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Mrs. Claus and the Flaming Ball of Pudding by J.P. Miller from “Jingle Bells”, by Kathleen M. Daly, a Little Golden Book, 1964 (via Paul)
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Oh dear! Little girl hanging up stocking by fireplace, ca. 1901
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New York City Ballet's corps de ballet, in the snow scene. Photo: Paul Kolnik
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'Henri Paul Motte: Druids Cutting the Mistletoe on the Sixth Day of the Moon', ca. 1890-1900
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E. A. Hornel and George Henry: The Druids Bringing in the Mistletoe 1890.
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Eugene Damblans (1865-1945): In a Forest Near Chartres France Druids Collect Mistletoe for Ritual Purposes
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Mistletoe bears fruit at the time of the Winter Solstice, the birth of the new year, and may have been used in solstitial rites in Druidic Britain as a symbol of immortality. In Celtic mythology and in druid rituals, it was considered a remedy for barrennessin animals and an antidote to poison although the fruits of many mistletoes are actually poisonous if ingested as they contain viscotoxins.
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Father Christmas included this drawing in a 1934 letter to Christopher Tolkien. The tree came 'all the way from Norway' and was planted in a pool of ice
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tolkein In his 1926 letter to John, Michael and Christopher Tolkien, Father Christmas wrote that the North Polar Bear ate 'quite a lot of my Christmas chocolates'. He also noted that the reindeer broke loose and were 'tossing presents up in the air'.
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Kanteleen Kutsu postcards by Marimekko designer Sanna Annukka
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Twas the Night Before Christmas, 1912 Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
Twas the Night Before Christmas, 1912 Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
Twas the Night Before Christmas, 1912 Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
American Antiquarian Society owns one of just two known copies of the 1821 pamphlet The Children’s Friend: A New Year’s Present It is fifteen centimeters tall and eight pages deep
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Tee Biv Haha, I just like the tradition... Have some growing in tree in my front yard - tried it, get kissed every time, lol!