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5:00 am
Wed December 12, 2012

Sounds of the Season: The Dreidel Game

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During the rule of Antiochus, Jews played a diversion similar to the modern dreidel game. 

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11:09 am
Fri December 7, 2012

Sounds of the Season: Hanging of the Greens

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Jamie Cook, left, looks on as Shari Ulman lights the Advent Wreath during Hanging of the Greens Service at United Advent Christian Church in Wilmington, N.C. Sunday December 2, 2012
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By Amanda Greene

In Roman times, evergreens were a symbol of fertility, peace and joy.

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6:22 pm
Wed November 28, 2012

Sounds of the Season: Carolers to sing at Dickens Christmas Festival

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The Merry Madrigalers practice for their role as carolers in the first Charles Dickens Christmas Festival. L to R:Susan Desloge, Joanne Masino, Tom McCune and Larry Bochiaro
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By Amanda Greene

  • Listen to the Merry Madrigalers here.

Caroling is synonymous with Christmas.  Yet the tradition actually began from the practice of singing songs during church processions in the Middle Ages. 

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7:59 am
Wed November 21, 2012

Sounds of the Season: Thanksgiving Prayer

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By Amanda Greene

In 1789, President George Washington deemed November 26th a day of “sincere and humble thanks,” though the practice of yearly gratitude had existed in some states since the 1600s. 

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