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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1962
Page
7
An early English legend says bees were the first Christmas carolers on Christmas Eve. Wassailing and door to door singing boosted carol popularity. Wynka de Word, a 1521 apprentice printer, issued the first book of Christmas carols as printed cards spread and sold for pennies.
A guide to choosing safe toys for children this Christmas. Warns against small swallowable toys and lead-based paints, advises on UL labeled electric toys, and recommends baby toys be large, washable, lightweight, and non brittle.
Food products offer endless holiday gift possibilities. Cheese remains a classic gift, with ready-made packages or custom baskets. Fruit baskets, nuts, and decorative vegetables also make festive presents, while a baked ham stands out in the meat category.
The excerpt recalls Clement Clarke Moore's lines that created the modern Santa Claus image. It notes the famous description of a chubby, soot marked figure and explains the enduring idea of Santa as a cheerful, plump old elf with bright red attire today.
Long before Christmas, evergreens appeared in ceremonies. Egyptians celebrated the solstice with date palms symbolizing life triumphing over death. Romans used evergreen boughs for Saturnalia. Druids and Norse traditions tied evergreens to eternal life and rebirth of their sun god Balder.
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