Day 18 #ArchiveAdventCalendar
#FestiveTraditions
Here are some examples from the #redcuttingsbook …
We would love to know more about the ‘Patients Christmas tree’ and the staff dance/ball at #Whitchurchhospital
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Advent Calendar, Day 18 #festivetraditions . How about a lovely dance at Christmas? These two cherubs have the right idea! Lovely old silhouette #postcard with the message 'Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year'. Portrait pic, might need a click. #ArchiveAdventCalendar
For day 18 of #ArchiveAdventCalendar we're highlighting this image of shopping #FestiveTraditions of the past. This is a 'Christmas show' from 639 Christchurch Road, Boscombe, in 1925. This would be set up and lit overnight, and everything cleared away in the morning
Advent Calendar Day 18 #FestiveTraditions . Lovely to hear the Salvation Army Band at Sheffield Station yesterday Miss Historygal Kelsall Village History Thank you for all your support and retweets this year 🎄🎺🎶😍
Skating has been popular and part of New England’s #FestiveTraditions for generations. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #HatCityHolidays #MuseXmas 🎄ARA Scotland
What are your #FestiveTraditions ? Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a cracker or two.
Peebles Christmas Price List 1938
Ref: GD/X201/2
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Love notes from clients #ArtbyTee #handpainted #greetingcards are selling fast. DM to buy yours #festiveseason #FestiveTraditions #handmade #cards #seasonsgreeting #holidayseason #artsale #artforsale #ArtistOnTwitter #handmade gifts #GiftForYou #ArtGift #festiveart #GreetingCard
One of the #FestiveTraditions is having a kiss under the mistletoe. This 1928 piece from #Tatler is from the a 1st Battalion, #DurhamLightInfantry scrapbook. It's been annotated by some officers as to who would be best suited to what method of #MistletoeMadness #12DaysOfArchives
Instead of carrots for the reindeer our librarian would put out reindeer biscuits (aka custard creams) for rudolf & a sherry for Father Christmas. She now has the whole department calling them reindeer biscuits, even the resident humbug!
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Day 7 of #12DaysOfArchives ARA Scotland
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One of these Whitchurch Hospital / Ysbyty’r Eglwys Newydd was the #pantomime
Thanks to Angela and Eve for the photos from 1949 - 1951
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In #FestiveTraditions , we have some lovely illustrations of reindeer and winter ways of travel.
Found on a 1732 map of ‘The North Part of Norway, Lapland and Greenland’ by Geographer Herman Moll.
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These hardy souls are taking part in the time-honoured tradition of going for a dip in the Bristol Channel at Saunton on Christmas Day!
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Who doesn't love a cracker at Christmas?!
Do you pull them before or after your meal? What's the best thing you've every won in a cracker? Tell us your favourite Christmas Cracker joke...
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What do you mean your #FestiveTraditions don't include going to a party dressed as a giant sparkly (sains)berry? #ArchiveAdventCalendar
#FestiveTraditions from 1955 - the rush at the Post Office with countless Christmas cards & letters at the sorting office ✉️✉️✉️ #ArchiveAdventCalendar
Todays #12DaysofArchives theme is #FestiveTraditions
A nativity play, Christmas carols & attending church remain part of many peoples Christmas traditions. Shown below are excerpts from Arundel Hymns; Duchess Minna's diary from 1862 & The Nativity, painted by Palmezzano ARA Scotland
Tradition dictates that we always eat our Christmas pudding on Boxing Day and it's always served on this holly plate which I painted many, many years ago! #FestiveTraditions #BoxingDay #Derbyshire
Today it's #FestiveTraditions for ARA Scotland #ArchiveAdventCalendar
We all have different traditions, some passed on and some new. For many, it's a visit from Santa.
From 1971, this photo shows children enjoying a party at the Ambulance Station in Dukinfield. #SmileTameside
