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Ecce Ancilla Domini ! (The Annunciation) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Dante Gabriel Rossetti (May 12

Ecce Ancilla Domini ! (The Annunciation)
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (May 12, 1828 - April 10, 1882) was an English poet, painter and translator. The son of ?migr? Italian scholar.
In Christianity, the Annunciation is the revelation to Mary, the mother of Jesus by the archangel Gabriel that she would conceive a child to be born the Son of God. The Christian churches celebrate this with the feast of Annunciation on March 25, which is nine months before the feast of the Nativity of Jesus, or Christmas. The date of the Annunciation was also the New Year in many places, including England (where it is called Lady Day) and the American colonies.
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Christmas trees in New York. 40.000 white lights and one shiny red bauble decorate

Christmas trees in New York. 40.000 white lights and one shiny red bauble decorate trees at the Tavern on the Green in Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA, to celebrate Christmas and New Year.

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Carrying the United States mail furthest north An interesting picture taken on the

Carrying the United States mail furthest north
An interesting picture taken on the Teller Route, showing the mail sleigh, drawn by reindeer, at a remote settlement some 120 miles north of Nome, Alaska.
25 November 1925

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