Tag: Christmas
Tag Description:A Christmas Legend: Where the Baboushka Dwells
The little Ouralian chain of mountains called by Russians “Semenoi Poias,” or the girdle of the earth, has given birth to a remarkable figure. The Baboushka lived there eighteen hundred years ago. The Baboushka lives there still. As this Christmas legend of a woman is little known, let me translate for you the tale of [...]
The Distribution of Christmas Gifts
It undoubtedly adds to the pleasure of Christmas present-giving, and especially if there be young folks in the household, to adopt some original mode of presenting the gifts. The following suggestions as to the distribution of Christmas gifts might also be useful in connection with Sunday school or church Christmas festivals, when novelty in presentation [...]
Christmas Hymn
Hail, hail the happy morn, When Christ our Lord was born Sound, sound His praise! The Prince of Righteousness, He came our world to bless, The glorious hymn of “peace” On earth to raise. Angels the song began, And then to ransomed man The strain was given: Hark! joining sweet and mild The voice of [...]
Plum Pudding and Other Receipts for Christmas
From Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine, December 1859. Old English Christmas Plum Pudding — To make what is termed a pound pudding, take raisins well stoned, currants thoroughly washed, one pound each; chop a pound of suet very finely and mix with them; add a quarter of a pound of flour, or bread very finely [...]
