by Frank Galgay
“Christmas on the Coastal Boat” by Canon George Earle, reprinted with permission of the Memorial University Gazette, December 11, 1980.
“Captain Job K. Barbour: He Spent Christmas Adrift on the Ocean” by Pat Doyle, reprinted with permission of TC-Media, Evening Telegram, December 22, 1975.
“Christmas Eve on the Mission” by Rev. M. P. Morris, reprinted from Evening Telegram, Christmas Number, 1888.
“Nellie’s Christmas” by Retrospection, reprinted from Daily Colonist, Christmas Number, 1887.
“The Old Sealing Gun” by P. K. Devine, reprinted from Christmas Annual, Christmas 1909.
“Some Comments on the Social Circumstances of Mummering in Conception Bay and St. John’s in the Nineteenth Century” by Cyril Byrne, reprinted with permission of the author’s family, Newfoundland Quarterly 77, no. 4 (Winter 1981–82): 3–6.
“The Folk-lore of N’F’Land and Labrador” by Rev. Arthur C. Waghorne, reprinted from Evening Herald, December 28 and 29, 1892.
“The Origins of Tibb’s Eve” by Paul Herridge, reprinted with permission of TC-Media, Marystown Southern Gazette, December 22, 2009.
“Flashing Back to Christmas in Corner Brook 50 Years Ago” by Gary Manning, reprinted with permission of TC-Media, Corner Brook Western Star, December 20, 1973.
“Pioneer Corner Brook Couple Recalls the Fun of Christmas in Early Days” by Colin Burke, reprinted with permission of TC-Media, Corner Brook Western Star, December 20, 1973.
“Christmas in The Early 1900s: ‘We Had a Whale of a Time, ’” reprinted with permission of TC-Media, Grand Falls-Windsor Advertiser, December 23, 1974.
“Alcohol-free for 29 Years, Man Recounts How AA Saved His Life” by Gary Kean, reprinted with permission of TC-Media, Corner Brook Western Star, October 7, 2011.
“He’s Looking Forward to a ‘Dry, ’ Happy Christmas, ” reprinted with permission from TC-Media, Evening Telegram, December 22, 1975.
Index
A. W. Harvey’s, 54
Adelaide St., 54
“Adeste Fideles, ” 11, 25, 94, 126
Adventures of Sam Spade, 117
Africa, 151
Aklavik, 83, 85
Alcock, Mansel, 205, 206, 209
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 233-235, 238
All-Hallow’s Eve, 212
Allen, Fred, 117
Alma, Inkerman and Balaclava, 12
SS Amphitrite, 221
Andrews, Harry, 17
Anspach, Rev L. A., 202, 203
Antigonish, 55
Ash Wednesday, 10
auld lang syne, 51
Autry, Gene, 117
Avalon Gardens—Flowertown, 118
Ayre and Sons, 124
Ayre, John B., 52
Ayre, Lewis, 108, 112, 113
Babcock’s, M. D., 83
baby bonus, 109, 112
Baggs & Co. Ltd., 223
Baine Grieve’s, 54
Bank of Nova Scotia, 99
Bannerman, A., 74
Barbie dolls, 44
Barbour, Edward, 178
Barbour, Job K., 177-183
Barbour, Pearce, 180
Barbour, Samuel, 178
Barnyard Jamboree, 117
Barrymore, Ethel, 117
Battle Harbor, Labrador, 211
Bay Roberts, 119, 208
Bearns, George E., 102, 103
Bearns, William E., 102
Beck’s Cove, 54
Beck, Johann Ludwig, 150
Bemister, John, 204
Benny, Jack, 72, 117
Bethlehem, 38, 45, 62, 189, 224
Bishop Feild, 11, 208
Blessed Virgin, 9, 38, 61, 126
Blondie, 117
Blow-Me-Down Hill, 187
Boland, Jimmy, 209
Bonavista Bay, 8, 36, 177
Bonne Bay, 228
Book of Common Prayer, 10
Bowring Brothers, 54, 70, 124
Boxing Day, 158, 182
Bradley, Gordon, 111
Brasen, Christoph, 148, 149
