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~{Bs}~ Freya Fur

& //R3D// Dress Rachel

Photo taken at Nørdhjem

Since Viking times, the Nordic people have had a long tradition of celebrating winter festivals. One of the festivals that has survived to this day is called "Yule" or "Yuletide, Yulefest". "Christmas; the Christmas season" is a blend of North Germanic tradition and Christian culture.

There is an argument in the literature that is related to another traditional German festival Mōdraniht (Modranect in English). Mōdraniht means "Night of the Mothers". Bede wrote the following in his De temporum ratione:

“Incipiebant autem annum ab octavo Calendarum Januariarum die, ubi nunc natale Domini celebramus. Et ipsam noctem nunc nobis sacrosa-nctam, tunc gentili vocabulo Modranicht, id est, matrum noctem appellabant: ob causam et suspicamur ceremoniarum, quas in ea pervigiles agebant. ”

According to the ancient tradition of the Vikings, on the night of December 24th, people will pay tribute to the eldest mothers in the tribe and the ancestors and mythology goddesses who have passed away. This includes both Frigg and Freya in Norse mythology in some stories the two often refer to the same person), and the three goddesses Matres (or Matronae) influenced by Roman culture. Source

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♫ Daridel | Yule ♫

by Markus Jääskeläinen

My First Smoker! by Diem Chau

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A cute find at the Yule Fest in Ballard. A few friends and I ogled this one for a long time!

The roof lifts open and you place a incense cone inside. The smoke comes out of the chimney! Very cute!

Central Park NYC USA Christmas Tree Lighting at the Harlem Meer Lake w110th St December 2nd 2021 by RyanReporting

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Central Park NYC USA Christmas Tree Lighting at the Harlem Meer Lake Charles A. Dana Discovery Center w110th St December 2nd 2021 photo

#CentralParkNYC #ChristmasTreeLighting #ChristmasInNewYork #HarlemNYC #USA

Celebrate the 25th Annual Holiday Lighting in Central Park.

After missing out last year, this is a must-do event for families! See the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center light up with holiday lights and take part in a number of seasonal festivities including: singing carols, watching ice carving demonstrations and enjoying treats. You can expect to see Santa and have a chance to take photos with your own camera. The evening concludes with a flotilla of illuminated trees on the Harlem Meer.

Date: Thursday December 2nd, 2021

Time: 5:30 PM

Location: Charles A. Dana Discovery Center

FREE

The event includes a live countdown to lighting a dazzling flotilla of trees on the Meer, a poem read by Conservancy staff, and more holiday fun. Cozy up with some cocoa (check out our recipes below), get your song sheets ready, and carol into the night with this festive evening hosted by the Women’s Committee of the Central Park Conservancy.

This event is made possible thanks to the generosity of our Founding Sponsor. Con Edison is proud to support the Central Park Holiday Lighting.

Charles A. Dana Discovery Center

The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center holds a multitude of educational workshops throughout the year and a Catch & Release fishing program for youths.

The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center was opened in 1993 as one of the park's main visitor centers. Named after Charles A. Dana, former editor of the New York Tribune and mediator between General Grand and Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, the Discovery Center holds a multitude of educational workshops throughout the year.

In addition to hosting environmental programs for children, the Discovery Center also teaches kids about wildlife firsthand.

The Catch and Release fishing program at the Harlem Meer includes complimentary instruction, poles, and bait. This activity is primarily geared toward children ages 5 to 15.

Charles A. Dana Discovery Center

Central Park N, New York, NY 10029

Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan.

Central Park NYC

Central Park Conservancy

central to the park

Bethesda Terrace and Fountain Arcade

72 Terrace Dr,

New York, NY 10021

Directions to this section of Central Park

MTA New York City Subway 2 or 3 train to Central Park North 110th st

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Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max smartphone photo and 4K video

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********* Christmas Origins **********

Authors Washington Irving (USA) and Charles Dickens (England) are both often credited for creating Christmas classics in the 1800's that still resonate with people today

Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. 1820

Fifth installment

The Stage Coach

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

Christmas Dinner

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Author Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)

A Christmas Carol 1843

aka Scrooge with quote from Tiny Tim God bless us every one!

