Category Archives: Holidays

New Hampshire’s Irish Myths and Legends

I grew up in a New Hampshire household where St. Patrick’s Day and my Irish heritage was held in high esteem.  God forbid that I should not wear green on March 17th. And it was entirely a ‘mortal sin’ if … Continue reading

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The Season of Hospitality: 1840

CHRISTMAS, that season of hospitality, bluff and hearty honesty, open-heartedness and merriment is close at hand; the old year is … Continue reading

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Poem: "Merry Christmas," by Louisa M. Alcott

In the rush of early morning,
When the red burns through the gray,
And the wintry world lies waiting
For … Continue reading

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Thoughts On A Christmas Tree

One of the prettiest things that Charles Dickens wrote is this:
 ”I have been looking on, this evening, at a … Continue reading

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A German Christmas: 1833

Coleridge, the sweetest of living Poets, in his last interesting and philosophical work, “The Friend,” thus beautifully describes the custom … Continue reading

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