Brewer, Harry, 170-173
Briant, Joseph, 165
Brien, William, 209
Brigus, 17, 209
British House of Commons, 114
Broad Cove, 36
Brooking’s, 16, 17
Brown, Tom, 230
Browne, W. J., 109
Bruce, 174
Buckingham Palace, 121
Buckingham, Philip, 205
Buffon’s Natural History, 6
Bull, Rev. J. H., 211
Bungay, George, 181
Burin, 69, 185, 186
Burin Peninsula, 45
Butterworth, Mary, 147
C. C. C. S. School, 10
Camden Town, 120
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), 113, 241
Canadian National (CN) Railway, 114
Candlemas Day, 9, 215
Cape Bonavista, 180
Cape John, 176
Cape Pine, 164, 165
Carbonear, 203-206
Caribou, 174
Carnell, Andrew, 118
Carnell, Geoff, 118
Carnell, William, 103
Carter, Pascoe, 207
Chance Cove, 164, 215
Change Islands, 174-176
Chancey and Heath’s, 52
Charles, Tom, 102
Chateau Bay, 149
Children’s Savings Program, 117
chin music, 46, 85
Christ Child, 25, 45, 148
Christmas Day, vii, 5, 6, 9, 13, 26, 31, 32, 41, 44, 46, 66, 68, 70, 72, 80, 81, 94-97, 105, 107, 121, 134, 137, 138, 146, 149, 151, 152, 155, 160, 175, 178, 182, 186, 192, 209, 215, 217, 224, 225, 227, 232, 234, 235, 237
Christmas Eve, 5, 8-10, 13, 15, 16, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32-34, 36-38, 42, 53, 59, 61, 62, 65, 66, 75, 80, 88-92, 103, 104, 106, 107, 126, 137, 147-150, 156, 157, 159, 170, 173, 178, 181, 184-191, 193, 199, 206, 213, 216, 217, 225, 227, 237
Christmas Tree, 24, 30, 31, 33, 125, 126, 133, 134, 136, 139, 157, 158, 213, 216, 227, 228, 230, 237
Church of England, 8, 10, 95, 173
Clancy, James, 106
CLB Armoury, 114
Clift Wood & Co., 53, 55, 105
Clift’s Cove, 53
Club 21, 118
Clyde, 174, 176
Cobb Lane, 228
Cochrane St., 106
Collins, Wick, 110
commercialism, 32, 33, 79
Conception Bay, 91, 149, 202-211
Conception Harbour, 209
Confederation, 108-117
Connors, Tom, 106
Cook’s Harbour, 175
Cooper, Jackie, 117
Cooper, Rev. Perry, 242
Corner Brook, 220-228, 235
Cratchit, Bob, 120
Crawford, Joan, 117
Crib of Bethlehem, 189
Cromwell, Oliver, 204
Crosbie, Ches, 111
Crowe, Harry, 22
Curling, 220-223
Daily News, 61, 110, 114
Dancewell Ballroom Studio, 118
Danson, Thomas, 205
Dawe, Mary, 119
Dawe, Solomon, 5
Dawson, Pat, 106
“Death of Billy Crow, The, ” 19
De Bay, Jean, 185-188
Deer Lake, 221, 222
Denmark, 149
Desmond, John, 88, 90, 91
Diana Sweets Limited, 117
Dickens, Charles, 58, 97, 120, 225
Dooley’s Dry Cleaning and Dry Works, 118
Drachardt, Larsen, 149
Dryer & Green’s, 53, 105
Duckworth St., 52, 102, 118, 178, 237
Duder, Edwin, 54, 104
Dundee, 174
E. and S. Barbour, 178
Easter, 10, 91, 131, 134, 137, 215
Elizabeth, Harriet, 152, 155
Elsner, Friedrich, 153
England, vii, 36, 38, 70, 80, 101, 114, 120, 136, 156, 163, 167, 170, 173, 203, 205, 212, 213, 216, 218,
222, 223
English Rose, 9
Erhardt, Johann Christian, 147
Ethie, 174
Evening Hymn, 10
Evening Telegram, 61, 209
Father Christmas, 27-29, 52, 56, 98, 120, 136, 138, 139, 141, 156, 157
Festival of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin, 9
Fife, 174
Fisher-Price toys, 44
Fitzgerald, Paddy, 94
Flat Islands, 190
Fleming, Johanna, 206
Fleming, Rev. Michael Anthony, 206
Fleming, Sister M. Gabriel, 46
Flynn, Errol, 117
Fogo, 174-176, 213
Foley, Davey, 98
