Christmas Behavior at home in a 1920 tale
William L. Ganton recalls a family routine where children prepare for Christmas by tidying the home and helping with chores. Johnnie works at noon, Wilts behaves well after school, and Sal and Marie eager to wash and dry dishes. The family greets Papa each morning and Santa is pictured as aiding the children.
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Johnnie
Wilts
Sal
Marie
Mat
Papa
Santa
William L. Ganton
Guests Out of the Sky Christmas Mystery at Cary Farm
A prairie beekeeper named Cary faces a deep snow Christmas in isolation. She plans a cheerful Christmas feast for guests but an unexpected visitor interrupts, prompting reflections on faith and kindness as she narrates the tale.
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Mother Cary
Cary
Christina
Rey
Christmas Logs and the Bright Fire Spirit
The Cheery Logs recounts a Christmas scene where people burn many logs to keep a splendid roaring fire. Woven with memory, the piece notes logs being stowed outside until space, then added inside as room appears. The mood celebrates enduring warmth and festive glow.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Keep both feet on the ground claims flying mansion dream
Martha Banning Thomas mocks the idea of celebrating Christmas three thousand feet up in the air. She envisions a party rising in a plane above Mt Washington with dancing, games, and a tree delivery by air, urging readers to avoid “sticking to that old one about both feet on the ground.”
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Mt. Washington
Werriee
T Flying Mansion
Martha Banning Thomas
Western Newspaper Union
Christmas Quarrel Over Presents Sparks Expected Reunion
Steve and Lom argue before Christmas about gifts. Steve says Lom won’t give a present, but he plans to reconcile a week before Christmas and buy a gift twice as expensive as he otherwise would.
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Lom
Christmas Bird Replaceable Feasts Mentioned
The turkey has not always been the favorite on Christmas menus with ancient times favoring the peacock on festive boards. The note traces a shift in holiday dining traditions and showcases how marker dishes changed over eras.
English reformer Sir Henry Gale and the Christmas card
English social reformer Sir Henry Gale invented the first Christmas card. A six by four inch panel showed charity acts like clothing the needy and feeding the hungry. Last year Christmas cards valued at over 100,000,000 dollars were sold in the United States.
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Henry Gale
United
Books for Christmas Remain Welcome to The Tree
Reflections on Christmas reading note that adventure and fairy tales stay welcome with the tree despite references to a highly mechanistic era. The text emphasizes enduring charm of imaginative tales for the season.
Christmas observance dates through the ages
The text notes that Christmas was not always observed on December 28 and that the Nativity had no early celebration for about a century after Jesus' death. It lists several later observed dates including January 1 and 6, March 20, September 20, April 10, and May 20.
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Jesus
How to Light the Tree Brightness of red and green lights
To combine in equal proportions red and green lights of equal brightness on your Christmas tree to an assault on the eyesight. The result suggests traffic signals gone mad. Two parts of green to one of red may be used more effectively.
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