12.23.07
Posted in Daily Journal, Advent Calendar at 5:32 pm by Administrator
I asked my father and sisters what we did for Christmas Eve when we were young but, oddly enough, none of us remembered the same things.
While my family can’t really agree how we spent Christmas Eve when we were young, I remember that we did have a few Christmas Eve rituals.
- We almost always spent the day at home.
- There were preparations for Santa’s arrival. A plate of cookies and a glass of milk, and even sometimes a few carrots for the reindeer.
- There were preparations for Christmas Day. My mother would start Christmas dinner, at least whatever she could do in advance. Christmas dinner was either ham or turkey (my preference was turkey).
- If snow fell on Christmas Eve, we would shovel the walk, brush the snow off the car, and sweep off the porches.
- And, when we were old enough to attend Midnight Mass, we would get dressed in our best clothes and head off to church.
Written for the Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories - Day 24.
Copyright © 2007 by Stephen J. Danko
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Posted in Daily Journal, Directories, Niedzialkowski, Occupations at 3:01 pm by Administrator
My grandfather, Kostanty Niedzialkowski was listed in the Worcester, Massachusetts Directory in 1924.
Worcester, Massachusetts Directory 1924 Entry for Kostanty Niedzialkowski
SOURCE: Massachusetts City Directories, Worcester 1924, page 527, Kostanty Niedzialkoski; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 December 2007); citing Worcester directory 1924 containing a general directory of the citizens, a business directory, and the city and county registers, with map. LXXXI. 1924. Worcester, MA: Sampson & Murdock Co.
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Worcester, Massachusetts Directory 1924 Entry for Kostanty Niedzialkowski. The brief record states the following:
Konstanty Niedzialkoski was a grocer for Neleski and Niedzialkoski who worked and lived at 194 Prescott.
This is the first time I’ve found evidence for the name of my grandfather’s grocery store. I’m a bit suspicious of the name Neleski - I suspect the correct name of the store was Meleski and Niedzialkoski because my grandmother’s maiden name was Meleski.
Copyright © 2007 by Stephen J. Danko
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