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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1971
Page
4
A festive bananas flambe recipe with orange liqueur and rum. Sauté six bananas in butter until lightly browned, carmelize with sugar, then warm in rum. Add brandy or orange liqueur as variation, flame at table or serving area for dramatic dessert.
New York reports Americans will exchange about 2.5 billion Christmas cards this year with three quarters featuring religious themes. Harry J. Cooper of the National Association of Greeting Card Publishers notes religious motifs persist including cards showing the Holy Land nativity and Madonna. Designs also include peace messages and playful modern twists like Santa with a guitar and slang lines.
The piece notes festive Christmas stockings evolving with personalizable trims and motifs including Santa scenes and nature imagery. It covers sewing tips, felt material use, and DIY decor ideas for children, plus a brief history of Christmas cards and holiday routines.
The piece notes holly kept in homes after Christmas to ward off lightning and mistletoe to repel witches. Rural folk wore a mistletoe charm in a small bag around the neck as witch protection.
A Christmas legend from Queen's College Oxford tells of a student walking in the woods on Christmas Day being attacked by a wild boar. He chokes the boar with Aristotle and cuts off its head to reclaim his book, then carries the head to the table.
A short anonymous verse celebrates Christmas Day with mistletoe and holly. It highlights friendship and merry mood in winter snows inviting everyone to join in jollity.
A compact Shakespeare couplet notes a rejection of roses at Christmas and compares desire to seasonal change. The verse implies restraint and ironic comparison to May's snow mood. The lines center on seasonal imagery and personal feeling.
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