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A Welsh poet recalls the celebration of Christmas in Wales and the feelings it evoked in him as a child
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Visual Materials
Image of an advertisement for the Christmas St. Nicholas magazine for children; St. Nicholas (or Santa Claus) stands on an oversized issue of St. Nicholas magazine holding the reins of six reindeer who pull him through the sky; large full moon in background.
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Visual Materials
Image of an advertisement for Harper's magazine Christmas 1897 issue featuring a man wearing glasses sitting sideways on a bench reading a copy of Harper's; plates, five long smoking pipes and a holly wreath hand on the back of the bench near him with a sign that reads, "Peace on Earth Good Will toward Men."
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Manuscripts
Consists of typescript and manuscript drafts of articles and notes on the Christmas Family (including Gerard Christmas, John Christmas, and Mathias Christmas) including "Gerard Christmas and his Sons, Carvers to the Navy" (typescript article, annotated); "Notes on Two English Sculptor Families. Gerard, John and Mathias Christmas" (typescript draft versions of article, annotated); manuscript article on the Christmas family; and miscellaneous notes on the family of sculptors.
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Visual Materials
Images of Christmas decorations in residential settings or residential room set ups. Includes two images of a Christmas tree intended to be viewed together as a stereo slide.
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Visual Materials
Image of an advertisement for The Century Christmas issue featuring a working-class family standing and praying around a Nativity scene at the base of a small Christmas tree.
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