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90Celebrating Christmas in Distant Jungles During World War II
While a great number of fascinating Hubs have been written about this week's HubMob topic of Christmas, the three about Christmas in the Philippines - Merry Christmas from the Philippines by maudine_05 How...
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89White Christmas - A Carol that Evokes Fond Visions of Christmas and Snow Everywhere
Having grown up in upstate New York, I have always believed that Christmas and snow go together. Not that Rochester, New York, my hometown, is known for white Christmases. Cold and overcast is common with a...
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70Christmas Cards - From Penny Post to CyberPost
According to most sources, Sir Henry Cole of London, England was the first person to send commercially produced Christmas cards. This was done in 1843 when he had a print shop print 2,050 cards with a...
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82St Nicholas - Patron Saint of Many
As December approaches each year, the name St. Nicholas is encountered with increasing frequency. This is understandable given the Saint's close association with Christmas which falls in December. The...
7 comments82We Three Kings of Orient Are – A Carol for Epiphany
As everyone knows, Christmas is both a religious and secular holiday and, while Christmas itself is officially celebrated on a single day - December 25th (or January 7 in churches and communities that still...
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96Christmas in a War Zone - From a World War I Soldier's Diary
The request was for a Hub dealing with Christmas in a war zone. Patty Inglish has already provided an excellent Hub on this topic with her article about the 1914 Christmas Truce during World War I. Unlike...
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85Father Christmas and His Assistant Père Fouettard
Saint Nicholas Day is December 6th. In many parts of the world this day is celebrated with St. Nicholas visiting cities and homes where he distributes gifts to children. This tradition goes back to the Middle...
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88My Top Christmas Stocking Fillers
When I was growing up my brothers and sisters and I always hung up our stockings on Christmas Eve and continued the practice until we grew up and moved out. We always received an orange along with some...
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67Do you believe in Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer?
The simple answer to this request is No, I don't believe in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The reason I don't believe in him is that Rudolph is a work of fiction that was never intended to do anything more...
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96Is It Good Or Bad To Tell Children That Santa Claus Is a Myth?
My first thought on reading this Hub Request was what is to be gained from telling a child that Santa Claus is a myth? After all, childhood is a time of discovery and learning for children and the existence...
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