Oliver Twist (1838) with quote from Oliver Twist Please, sir, I want some more

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Additional famous Christmas story:

A Visit from St. Nicholas 1823

Clement Clarke Moore USA

with the quote:

Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night

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Believed Christmas origins:

Christmas Tree - Germany

Advent wreath - Germany

Electric Christmas Lights - USA 1880

Christmas Cards - England 1843

Befana Christmas Witch - Italy

Santa Claus (Saint Nicholas) - Greece (area now Turkey)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - USA 1939

Yule Winter solstice shortest day of the year

Birthplace of Jesus, the town of Bethlehem of Judea, about six miles south of Jerusalem (area now Palestine)

Poinsettia red flowers - México

First documented snowman Netherlands 1380

The first Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration was held in 1904

The first New Year’s Eve Ball lowering celebration atop One Times Square was in 1907

First Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center NYC was erected in 1931, during the Depression-era construction of Rockefeller Center, when workers decorated a smaller 20 foot balsam fir with strings of cranberries, garlands of paper, and even a few tin cans

1933, a Rockefeller Center publicist decided to make the tree an annual tradition, and they held the first official lighting ceremony with a 50-foot tree.

Rockefeller Center skating rink was opened below the tree in the plaza in 1936 and that year they put up two trees for the celebration

Rockefeller Center has been designated a National Historic Landmark this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States Of America 1987

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree every year since 2007, lumber milled from the Christmas tree has been given to Habitat for Humanity to help a family build a new home

The National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C. was lit for the first time by US President Calvin Coolidge Republican on Christmas eve December 24th 1923

Carnaval de Québec Canada first opened in 1984 which ran from January 29 to February 3

Canarsie Brooklyn Christmas Lights in NYC first beginning in 1963

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Brooklyn NY cited to be started by Lucy Spata when she moved to the neighborhood in the 1980s

The Annual Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival on Long Island in New York State started in 1996

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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM NEW YORK CITY USA

CentralParkNYC #CentralParkNY #CentralParkNewYork #CentralParkNewYorkCity #NY #NYC #Manhattan #Winter #NYC2020 #4K #4KVideo #CentralParkConservancy #CentralToThePark #MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #NY #NewYork #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #family #familyevent USA #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #Harlem #HarlemN HarlemNYC #HarlemMeer #MeerLake #Lake

by Markus Jääskeläinen

Ryan Janek Wolowski at The Village of Port Jefferson NY Charles Dickens Festival by RyanReporting

Ryan Janek Wolowski at The Village of Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival

The 21st annual Charles Dickens Festival

The Dickens Festival is a celebration of the author of A Christmas Carol, featuring the Village of Port Jefferson magically transformed into the Dickensian era with streets filled with roaming characters such as Father Christmas, Dickens Mayor, Scrooge, the Town Crier and the beloved chimney sweeps.

The 21st Annual Dickens Festival concludes with a Parade of Puppets and ceremony at Village Hall on Sunday evening.

Charles John Huffam Dickens an English writer and social critic born in 1812 in Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period, Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843.

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Charles Dickens author:

Oliver Twist (1839)

The Old Curiosity Shop (1841)

A Christmas Carol (1843)

The Chimes (1844)

The Cricket on the Hearth (1845)

The Battle of Life (1846)

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (1848)

David Copperfield (1850)

A Child's History of England (1853)

The Haunted House (1859)

A Holiday Romance (1868)

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Street Character Performances inclued

Terry Ryan Vlahos performing in Scrooge as Mrs. Emily Cratchit (Bob Cratchit's wife and mother of Timothy "Tiny Tim" Cratchit) based upon the 1843 novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Four shows:

Saturday 2pm

Saturday 5pm

Sunday 12noon

Sunday 2pm

Terry Ryan Vlahos performing in Oliver! as Mrs. Corney – matron at Oliver's workhouse based upon the 1839 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Four shows:

Saturday 1pm

Saturday 4pm

Sunday 1pm

Sunday 3pm

Ryan Janek Wolowski Victorian Englishman street character performance

Saturday 5 to 9:30pm

Tapestry Boston based vocal ensemble presents an evening of Kalanta (traditional Greek carols) Village Center 7 - 8:15pm

Theresa Irene Wolowski street character performance as

Charles Dickens older sister Mrs Frances Fanny Elizabeth Dickens Burnett born in 1810

Dickens Through December

December 10th 2016

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The Dickens Festival takes place in The Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson in the Town of Brookhaven on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York.

