“The Christ-child, passing by outside, may not miss His way in the dark.” — Nora Hopper Chesson | V2Melody

“The Christ-child, passing by outside, may not miss His way in the dark.”

Giving a tender imaginative purpose to the lighting of Christmas candles · Essay, Christmas Customs, English Illustrated Magazine, 1899

Nora Hopper Chesson

About Nora Hopper Chesson

Nora Hopper Chesson

2 January 1871–14 April 1906

Nora Hopper Chesson, born Nora Hopper on 2 January 1871 in Exeter, England, and dead on 14 April 1906, belongs to that compelling company of poets whose work has remained more vivid than their public reputation. Her life was brief, her published oeuvre relatively small, and the surviving record of her private…

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“We will at least eat together of the roast beef of Old England, of plum-pudding and mince-pies.”

Celebrating communal eating as a central pleasure of Christmas · Essay, Christmas Customs, English Illustrated Magazine, 1899

“Of apples and nuts and almonds, though the once familiar frumenty be forgotten on the bill of fare.”

Remembering older festive foods already disappearing from common practice · Essay, Christmas Customs, English Illustrated Magazine, 1899

“The Danish custom proclaims the Julafred or Yule Peace, and punishes any breach of it by a heavy fine.”

Finding practical as well as symbolic value in a seasonal truce · Essay, Christmas Customs, English Illustrated Magazine, 1899