Foran’s, 52
Fort McPherson, 83, 85, 87
Fortune Bay, 186
Fourth Royal Veteran Battalion, 165, 167
France, vii, 178
Fraser Building, 118
Frederick’s Point, 186
Frenchman’s Cove, 186
French Shore, 36
Fulneck, 147
G. F. Bown, 53
Ganongs, 125
General Traders Ltd., 118
Glencoe, 174
“Gloria in Excelsis Deo, ” 46, 55, 84
Glover, John Hawley, 103
Glynmill Inn, 226, 227
Goff, Peter, 170
Golden Slipper, The, 117
Good Friday, 9, 10
Goudie, Will, 102
Grace, Tom, 106
Grace, William, 106
Grand Banks, 18, 113
Grand Bruit, 41
Grand Falls, 22, 224, 229-232
Grandy, Winnie, 19
Greece, 61
Green Island Shore, 200
Greene, Richard, 110, 111
Greenland, 147, 149, 150
Greenspond, 201
Grenfell, William Thomason, 134-146, 175, 241
Grieve, Walter, 17, 54
Gulf Stream, 180
Gushue, James, 57, 59
Gwyn, Richard, 111, 112
Halleybury, Ontario, 116
Harbour Grace, 203, 205, 209
Harbour Main, 209
Harpooner, 164, 165
Harris, Phil, 117
Harvey and Co. Ltd., 223
Harvey, Rev. Moses, 1-7, 21
Haven, Jens, 147, 149-151
Hefflin, Van, 117
Herbert, Sir Alan, 114
Hickey, Pat, 106
High Mass, 46, 107, 216
Hiscock, Mrs. Heber, 229-232
Hiscock, Phil, 217, 218
History of Newfoundland, A, 202
Hollywood Roundup, 117
Holy Name Society Parade, 47
Holyrood, 209, 241
Home, 174
Hopalong Cassidy, 117
Hope, Barry, 117
Hopedale, 150-154, 159, 160
Hudson Bay Post, 137, 138
Hudson’s Bay Company, 85, 153
Humphries, Esther, 179, 181-183
Humphries, Peter, 179
Hunt & Henley, 153
Hurlbut, Parson, 2-7
Hutchings, Philip, 54
Indian Beach, 169, 170, 173
Ireland, vii, 36, 38, 89, 101, 203
Irish Shamrock, 9
Irving, Washington, 163
J. & W. Pitts, 105
Jackson’s Arm, 176
Jackson, Rupert, 114
jannying, 31, 229, 230, 232
“Jonathan Thomas and His Christmas on the Moon, ” 25
Kean, Jacob, 174, 175, 178
Kelly, Terrance, 209
Kelson, William, 9
Kent, John, 206, 208
Kilbride, 118
Kilowatt, Reddy, 118
Kivertlok, 150
Knight, John, 230, 232
komatik, 132, 133, 138, 139, 142, 144, 145, 156, 159, 160
Kyle, 174, 175
Labrador, 129-160, 170, 175, 184, 202, 211, 213
Lambert, Rev. Patrick, 203
Lane, James, 155
Lark Harbour, 222
Lash LaRue, 117
Lash, Jeff, 99
Lash, Mort, 99
Lash’s, 52
Lawford, Peter, 117
Lehmann, Gottfried, 148
LeSage, Andrew, 170, 171, 173
LeSage, Helen, 170, 173
Lewisporte, 174, 176
Little Bay Islands, 176
Little Jap, 168
Liverpool, 173
London, England, 12, 88, 114, 120-122, 202, 215
London New York and Paris, The, 124
Long’s Hill, 106, 118
Loucheux, 85
Lynch, Joseph, 106
Manuel, Mary, 4
Marks and Spencer, 120
Marystown, 43-47, 186
McBride’s Hill, 54
McCarthy, Charlie, 117
McEvoy, John, 224
McGettigan, Reverend J. W., 46
Melchisedek, 3, 5-7
Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), 175, 217, 218, 241
Mercer, Isaac, 208
Merchants’ Block, 54
Merrifield Bay, 153, 154
Merrifield, Thomas, 152, 153
Merrymakers, 117
Mickey Duggan Orchestra, 117
Midnight Mass, 25, 37, 45, 46, 62, 94, 126, 224
Monetary Times Annual, 113
Moore, Tom, 107
Moores, Eli, 170
Moravian missionaries, 134, 160
Mortier Bay, 185, 186
mummering, 31, 34, 46, 176, 202-210
mummers, 13, 16, 31, 34, 46, 88, 90, 98, 203-209
Murphy, Corney, 89
Murphy, Mosey, 98
Nain, 147, 148, 150, 152, 153, 155
Nativity, 37, 38, 52, 61, 62, 150, 151, 216
