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FAMILY CUSTOM GIFT GIVING
THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WOULD PICK NAMES OUT
OF A HAT AND BUY A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR THAT
INDIVIDUAL.
Submitter comment: CHILDHOOD
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Gifts, gift giving at Christmas |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
IF A CHILD IS BAD BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THEY ARE
PROMISED THAT SANTA CLAUS WILL LEAVE THEM NOTHING
BUT COAL AND WOOD SWITCHES IN THEIR STOCKINGS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM CHILDHOOD
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
A SIGN THAT SANTA CLAUS HAS REALLY BEEN TO YOUR
HOUSE IS THAT THE COOKIES AND MILK YOU LEFT FOR
HIM ARE GONE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
CUSTOM
IT WAS THE CUSTOM FOR SANTA CLAUS TO LEAVE A PIECE OF COAL AND A
STICK FOR BAD CHILDREN. YOUR PARENTS WOULD TELL YOU THAT IF
YOU WEREN'T GOOD THEN THEY WOULD TELL SANTA AND HE WOULD ONLY
BRING YOU A PIECE OF COAL AND A STICK.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO ME BY MY PARENTS WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
CUSTOM
BECAUSE IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR YOU TO BE ASLEEP WHEN SANTA COMES MY
PARENTS WOULD PROVE THAT HE REALLY EXISTED BY HAVING ME MAKE
A SANDWICH AND A GLASS OF MILK FOR HIM BEFORE I WENT TO BED.
THIS BECAME CUSTOMARY IN OUR HOUSE AND IT WAS DONE EVERY YEAR.
MY DAD WOULD EAT THE SANDWICH AND DRINK THE MILK. THEN HE'D WAKE
ME UP AND SHOW ME THE EMPTY DISH AND TELL ME HOW MUCH SANTA LIKED THE
SANDWICH. IT TOOK ME A FEW YEARS TO FIND OUT HE WAS EATING THE
SANDWICH.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
CHRISTMAS BELIEF
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD ALL
YEAR, SANTA LEAVES ONLY A HUNK OF COAL IN THEIR STOCKING.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
CUSTOM FESTIVAL
SANTA CLAUS COMING DOWN THE CHIMNEY.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN GOOD ALL YEAR. SANTA BRINGS
YOU A WILLOW SWITCH INSTEAD OF TOYS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
BROWNIES FOR SANTA
IT IS A TRADITION IN MY FAMILY THAT ON CHRISTMAS EVE, BROWNIES AND
MILK ARE LEFT OUT FOR SANTA CLAUS FOR A SNACK. THIS HAS BEEN DONE
FOR AS LONG AS MY FAMILY CAN REMEMBER.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FOOD ; FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
THE SENDING AND RECEIVING OF CHRISTMAS CARS FIRST ORIGINATED
IN ENGLAND AND WAS ADOPTED HERE IN THE UNITED STATES FROM
THE MID TO LATE 1800'S.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Greetings, wishes, prayers, cards |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
DZISIAJ W BETLEJEM (POLISH CHRISTMAS CAROL)
DZISIAJ W BETLEJEM, DZISIAJ W BETLEJEM
WESOLA NOWINA
ZE PANNA CZYSTA, ZE PANNA CZYSTA
PORODZILA SYNA
CHYSTUS SIE RODZI, NAS OSWOBODZI
ANIELI GRAJA, KROLE WITAJA,
PASTERZE SPIEWAJA BYDLETA KLEKAJE
CUDA CUDA OGLASZAJA.
TODAY IN BETHLEHAM, TODAY IN BETHLEHAM
JOYFUL NEWS
BECAUSE A HOLY VIRGIN, BECAUSE A HOLY VIRGIN
GAVE BIRTH TO A SON.
CHRIST IS BORN, WE ARE REDEEMED.
ANGELS PLAYED, KINGS CAME, SHEPHERDS SUNG, CATTLE KNELT,
GOOD TIDINGS ARE ANNOUNCED.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Songs, caroling |
CHRISTMAS CAROL
WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE
TRIED TO SMOKE A RUBBER CIGAR... BOOM
WE TWO KINGS OF ORIENT ARE
TRIED TO SMOKE A RUBBER CIGAR... BOOM
I ONE KING OF ORIENT ARE
TRIED TO SMOKE A RUBBER CIGAR... BOOM
SILENT NIGHT, ETC, ETC, ETC...
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Songs, caroling |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
POLISH CUSTOM
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, STRAW IS PLACED UNDER THE TABLECLOTH AND AN
EMPTY PLACE IS LEFT SO THE CHRIST CHILD WOULD BE WELCOME TO COME.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; holiday ; POLISH ; Table Setting ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
CHRISTMAS EVE BREAD
OPLATKI-(O PWAT'KEY) - IS UNLEAVE[NE]D BREAD WHICH NUNS MAKE IN
POLAND FOR CHRISTMAS EVE. IT HAS A NATIVITY IMPRINT ON IT. THE
HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND HIS MATE BREAK ONE PIECE INTO TWO HALVES,
THE CHILDREN THEN WISH EACH OTHER HEALTH, WEALTH, ETC. SOME OF
THESE PEOPLE SET A PLACE FOR STRANGERS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED FROM PARENTS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; UNLEAVENED BREAD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82 |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
YARN MEN
IN DENMARK AT CHRISTMAS THE DINNER TABLE IS DECORATED WITH LITTLE
MEN MADE FROM RED YARN CALLED "NISSERMAN." THE FAMILY USUALLY MAKES
THESE FIGURES TOGETHER IN PREPARATION FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
Submitter comment:
[Informant is] Danish.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): DOLLS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas Decorations |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
LITHUANIAN CHRISTMAS
ON CHRISTMAS, IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR ALL LITHUANIANS
TO ATTEND TWELVE O'CLOCK MASS. IN THE MEAL
WHICH FOLLOWS, A PLACE IS PROPERLY SET FOR
EVERYONE INCLUDING A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WHO
MIGHT HAVE DIED THE YEAR BEFORE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Church |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
POLISH CUSTOM
BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS MEAL EACH
PARTAKER TAKES A PIECE OF EACH OTHER'S
CHRISTMAS WAFER AND WISHES HIM
GOOD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82 |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
SING WHILE YOU EAT, AND YOU CRY BEFORE YOU SLEEP.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
CUSTOM BELIEF
WHEN THE BUTTER STANDS UP IN THE DISH WHEN YOU THROW A PAT OF BUTTER
OFF A KNIFE, THEN COMPANY'S COMING.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
DESTINY
IF YOU TAKE A SECOND HELPING OF THE KIND
OF FOOD YOU STILL HAVE ON YOUR PLATE
THIS IS A SIGN OF SOMEONE HUNGRY COMING TO THE HOUSE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-21-1969