Executive Mansion, The, 195 _Fandango_, 156 Father of His Country, 195 Feast of Tabernacles, The, 21 Festival of Fools, 129 Fool's Dance, The, 44 Frankland, 15 Frederick the Great, 194 Frey (Freya), 18, 45, 75, 95 Frost King, The, 117 Gregorian calendar, The, 24, 112 _Hackin_, The, 47 Hadrian, Emperor, 145 Hakon the Good, 27 Hampton Court, 44 Hawaii, 193 Hayti, 169 Hel, 17 Henry III, 42 Henry VII, 43, 44 Henry VIII, 43 "Hiring Day," 179 Hoeder, 16 Holy Family, The, 135 Holy Kings, The, 193 Holy Land, The, 192 Holy Manger, The, 125, 154 Holy Night, 63, 65, 71, 140 Holy Season, The, 140 _Hweolor-tid_, 14 Icons, 109 Indo-European ancestors, 14 Jamestown, 175, 177 Janus, 23 Jehovah, 126 Jesus, The Little, 126 _Jota_, 156 Julian calendar, The, 25 Jutland, 15 King's Chapel, 187 Knight Rupert, 60 _Kolyada_, 105, 106, 107 _Kolyadki_, 108, 115 Kriss Kringle, 60 _Lamb's-wool_, 49 Lapps, The, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81 Lincoln, President, 195 Litchfield, 42 Loki, 15, 16 Lorraine, 69 Luther, Martin, 58 Lycia, 59 Magi, The, 127, 165 Magnificat, The, 142 Margaret, Princess, 42 Massachusetts Colony, 185 Massasoit, 181, 182 _Mayflower_, The, 181, 182, 183 "Merry Christmas," 112 Michelangelo, 132 Miracle Plays, 66, 67 Mistletoe, 31, 177 Mohammedans, The, 159 Morris Dance, The, 43 Myra, Bishop of, 59 Nativity, The, 156, 157, 158 _Naulets_, 121 Navidad, Fortress of, 173, 175 _Nina_, The, 169, 170, 171, 173 _Noche-buena_, 151, 152, 153 Noel, 130 North Pole, The, 76 Norway, 15 _Novena_, The, 134, 136 Numa, 23, 24 Odin, 13, 14, 76 Olaf, King, 26, 28 Ovsen, 113, 114 Palara, 59 Paradise Play, 66 Parliament, 47, 187 Passover, The Jewish, 21 Petit Anse, 171 Petrarch, 132 Petrograd, 115, 116 _Pfeffer Kuchen_, 63, 69 Philadelphia, 195 Philippines, The, 193 Pilgrims, The, 180 _Pinta_, The, 169, 173 Plymouth Colony, 179, 180 Pope, 143, 144, 145 Pope Julius, 21 Pope Leo XIII, 146 Porto Rico, 192 _Presepio_, The, 136, 137 Prince of Peace, The, 168 _Puchero Olla_, The, 160 Puritans, The, 47, 180, 191 Pytheas, 55, 56 "Queen of the North" (Sweden), 95 Raphael, 132 Reformation, The, 46 Richard II, 42 Ring of St. Peter, The, 144 Rome, 23 Rowena, 44 Saehrimnir, 19 Sagas, 76 St. Angelo, Castle of, 140, 144 St. Barbar's Day, 125 St. Nicholas, 59, 60, 188 St. Peter's, 140, 142 St. Sylvester's Eve, 112 Santa Claus, 70, 79, 87, 88, 89, 192, 193 _Santa Maria_, The, 169, 171, 174 Saturn, 15 Saturnalia, Roman, 17, 129, 149, 158 Saul, 22 Saxons, The, 31, 33, 34, 35 Seville, 162 Shepherds' Hymn, The, 142 Smith, Captain John, 175, 176 Sotjelnik, 116 Star of the East, The, 154 _Svea_, 95 Sweden, 15 Sylvester, 71 Tacitus, 23 Thames, The, 175 Thor, 13, 26, 28, 38, 95 Tree of Fate, The, 159 Tree of Nativity, The, 140 Trinity, The, 126, 144 Twelfth Night, 193 Twelfth-Night Ball, The, 94 Twelfth-Night Supper, The, 129 Tyrolese Alps, 66