Showing posts with label historical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historical. Show all posts
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Monday, December 7, 2009
Christmas Past: "Entertaining on Christmas"
December 18, 1915, City Times, Galveston, Texas
ENTERTAINING ON CHRISTMAS
The Christmas season brings to mind the many Christmas days gone by, with their four great features—turkey, cranberry sauce, plum pudding and mince pie.
It was a good old English custom, not to be rejected by the American colonists, although modificatlons were necessary to suit the religion and conditions of living in the colonies, the. Chrlst-splrlt being substituted for the pagan Yuletlde, the famous "boar's, head" was omitted, and the Christmas pie became known as-mince pie. However, many old observances were kept, including the mistletoe and holly, and Christmas was a day for family gatherings, with a feast prepared by the" women of the house.
ENTERTAINING ON CHRISTMAS
The Christmas season brings to mind the many Christmas days gone by, with their four great features—turkey, cranberry sauce, plum pudding and mince pie.
It was a good old English custom, not to be rejected by the American colonists, although modificatlons were necessary to suit the religion and conditions of living in the colonies, the. Chrlst-splrlt being substituted for the pagan Yuletlde, the famous "boar's, head" was omitted, and the Christmas pie became known as-mince pie. However, many old observances were kept, including the mistletoe and holly, and Christmas was a day for family gatherings, with a feast prepared by the" women of the house.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
"A Visit From Saint Nicholas," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Dec. 1857
Note how Saint Nick in the leading illustration has something of a rustic "gnomish" quality, as compared to later, red-suited incarnations of the fat man.
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Printing tip: these images will print better when saved to your computer and printed locally, rather than printing directly from your browser.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Sunday, December 23, 2007
"Christmas Comes But Once a Year," 1936
A Max and Dave Fleischer cartoon, in which "Grampy" (a Betty Boop character) saves Christmas for a group of orphans.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Christmas Greeting
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
"The Night Before Christmas" (1905)
The Night Before Christmas is a 1905 American silent short film directed by Edwin S. Porter for the Charles Edison. It is based on Clement Clarke Moore's 1823 poem, "T'was the Night Before Christmas" (originally "A Visit from Saint Nicholas") and was the first film production of the poem(1903).
Monday, December 17, 2007
The Christmas Season, 100 years ago
Centralia Washington, The Centralia Chronicle, Dec. 12, 1907
Cumberland, Maryland, The Evening Times, Dec. 16, 1907
Cumberland, Maryland, The Evening Times, Dec. 16, 1907
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