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06 December 2019

Vintage Christmas Readings

"With Yule-Tide Holly and Mistletoe" from "Catholic World," 1902

Book: Christmastide: Its History, Festivities, and Carols, William Sandys

The Book of Christmas; Descriptive of the Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions, Superstitions, Fun, Feeling, and Festivities of the Christmas Season, Thomas K. Hervey, 1845

Christmas: Its Customs and Carols, William Wallace Fyfe

A Christmas Book, Carla Wenkebach

Yule and Christmas: Their Place in the Germanic Year, Alexander Tille

Christmas in Song, Sketch and Story, J.P. McCaskey


Jotted down with a jingle by Linda at 12:30:00 AM
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