Other Ships Christmas on Transatlantic Voyages

[captainjack]

Was Christmas a big deal back then on transatlantic voyages? I can't find any pictures of the Olympic having a Christmas tree or any mention of it.

 

[Encyclopedia Titanica]

From left to right, Mrs Wheeler, Mrs Green, Mrs Savage, Mr Arundel,...

From left to right, Mrs Wheeler, Mrs Green, Mrs Savage, Mr Arundel, Colonel Harvey and Mr Savage line up with Father Christmas on the Cunard liner Berengaria .

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Two ship's chefs proudly display some of the choice meats reserved...

Two ship's chefs proudly display some of the choice meats reserved for Christmas on the Cunard liner Berengaria . Two signs bear the words 'Royal Baron of Beef', an undivided double sirloin.

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Two chefs with a display of festive foodstuffs aboard the Cunard...

Two chefs with a display of festive foodstuffs aboard the Cunard liner Aquitania at Christmas time. In the centre is a cake in the shape of the vessel.

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[Mark Baber]

News from 1903: Coptic celebrates Christmas twice

The San Francisco Call, 5 January 1904 Retrieved from the California Digital Newspaper Collection web site, http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=p&p=home COPTIC PICKS UP EXTRA CHRISTMAS DAY AND CELEBRATES HOLIDAY TWICE --- Liner Brings From the Orient One of the Most Cargoes Ever...

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News from 1922: Christmas at New York

The New York Times, 25 December 1922 TO CELEBRATE ABOARD THE OLYMPIC TODAY --- Dinner and Games for Officers and Crew---American Line Men Have Holiday Ashore --- The only big foreign flag liner that will celebrate Christmas in this port today is the White Star Olympic, which carries...

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News from 1905: A Christmas Story---of sorts

The New York Times, 31 December 1905 BIG WAVE HITS LINER --- Comber Boarded the Celtic and Frightened Passengers --- The White Star liner Celtic, one day overdue, reached her pier yesterday considerably damaged and bringing a tale of a giant wave, which interrupted the Christmas night...

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Christmas aboard Titanic

Hi, Sam! AH! I thought you were just "playing along" along with those first "mulled wine" responses, but you were serious. So, is it a wine pressed from mulberries (rather than grapes) or a wine flavored (additionally) with mullberries, or does it perhaps have nothing to do with mulberries...

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