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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1947
Page
16
In Peterborough the last Sunday before Advent, tied to the Book of Common Prayer, becomes a family plum pudding day. Residents recall stirring memory of Stirs up with everyone joining in until the fruit dessert is ready, while frumenty once served as the forerunner to plum pudding.
The Roosevelt estate at Hyde Park New York hosts about 270000 fir and spruce trees grown as a hobby by Franklin D Roosevelt. The trees include Norway spruce white spruce and Douglas fir with some balm firs. The project funds itself selling 2000 to 5000 trees each Christmas season and merchants extend season greetings in ads.
The renowned carol Silent Night is confirmed as the work of Franz Gruber a teacher and organist in Arnsdorf Austria with words by Austrian priest Joseph Mohr who died in 1848. The hymn had been variably misattributed to Michael Haydn and to Joseph Aiblinger.
The piece warns of Christmas tree fire risks and offers two precautions from the Department of Agriculture. Keep the tree well watered by trimming the butt, cutting on a slant, and maintaining water above the surface. Fireproof with ammonium sulfate or calcium chloride by soaking the stem, then allowing four to six days for absorption.
The use of church bells is said to have begun in the fifth century by Bishop Paulinus of Nola in Campania. Some authorities doubt the derivation but note the Latin campanula may come from Nola and the local district.
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