Directions:

LIRR Long Island Rail Road to Port Jefferson

Long Island Expressway to Exit 62

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The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 till 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence for Britain.

Terry Ryan Vlahos and Ryan Janek Wolowski Victorian era family members - grandparents

Elizabeth McDOUGALL was born December 8th 1895 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Thomas Joseph RYAN was born Sep 8th 1896 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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Authors Washington Irving (USA) and Charles Dickens (England) are both often credited for creating Christmas classics in the 1800's that still resonate with people today

Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. 1820

Fifth installment

"Christmas"

"The Stage Coach"

"Christmas Eve"

"Christmas Day"

"Christmas Dinner"

Author Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) "A Christmas Carol" 1843

*********************************

Additional famous Christmas story:

"A Visit from St. Nicholas" 1823

Clement Clarke Moore USA

with the quote:

"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night"

********************************

Believed Christmas origins:

Christmas Tree - Germany

Advent wreath - Germany

Electric Christmas Lights - USA 1880

Christmas Cards - England 1843

Befana Christmas Witch - Italy

Santa Claus (Saint Nicholas) - Greece (area now Turkey)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - USA 1939

Birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem, (area now Palestine)

Poinsettia red flowers - México

First documented snowman Netherlands 1380

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December 3rd 2016

Tapestry vocal ensemble, Beth Bahia Cohen, Vasilis Kostas evening of Kalanta at the Dickens Festival, Port Jefferson NY by RyanReporting

The 21st annual Charles Dickens Festival

The Dickens Festival is a celebration of the author of A Christmas Carol, featuring the Village of Port Jefferson magically transformed into the Dickensian era with streets filled with roaming characters such as Father Christmas, Dickens Mayor, Scrooge, the Town Crier and the beloved chimney sweeps.

The 21st Annual Dickens Festival concludes with a Parade of Puppets and ceremony at Village Hall on Sunday evening.

Charles John Huffam Dickens an English writer and social critic born in 1812 in Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period, Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843.

***************************

Charles Dickens author:

Oliver Twist (1839)

The Old Curiosity Shop (1841)

A Christmas Carol (1843)

The Chimes (1844)

The Cricket on the Hearth (1845)

The Battle of Life (1846)

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (1848)

David Copperfield (1850)

A Child's History of England (1853)

The Haunted House (1859)

A Holiday Romance (1868)

*****************

Street Character Performances inclued

Terry Ryan Vlahos performing in Scrooge as Mrs. Emily Cratchit (Bob Cratchit's wife and mother of Timothy "Tiny Tim" Cratchit) based upon the 1843 novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Four shows:

Saturday 2pm

Saturday 5pm

Sunday 12noon

Sunday 2pm

Terry Ryan Vlahos performing in Oliver! as Mrs. Corney – matron at Oliver's workhouse based upon the 1839 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Four shows:

Saturday 1pm

Saturday 4pm

Sunday 1pm

Sunday 3pm

Ryan Janek Wolowski Victorian Englishman street character performance

Saturday 5 to 9:30pm

Tapestry Boston based vocal ensemble presents an evening of Kalanta (traditional Greek carols) Village Center 7 - 8:15pm

Theresa Irene Wolowski street character performance as

Charles Dickens older sister Mrs Frances Fanny Elizabeth Dickens Burnett born in 1810

Dickens Through December

December 10th 2016

*********************************

The Dickens Festival takes place in The Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson in the Town of Brookhaven on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York.

Directions:

LIRR Long Island Rail Road to Port Jefferson

Long Island Expressway to Exit 62

****************************************

The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 till 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence for Britain.

