Christmas treats and recipes for homemade gifts
Seasonal favorites celebrate homemade foods as personal gifts. Traditions include plum pudding spice, gingerbread, marzipan and lebkuchen, with German heritage family recipes valued for warmth and thrift.
Nomenclature of The Cow Corral
A humorous exchange clarifies ranch jargon as a woman learns terms for cattle such as yearlings, slicks, junk stuff, cutters and canners, and the distinction between cows bought on the hoof or on the hook. The dialogue ends with the husband urging her to go to bed.
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Eleanor Hargrove
Western Livestock Reporter
Bethlehem Basilica Among Oldest Churches
The Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem, built over 1,620 years ago, stands as the original Constantine-era structure with later Justinian restorations. Surrounded by Greek, Latin, and Armenian convents, all three faiths worship in the Grotto of the Nativity.
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Cutting Evergreens for Christmas Trees As Crop Thinnings
Cutting evergreens for Christmas trees is a legitimate practice. Thinnings from poorer soils and bogs supply Christmas greenery while enabling remaining trees to grow, provide income for foresters, and act as life insurance for future timber crops.
Sending Cards and the Rise of Christmas Greetings
The article notes Christmas card popularity reaching an annual 1.5 billion mailed. It traces origins to schoolboys writing on fancy paper and cites William Egley’s 1842 card and Henry Cole’s 1846 designs depicting a Victorian family with the message A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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William Egley
Henry Cole
Gifts That Sparkle Add to Holiday Joy
Readable tips on crafting festive package decorations. Create a boot from plastic foam with glitter, add a collar, and fashion a wagon from a box with wheels and a tongue. Make a three dimensional scene by attaching a cut Christmas card image to the wrapped gift.
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