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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1948
Page
3
A cannon from Castel Sant Angelo marks Christmas Eve in Rome as crowds attend church processions and a late midnight Mass. Festivities continue after midnight with dinners, open hotels, and family gatherings while Calabrian shepherds visit homes during Advent.
The article explains how St Nicholas became linked to secret giving. A poor father with three daughters faced dowries and the saint quietly dropped gold to save the sisters from marriage ruin. After three gifts the saint vowed secrecy, and families still believed he delivered gifts at night. Subscribe to The Enterprise.
A holiday feature notes nuts from diverse lands enrich Christmas snack bowls. It explains the English walnut origin in Asia, the filbert and almond from the Old World, and mentions hickory and black walnuts among familiar festive nuts.
The chestnut and pecan are described as strictly American. The can is native to America and found nowhere else. Two other American nuts worthy of note are the chestnut and the butternut. Many nuts originated elsewhere, yet almost every known variety is now grown in the United States as experts seek more types to transplant.
A fragmentary account traces Christmas tree ornaments to ancient Aryan myths. Sun rays inspired the tree’s image, gold fruit symbolizes stars and moon, birds represent clouds, mistletoe embodies lightning, and silver tinsel stands for water and showers from base streams.
Mr and Mrs Pete Nutter announce Speedy Smith joins the Cactus Cafe as afternoon and evening cook. Smith from Ballinger brings 25 years of cooking experience and vows to please customers.
Mrs. Mandy Rouse spends the Christmas holidays in McCamey with her son Harvey Rouse and daughter in law and family.
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