Terry Ryan Vlahos and Ryan Janek Wolowski Victorian era family members - grandparents

Elizabeth McDOUGALL was born December 8th 1895 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Thomas Joseph RYAN was born Sep 8th 1896 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

*******************************

Authors Washington Irving (USA) and Charles Dickens (England) are both often credited for creating Christmas classics in the 1800's that still resonate with people today

Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. 1820

Fifth installment

"Christmas"

"The Stage Coach"

"Christmas Eve"

"Christmas Day"

"Christmas Dinner"

Author Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) "A Christmas Carol" 1843

*********************************

Additional famous Christmas story:

"A Visit from St. Nicholas" 1823

Clement Clarke Moore USA

with the quote:

"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night"

********************************

Believed Christmas origins:

Christmas Tree - Germany

Advent wreath - Germany

Electric Christmas Lights - USA 1880

Christmas Cards - England 1843

Befana Christmas Witch - Italy

Santa Claus (Saint Nicholas) - Greece (area now Turkey)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - USA 1939

Birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem, (area now Palestine)

Poinsettia red flowers - México

First documented snowman Netherlands 1380

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Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

Stray Christmas ornament by Vorona Photography

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Little, red Christmas bulb in front of public water fountain

Print version: society6.com/VoronaPhotography/Stray-Christmas-bulb_Print

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Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting 2021 arrive November 13th lit on December 1st NYC USA by RyanReporting

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#RockefellerCenter 89th Annual #ChristmasTreeLighting #🎄 December 1st 2021

#RockCenterNYC @rockcenternyc

30 #RockefellerPlaza Midtown neighborhood Manhattan Island borough NYC 🌃 New York State 10111 zip code #USA country North America continent

#Winter ❄️ season

Wednesday December 1st 2021 from 7-9pm

#RockCenterXmas @RockCenterXmas

#ChristmasInRockefellerCenter broadcast live on #NBC4NY @nbcnewyork NASDAQ #CMCSA $CMCSA -

Live performances in 2020 included #DollyParton #KellyClarkson

Rockefeller Center has been designated a #NationalHistoricLandmark this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the #UnitedStatesOfAmerica 1987 #NationalParkService @nationalparkservice United States #DepartmentOfTheInterior @usinterior -

The first #ChristmasTree a 20 foot Balsam Fir was brought by #ConstructionWorkers in 1931 -

The 2021 #tree is a 79 foot #NorwaySpruce donated by Devon and Julie Price, parishioners at Immaculate Conception Church in Elkton, Maryland

lit with 50,000 #LEDLights and topped with a #SwarovskiCrystal star ⭐️ containing 3 million Swarovski crystals designed by #DanielLibeskind @DanielLibeskind in 2018

The Christmas Tree 🌲 will be lit daily from 6am-12am. On Christmas Day, the Tree is lit for 24 hours and on New Year’s Eve it is lit from 6am to 9pm

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree will be on display to the public until Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022.

#Epiphany #ThreeKingsDay Thursday January 6th 2022

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

After Rockefeller Center the tree will be donated to #HabitatForHumanity @habitatforhumanity to help build a new home 🏡 -

@apple @iPhonePhotography Merry Christmas #🎅 #Yule photos by Ryan Janek Wolowski / @ryanjanekwolowski - @nytimes @rockcenterrink @instagram @nycchristmas @christmas.in.nyc @christmasnyc @_nyc_christmas @christmas_in_new_york_city @iloveny @ilove_newyo @visitnyc @swarovski @stpatrickscathedral @saks @bergdorfs I❤️NY

*************** Christmas Origins *****************

Authors Washington Irving (USA) and Charles Dickens (England) are both often credited for creating Christmas classics in the 1800's that still resonate with people today

Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. 1820

Fifth installment

"Christmas"

"The Stage Coach"

"Christmas Eve"

"Christmas Day"

"Christmas Dinner"

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

Author Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) "A Christmas Carol" 1843

****************************

Additional famous Christmas story:

"A Visit from St. Nicholas" 1823

Clement Clarke Moore USA

with the quote:

"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night"

****

Believed Christmas origins:

Christmas Tree - Germany

Advent wreath - Germany

Electric Christmas Lights - USA 1880

Christmas Cards - England 1843

Befana Christmas Witch - Italy

Santa Claus (Saint Nicholas) - Greece (area now Turkey)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - USA 1939

Yule Winter solstice shortest day of the year

Birthplace of Jesus, the town of Bethlehem of Judea, about six miles south of Jerusalem (area now Palestine)

Poinsettia red flowers - México

First documented snowman Netherlands 1380

The first Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration was held in 1904

The first New Year’s Eve Ball lowering celebration atop One Times Square was in 1907

First Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center NYC was erected in 1931, during the Depression-era construction of Rockefeller Center, when workers decorated a smaller 20 foot balsam fir with "strings of cranberries, garlands of paper, and even a few tin cans"