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Thursday, December 23, 2021
'Turnback Tuesday' features legend of Christmas stockings
This week's Turnback Tuesday touches on the legend of hanging stockings.
It has been said that a widowed man and his three daughters were having a difficult time making ends meet. He worried that with them being so poor it would make it impossible for his daughters to marry. (A dowry was expected when a woman married.)
St. Nicholas was traveling through the town and heard of the family’s plight. So to help out, St. Nicholas anonymously threw three bags of gold down the chimney and they fell into the girls' stockings that were drying on the fireplace. In the morning, the girls found the gold and with the gifts they were able to marry.
This tradition continues to today, not necessarily with gold but with small gifts.
(Note: Our apologies as yesterday's Turnback Tuesday was posted in error. Thanks to loyal follower, Joseph DiRienzo, for kindly giving us the heads up.)
Thanks goes to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting history each week.
Derby Neck Library to host winter fishing tourney via Zoom
DERBY - Tweens and teens! Join us on your Nintendo Switch for the Winter Animal Crossing: New Horizons Fishing Tourney!
Playing with friends means no entry fee AND you get double the points per participant! We’ll also get to visit each other’s islands and shops and play hide-and-seek games! There’s always some fun surprises waiting at Derby Neck Island as well…
Library’s Switch Friend Code: 2215-9086-7325
Discord: DBNeck#3627 and TheLibrarianDNL#7172
Discord: DBNeck#3627 and TheLibrarianDNL#7172
A Zoom meeting link will also be provided for those who do not have a Discord account–please register for our Youth Services mailing list here https://forms.gle/EUp2yRBLFNJVMnz17 or call the library at 203-734-1492 to receive the Zoom link!
Please note that you do need a Nintendo Online subscription to participate!
This is shared from the Derby Neck Library Facebook page.
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