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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1905
Page
8
The piece urges minimizing outside gift giving and stresses the joy of a simple Christmas with family. It recommends a wholesome dinner, a tree, games, and gentle behavior to model the true spirit, urging restraint and loving action for lasting happiness.
The article recounts mistletoe as a potent Christmas mascot with luck and healing powers. Druids gifted mistletoe to true worshipers, boosting health and prosperity while warning against those they disliked. Holly crowns at midnight rituals promise second sight and visions of spirits, with protective folklore lasting a year.
The article describes two stuffing methods for a Christmas turkey. The main filling uses boiled or roasted chestnuts mashed with butter salt and pepper. A richer version to tax digestion includes chestnut liver paste, onion juice, parsley and egg yolks baked into the neck cavity. For the body, mix cut smoked sausage with bread crumbs pepper salt butter and leftover chestnuts.
A French count staying in a villa at Carlsbad, Germany, takes daily constitutionals with a young lion as his companion. The lion is a whelp about retriever size, playful and affectionate, but the creature is banned from the Carlsbad promenade by city edict.
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