Colonial Christmas in Williamsburg Celebrates Historic Customs
A Colonial Virginia holiday program in Williamsburg invites visitors to relive 18th century Christmas customs. Churches and homes display greens while candles light doorways, Yule logs burn, and public concerts, fireworks, and cannons echo through the season. Feasting features roasted fowl, hare, ham, oysters, and boar, with limited gift giving compared to today.
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Tree Town Slogan Broadcast From Shelton Timberland
Shelton Washington in Mason County hosts annual timber country event as it promotes its slogan signaling community pride and local industry ties with the forest.
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Mason County
A Christmas of Old
A nostalgic column recalls how Christmas customs once looked with Sunday dress and modest leisure. It contrasts old quiet days of surrey rides and dress-up Sundays with modern, casual attitudes and anonymous travel today.
Observing Christmas as a Religious Family Holiday
The text urges preserving Christmas as a religious holiday marking the birth of a redeemer and stresses family observance. It advocates family planning, gift making, shared social activities, home worship, and emphasizing religious aspects throughout the season for many merry Christmases.
Holiday Windows with Spray Snow
Homemakers can use white and colored snows to paint Christmas designs on window panes with spray bottles. Create masks for each color area and spray from about 24 inches for fluffier deposits of simulated snow.
Start Early for Safe Holiday Auto Travel
If you drive during the holidays, begin early and drive carefully. Road conditions are unpredictable this time of year and extreme caution is advised. Arriving a few minutes late is better than not arriving at all.
Christmas Egg Nog Tradition and Simple Recipe
A note explains traditional Christmas eggnog and offers a home recipe. It lists six eggs separated, sugar, cream, milk, vanilla, salt, and nutmeg. Instructions: beat yolks with sugar, fold in cream and milk, whip whites to stiff peaks, then fold in. Chill and serve. yields about two quarts.
Mistletoe Described as Plant Pest at Yule
Mistletoe, Cupid's ally at Yule tide, is primarily a plant pest. It grows on trees drawing nourishment from the tree's sap stream and can affect tree health and vigor.
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