Nov 2, 2020 | Historical Christmas Stories
A Brief History of the Christmas Card The first Christmas card was developed as a result of procrastination. Sir Henry Cole’s mail was piling up in 1843 and he wanted to reply to many people without having to write a long stack of letters. He had his friend, John...
Nov 2, 2020 | Christmas Poetry
Though present scenes are pleasant scenes And present friends are true There’s a common human failing And I know I have it too Perhaps it’s not a failing But a sign of age no doubt For I remember good times And the painful ones leave out I recall the one roomed...
Nov 2, 2020 | Christmas Poetry
This poem is based on true events in the lives of Edith Cage (later Callison) and her brother, Jim Cage. It was written for Edith after she moved to Rose Prairie by local poet Vernice McIvor. ’Twas the week before Christmas and down on the farm Money was scarce – no...
Nov 2, 2020 | Christmas Poetry
Christmas on the Peace When it’s Christmas on the Peace, with its Northern Lights agleam, Nature’s wonders never cease; here life seems a glorious dream. Here I hope to live and die, where the stars like diamonds shine, And the Chinooks softly sigh, round this little...
Nov 2, 2020 | Historical Christmas Stories
The year was 1932 (A very cold winter). I was a little girl attending school in Fort St. John. As my parents lived at 8 Mile Creek (8 miles south of the Peace River) it was necessary for me to be away from home to obtain my education. I lived with the Sisters of...
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