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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1939
Page
2
A survey of Christmas customs abroad shows how nations from England to France and Hungary honor the holiday. Traditions include log burning, carol singing, gifts on Epiphany, Pere Noel and St. Nicholas, and unique regional rites in Belgium, Soviet Union, Holy Land, and beyond.
Goose, the traditional Christmas fowl, is easily prepared and flavorful when handled correctly. Geese range from 8 to 12 pounds or more, with age shown by soft feet and a pliable bill. An excellent dressing uses apples and raisins with brown sugar and bread cubes, roasted at 325 degrees for 29 to 25 minutes per pound, yielding juicy meat.
Santa Claus visits the White House for the 18th time this Christmas continuing a tradition begun on December 25 1800 when President John Adams hosted Sacre Bringle from Massachusetts as the early White House endured unfinished quarters yet kept holiday cheer with families.
The piece reports a government issued bulletin on carving the Christmas turkey. It discusses whether the father should stand or sit and how to position the bird on the platter, stressing keeping the turkey on the platter and giving basic step by step carving directions.
Dr. Laura Virginia Douglas, once Virginia O’Hanlon of the New York Sun editorial, now an assistant principal in a New York City school, plays Santa for her pupils and daughter. She believes Christmas spirit matters more than material gifts and hopes to nurture faith in children.
The VFW Auxiliary sponsors an essay contest on The Benefits of Democracy for high schools in Bessemer Ironwood Wakefield and Gogebic county townships. County chairmen are Mrs Raymond Garvey assisted by Mrs Sherman Cobb and Mrs Loy King Ironwood. Essays 500 to 1900 words judged on literary merit.
The poinsettia, the flaming vermilion plant, was brought to the United States about 1820 by Joel Roberts Poinsett minister to Mexico. He later served in Congress from 1821 to 1825 and his name endures only because of the plant he introduced.
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