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  2. Lynching postcard - Wikipedia

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    A colorized postcard of the lynching of Virgil Jones, Robert Jones, Thomas Jones, and Joseph Riley on July 31, 1908, in Russellville, Kentucky. A lynching postcard is a postcard bearing the photograph of a lynching —a vigilante murder usually motivated by racial hatred —intended to be distributed, collected, or kept as a souvenir.

  3. Yule goat - Wikipedia

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    A 19th century Christmas card God Jul by Jenny Nyström. During the 19th century the Yule goat's role all over Scandinavia shifted towards becoming the Christmas gift-bringer, with one of the men in the family dressing up as the Yule goat.

  4. Marcus Ward & Co. - Wikipedia

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    Nonfiction topics. Children's literature. Marcus Ward and Co. was an Irish publishing company known for its illustrated books for children and adults, as well as its decorative greeting cards. It had its beginnings in 1802, with a partnership between John Ward, James Blow and Robert Greenfield. By the 1820s they owned paper mills in Belfast ...

  5. Christmas gift - Wikipedia

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    A Christmas gift or Christmas present is a gift given in celebration of Christmas. Christmas gifts are often exchanged on Christmas Eve (December 24), [1] Christmas Day itself (December 25) or on the last day of the twelve-day Christmas season, Twelfth Night ( January 5 ). [2] The practice of giving gifts during Christmastide, according to ...

  6. Christmas tree - Wikipedia

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    In the 19th century, the Christmas tree was taken to be an expression of German culture and of Gemütlichkeit, especially among emigrants overseas. A decisive factor in winning general popularity was the German army's decision to place Christmas trees in its barracks and military hospitals during the Franco-Prussian War. Only at the start of ...

  7. A Christmas Carol - Wikipedia

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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 London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. It recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob ...