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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
3
A group sleeps under the Rhodesian night on Christmas Eve enjoying cool air, distant jackal howls and mimosa blossoms. Dawn brings sunlit trees, crickets and birds as crackers and trumpets announce Christmas, followed by baths and a round of golf before breakfast.
A Christmas Eve custom in Mexico features the Litany of the God Child followed by the world famous lullaby Rojo sung to soothe the infant Jesus. The piece compares it to the American Old Gray Goose and notes yuletide rhythms distinct to various nations. It closes with a joke about fountain pens as the best gift, quoted from the New York World.
Old English party game uses assorted candies and nuts to form a pile named tip. One player hides, others name a tip piece and the picker removes items with tongs trying to avoid ending on tip. All taken items stay unless tip is moved, then pile is reset and turn passes.
Lalia Mitchell writes in Ladies' Home Journal of Christmas time celebrations with firelight, sleigh bells, and church bells. The poem urges turning to neighbors in need, shedding greed and guile, and praising the Holy Babe amid wreaths and joyous music.
Americans resume the grind the day after Christmas while the Englishman keeps Boxing Day. The term misleads for the event is not about fighting but boxes. Households receive neat packages for servants and officials. The boxes are small round and largely silver as the government prescribes for coinage.
A Dickens quote extols Christmas reunions bringing dispersed families together in happiness and mutual goodwill. It asserts the season awakens old recollections and dormant sympathies, presenting Christmas as a universal joy across civilized nations and rough savages in a future blessed existence.
Women across communities revive Christmas customs by singing carols in streets and lighting candles in windows. The Boston example inspired towns like Carliste Pa to display private trees and window lights, with concerns about fire risk mitigated by electric or gas lighting and safe devices. The tradition symbolizes hospitality and protection, as noted by Sallie Wistar in the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
A personal reminiscence on saving pennies to buy a meaningful Christmas gift for mother. The speaker recalls December planning, whispered ideas, and a final present chosen with love to symbolize her kindness, hidden until Christmas morning, followed by tears and kisses. The piece ends with envy for siblings who still have this privilege.
The piece traces a festive English evolution from the oasted swan and peacock to the turkey. Capt. John Smith's accounts mark a shift to the New World bird while medieval tapestries show gold leafed plumage and fire lit head. noble ladies carried the bird, knights swore chivalry over it, and the blaze faded as modern Christmas meals settled on turkey mince pie and pudding.
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