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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Press
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1969
Page
4
This piece extols the American bayberry candle as a Christmas staple, notes its colonial production, and links it to home decoration. It offers do it yourself candle and fudge tips, safety reminders about fire risk, and practical holiday host decor ideas including plastic Christmas trays as gifts.
A compilation of quick notes covers ancient coinage and nutrition figures, Washington DC area size, daily book purchases by Americans, starfish self-righting, geology eating habits, Iceland heating via geothermal water, Brazil as a Portuguese-speaking Latin American country, puberty onset in male chimpanzees, and Easter’s movable date within March 22 to April 15.
A holiday fruitcake recipe uses a Sunbeam Mixmaster with 12 speeds to handle thick fillings. It lists candied fruits, nuts, and lemon rind, plus flour, sugar, and eggs, with steps for mixing, baking, cooling, and aging the cake with soaked cloths and brandy or wine.
GO MOD FOR THE HOLIDAYS offers holiday entertaining tips for hostesses. It suggests a streamlined buffet with a main dish like lamb stew or casserole, modern glassware, bold contrasts, and modular centerpieces. It emphasizes planning, traffic flow, and serving coffee and dessert from a separate table to keep the buffet uncluttered.
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