Neptune II, 178-183
Nerysoo, James, 87
New Gower St., 52, 117, 118, 126
New Harbor, 213, 215
New Perlican, 215
New Year’s Day, 7, 37, 47, 66, 67, 97, 106, 176, 182, 208, 213, 225
New Years Eve, 66, 67, 176, 182, 228
New York, 173, 223
Newfie Bullet, 118
Newfoundland Board of Trade, 108, 112, 113
Newfoundland Power and Paper Co., 224
Newfoundland Regiment, 73
Newtown, 177-180, 183
Noel-Baker, Philip, 114
Nora Criena, 186
Norman, Bob, 117
north Labrador, 134
north Scotland, 177
Northwest Territories, 83, 87
Norway, 37
Nova Scotia, 99, 215, 235
O’Connor, Mary, 88-92
O’Dea, John R., 111
O’Dwyer’s, 54
O’Mara, M. J., 106
O’Neil, P. J., 106
Octagon Pavilion, 117
“Ode to Newfoundland, ” 111
Oderin, 185, 187, 190, 191
Okak, 148-150, 153
Old Colony Club, 117
Ottawa, 109, 111, 113, 114
Ozzie and Harriet, 117
Palooka, Joe, 117
Patriot, 207
Peerless, 17
Perlin, A. B., 110
Perlin, George, 113
Phocadae, 5
Piccadilly, 121
Pitts’, 54
Placentia Bay, 218
Port aux Basques, 223
Portia, 174
Pouch Cove, 209
Power, Greg, 109
Prescott Street, 106, 118
Prichard, Hesketh, 159, 160, 251
Prince Charles, 121
Prince Edward Island (PEI), 55
Prince Philip, 121
Princess Anne, 121
Prospero, 174-176
Protestant Episcopal Church (USA), 11
Psalms of David, 10
Public Ledger, 206-208
Punch Bowl, 1-7
Quebec, 37, 165
Raft, George, 117
Reardon, Patrick, 106
/> Regulus, 168
Responsible Government, 109, 110, 113, 114, 169, 204, 208
Richardson Mountains, 84
Riverhead, 90
Riverhead Bridge, 98
Rock of Ages, 189
Rockies, 84
Royal Readers, 19, 21, 22
Russia, 37
SS Sable Island, 221
SS Sagona, 174, 220, 221
St. Anthony, 139, 140, 142, 144, 145, 175
St. Gabriel’s Hall, 47
St. James’s Park, 121
St. John’s, 2, 3, 12, 21, 42, 45, 46, 49-127, 163, 165, 168, 170, 171, 174, 175, 177, 179, 181, 194, 202-211, 213, 223, 224, 236, 241
St. John’s Gas Light Co., 118
St. Paul’s, 9, 11
St. Pierre, 45
St. Shott’s, 164, 165, 167
St. Stephen’s Day, 209
Sammy Kaye’s Orchestra, 117
Samson, I. J., 175
Santa Claus, 10, 24,-30, 33, 37, 44, 45, 57-59, 61, 71, 85, 86, 105, 120, 124, 127, 129, 131, 140-146, 158, 227, 228, 232
Saxony, 148
Scilly Cove, 212, 213
Scotch Thistle, 9
Scotland, vii, 36, 101, 177-179, 183
Scrooge, 58, 76
Sea Nymph, 169-173
sealfishery, 5, 16, 17, 201
Sebastopol, 12
Selah Hutton, 17
Seymour, Eric, 115
Shelter Cove, 192
Shoal Point, 171
Shulman, Mengie, 115
Signal Hill, 78
Silver’s Jewellery, 124
Simms, H. V., 106
Simple, Peter, 114
Sisters of Mercy, 46
Skinner, Thomas, 54
Slade’s, 16
Slattery, John L., 106
Silm Bryant and his Wildcats, 117
Smallwood: The Unlikely Revolutionary, 111
Smallwood, Joseph Roberts, 109, 111, 112
Smith, A. W., 116
South Kensington, 120, 121
Sparkes, Reginald, 35
square dances, 46, 47, 85
Stabb Rowe’s Cove, 100
Stirling Restaurant, The, 117
Stoneman’s, 17
Stowe, Henry, 206
Strait of Belle Isle, 137, 141
Sunday School, 10, 64
Sunkist Store, 118
Susu, 174
Sweden, 37
Sweet Shop, The, 124
Switzerland, 37
Tasiuyak Bay, 152
Taylor, Elizabeth, 117
Telegram, 96, 110, 114-117, 119, 211, 215, 236, 241
Thompson, James, 205
Tibb’s Eve, 217-219
Tocque, Philip, 203, 204, 206, 213
Topsail, 212
Topsail Highway, 117
Toronto, 111, 116
Total Abstinence Band, 105