Hayti
Cardinal Wolsey
Gary
Shay
Massachusetts
Christmas at Pago Pago
Christmas at Pago Pago shows eager natives on the volcanic island of 54 square miles with about 6000 inhabitants. Missionaries shaped the holiday’s observance, while social and generous customs evolved from local culture among Samoan communities.
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Pago-Pago
Uncle's
Sam's
Banquet Queen of Samoa Hosts Exiles at Royal Feast
An account describes the Samoa village queen who rules while unmarried, her court, and elaborate Christmas banquets. Exiles attend as honored guests as natives prepare fish, pig, fruits, and the canned delicacy pea soupa amid kava, with songs continuing into the night. The narrator reflects on leaving home and the lasting pull of South Seas cuisine.
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Cheesing Fromm
America
South Seas
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Irs
Clive
Dark Express
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Beth
Cid
Patterson
Toni
Fay
Cnerk
Tage
Soul
Gretchen
Gretehen
Cretehem
Gretchen Lawrence
Pay
Ai Christmas
Carmen
al Lewis
Hans
Jess
Boutrace
Howe
Benmeine
Ffm
Pago
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