Review of the March/April 1998 Yule Log

Feature Articles

• A Coded Christmas Carol... Rev. Frank Pieper, CPC #1051, describes the coded message of the familiar Christmas Carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Coded messages were used in the 1558 to 1829 era when the practice of Roman Catholicism was outlawed.

• Christmas Crackers...Rev. Wilmer Bloy, CPC #1363, tells us the story behind one of the great Christmas traditions - Christmas Crackers. Great Britain's 1997 Christmas stamps show Santa Claus with a cracker in hand. 1997 marked the 150th anniversary of this invention.

• 'Round the World Christmas Covers...Richard Beecher, CPC #987, illustrates and describes an interesting cover from Vanuatu bound for Micronesia.

• A Christmas Tree of Postmarks from Austria and Belgium...Mark Collage, CPC #947, illustrates postmarks used at Christmas 1997.

• Christmas Customs Around the World, Part XIX...President Glenn Vasbinder continues his series with brief stops to the islands of Niue and Guam. Glenn describes some of the traditional celebrations on the islands.

• Christmas Philatelic Club Auction - Mary Turner and Richard Sartor describe 107 lots of Christmas philatelic material, including stamps, Ship Covers, Maxi-cards, US First Day Covers, miscellaneous seal items, meters, postcards and some miscellaneous Christmas collectibles.

• Hiroo Santaland "Letter from Santa"...instructions on how to obtain a letter from Santa and illustrations of some of Japan's 19 different Christmas cancels used in 1997. Hiroo Santaland Web Site

• Yule Log Index and Cross Reference...information how to obtain a copy of the Index from CPC Vice-President Ed Kalasa. The index is a listing of articles which have appeared in the Yule Log from 1969-1997. Index Ordering Information

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