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- New Year's Day in the Vosges (Cassell's Family Paper, 1860)
- Part of the celebration in this French region was the erection of a great New Year's tree - part Christmas tree, part Maypole - that was believed to protect the town throughout the year.
- The Feast of Dolls [in Japan], by W.E. Griffis
(St. Nicholas, 1875)
- The Feast of Flags [in Japan], by W.E. Griffis
(St. Nicholas, 1875)
- New Year in Japan (Demorest, 1879)
- New Year's Day in Japan is actually the 6th of February. On that day you'll find door mats whitened with rice powder to look like snow, and pine or bamboo trees bound with rice-straw garlands and decked with oranges and gilded paper.
- Shrove-Tide in Ireland, by Narissa Rosavo
(Argosy, 1881)
- May-Day in France, by Annie Kemm
(Girl's Own Paper, 1883)
- "In spite of the Revolution," old customs such as May-Day still linger in the French countryside.
- A New Year's Day in Japan
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1883)
- A Word on Easter Eggs (Demorest, 1886)
- A bit of the history of Easter eggs in Greece and Russia.
- Easter in Little Russia, by Erica Glenton
(Girl's Own Paper, 1894)
- The Miracle of the Greek Fire: Holy Week in Jerusalem, 1896, by R.W. Gilder
(Century Magazine, 1897A)
- St. John's Fires in France, by Georges de Dubor
(Girl's Own Paper, 1897)
- Easter Eggs (Girl's Own Paper, 1899)
- A look at the beautifully painted eggs of European tradition, including what we know today as Pysanky eggs.
- • See also Christmas Around the World
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