Christmas Seals Christmas seals are adhesive labels that are similar in appearance to postage stamps that are sold then affixed to mail during the Christmas...
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considerable quantities. Christmas seals were first issued to raise funding to fight and bring awareness to tuberculosis. The first Christmas seal was issued in...
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Easter Seals can refer to: Easterseals (U.S.) – formerly "Easter Seals", an international charitable organization devoted to providing opportunities for...
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Village, Finland Noel, Missouri Christmas, Michigan Christmas, Florida Bronner's Christmas Wonderland Christmas seals — Santa Claus, IN, is the "official...
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Emily Bissell (section Christmas seals)
American social worker and activist, best remembered for introducing Christmas Seals to the United States. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, she made a name...
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Easterseals (U.S.) (redirect from Goodwill Easter Seals)
publishing catalogs of worldwide fund raising seals including Easter seals, and Christmas Seals; as well as a quarterly journal, Seal News. Project Action...
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Tuberculosis Seals, US National Christmas Seals is a seminal philatelic catalog written by Dick Green, a pioneer member of The Christmas Seal & Charity Stamp...
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Krampus (redirect from CHRISTMAS DEVIL)
The birch branches are replaced with a whip in some representations. On Christmas Eve, Krampus travels with a sack or a basket strapped to his back; this...
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The celebration of Christmas in Nazi Germany included attempts by the regime to bring the Christian religious holiday into line with Nazi ideology. The...
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The Christmas Seal & Charity Stamp Society is a non-profit philatelic organization devoted to collecting Christmas seals, charity labels, fundraising seals...
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The Christmas pickle is an American Christmas tradition. A decoration in the shape of a pickle is hidden on a Christmas tree, with the finder receiving...
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White elephant gift exchange (redirect from Nasty christmas)
Grinch Game, Thieving Elves, Snatchy Christmas Rat, Cutthroat Christmas, Redneck Santa, Machiavellian Christmas, Kamikaze Gift Exchange and Bastard Secret...
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A Christmas carol is a carol (a song or hymn) on the theme of Christmas, traditionally sung at Christmas itself or during the surrounding Christmas and...
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A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in...
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The Christmas season or the festive season; also known as the holiday season or the holidays, is an annual period generally spanning from late November...
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Danish government to issue Christmas Seals, and in December, 1904, Denmark issued its first Christmas Seal. Christmas Seals were soon adapted by other...
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A Christmas stocking is an empty sock or sock-shaped bag that is hung on Saint Nicholas Day or Christmas Eve so that Saint Nicholas (or the related figures...
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Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. Christmas Day is observed around the world...
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Yule cat (redirect from Christmas Cat)
and Christmas cat) is a huge and vicious cat from Icelandic Christmas folklore that is said to lurk in the snowy countryside during the Christmas season...
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A Christmas market is a street market associated with the celebration of Christmas during the four weeks of Advent. These markets originated in Germany...
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English-speaking cultures, a Christmas elf is a diminutive elf that lives with Santa Claus at the North Pole and acts as his helper. Christmas elves are usually...
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The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is a large Christmas tree placed annually at Rockefeller Center, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States...
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of advertising the sender's support of the charity's cause. Christmas Seals and Easter Seals are perhaps the two best-known types, although many kinds have...
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material, with both adaptations of Christmas novels, in the forms of Christmas films, Santa Claus films, and Christmas television specials. It also includes...
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Boxing Day (redirect from Second Day of Christmas)
Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide (26 December). Boxing Day was once a day to donate...
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Icelandic Christmas folklore depicts mountain-dwelling characters and monsters who come to town during Christmas. The stories are directed at children...
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Christmas pudding is sweet, dried-fruit pudding traditionally served as part of Christmas dinner in Britain and other countries to which the tradition...
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Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as the Twelve Days of Christmastide, are the festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity. Christmas Day is the...
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stamps to mail Christmas cards, and they are popular with philatelists. These stamps are regular postage stamps, unlike Christmas seals, and are valid...
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Denmark, with a postage stamp and Christmas seal affixed to it, informing him of the great success Christmas seals were experiencing in Denmark in raising...
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