Founded in 1876 by Austrian-born cartoonist, Joseph Keppler, predating the New Yorker and Mad Magazine by decades, Puck was the first successful humor publication in the United States, highlighting politics and social issues of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, initially produced in the German-language and published for the first time in the English language in 1877. This holiday issue was published December 6, 1893; the cover shows a woman and a young child (who appears to be a recurring character as he appears in this garb in other images). Christmas caroling has been a cherished tradition for hundreds of years, nationally and globally. In the early nineteenth century, sheets of hymns and Christmas music were available outside of churches for anyone to take, and folks would gather in groups, in the streets, churches, or visiting houses to sing in community areas. In the twentieth century was a revival in the tradition in all the major metropolitan cities, and although the tradition looks different today, some of those Christmas songs dearest to our hearts hark back to those golden days of yore. For more check out this blog post: https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2018/12/the-merry-tradition-of-christmas-caroling/?loclr=easerb And this guide: https://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/carols.html?loclr=blogser #christmas #christmastime #goldendaysofyore #puck #humor #humormagazine #xmas #christmascarols https://www.instagram.com/p/BrS_we-HtPyDaXbG-AoDg50xvWwXH5Nto8mJvI0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6jty4j7saujo
