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Any mummers allowed? : part 1 : mummers at home

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  • Author: Brookes, Chris
    Contributor: Battery Radio
    Date:
    Created
    2006
    Summary:

    A 2-hour series about the tradition of Christmas mummering Long before Santa, Bing Crosby and the Mattel Toy Company stole the occasion, the Winter Solstice was celebrated with seasonal rituals like this. Although mummers still appear annually in parts of Newfoundland, England and Ireland, this great-grand-daddy of Halloween masquerade died out in most of North America long.

    Genre:
    Canadian nonfiction, History and geography
    Sujets: Christmas customs | Christmas stories, Canadian
    Original Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland, Battery Radio
    Language(s): English
    Collection(s)/Series: Battery Radio Documentaries