Two Kid Schoolhouse

• Jan. 2, 2006 - On The Ninth Day Of Christmas

Posted in Twelve Days of Christmas 2005

Oooh, cool book. The Children's Book Of Questions And Answers. A encyclopedia kind of book. J loves these kinds of books and E was pretty excited by it too. Published in 1974.

Random page sample: Where is the Levant? Where did soccer begin? Where is the Hermitage?

Here's an interesting page: When is Twelfth Night? When did Woolworth's begin? When would a person be excommunicated? When were traffic lights invented?

Since it is apropos here: Twelfth night is the night of the twelfth day after Christmas. It is one of the oldest festival days of the Christian Church, and was celebrated as long ago as the 3rd century. Another name for the festival is the Epiphany, or the Feast of the Three Kings. It commemorates the showing of the infant Jesus to the three Magi, or holy men, from the East. According to tradition Twelfth Night is the day Christmas decorations are taken down. (This page includes a detail from Botticelli's Adoration of the Magi.)

Who reading this is too young to remember Woolworth's? That one is too long to type up.

The nine ladies dancing represent the nine fruits of the spirit: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. (Galations 5:22-23)

• Jan. 3, 2006 - Woolworth's

Posted by Anonymous

I worked at Woolworth's while in high school. They paid us in cash at the end of each week but, sadly, too much of mine stopped off at the luncheonette on the way out the door. They had the best root beer floats! Yum. I hope the kids enjoy that book as much as mine did. Suz.

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• Jan. 3, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by norwester

I love books that you can just browse through and learn all kinds of stuff.

I think I remember Woolworths. Do I remember Woolworth's? I can't remember if I actually remember Woolworth's or if some one remembered it for me. I remember Sproutz Ritz (Or something like that..) though. Does that count?

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• Jan. 3, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Brisen

I thought I knew where the Hermitage was. When I was a teen, my family hiked a section of the Appalacian Trail in Maine. It is mentioned in this article, near the bottom: http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200211/good.asp . Not exactly the hermitage I think your book is asking about. Sounds like a neat book! My family likes those types of books. I think 'cause some of us like to collect random info to produce at the drop of a hat.

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