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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1900
Page
1
In a crowded city flat a boy named Aure, shy and studious, longs for a Christmas tree. Hulda invites him to her tree, they escape to a warm, hopeful scene with Hulda, Aure, and a joyful Christmas display, ending with a kiss and unexpected family warmth.
Santa Claus derives from German roots through the Dutch name for St. Nicholas, a fourth century bishop of Myra. The old man imagery comes from pagan winter rites, Saturn and Thor, linking gift giving to the biblical peace on earth. The saint’s feast day and gift tradition grew into a universal custom of generosity among all people.
In England Christmas customs reflect sun worship origins with fires and open doors on Eve of the sun god festival. The carol and pudding recall giant sausages and a blend of meats boiled in large pots, served with honey and mistletoe, paraded by cooks and pipers amid festive gratulations.
The piece notes Scots greet Christmas with gifts and custom yet early Protestant history kept Nativity distant. It traces old midwinter customs from Halloween to Yule and Thor rites, now fading into modern Christmas with turkey and plum pudding as festive staples.
The article notes the oak and mistletoe as sacred to Druids and describes their continued role in Christmas customs. It highlights the Yule log, festive fires, songs, and dances, linking pagan reverence to later English and Germanic traditions and midwinter rituals.
Cluny Macpherson hosted a poor clansman in a decorated room costing £150 for varnish. The guest boasted of a far pricier room, then led the chief to a dark thatched hut with smoke stained walls. He claimed five hundred peat loads at ten shillings each, equaling two hundred fifty pounds.
The Denver News cartoon caption humorously contrasts a baseball term base on balls with a family quarrel. Alfred questions its meaning as Papa ignores a request to explain. Mamma insists on two explanations, prioritizing the important one.
A New York Press critique describes a refined man visiting his uncle and awkwardly pawning items to borrow money, highlighting the moral point that pledging one’s watch is nobler than borrowing from friends. It notes a dentist in the city who pawns shoes and breeches, illustrating pawnshop mania and social esteem for those who avoid loans from acquaintances.
The great toy center of the world is Bavaria with Nuremberg Fuerth and Sonneberg producing most European toys. French dolls are made in Nuremberg along with walking dogs cats and animals with fur. Toymaking involves whole families with each member handling different steps from heads to painting and assembly, while decorative painting on wares and glass ornaments is mainly done by children.
Instructions specify finely chop liver then sauté in hot butter with onion. Combine with four ounces of bread and a quarter cup butter melted in a quarter cup hot water. Stir in one tablespoon chopped parsley and the beaten egg yolk.
The article notes evergreen decorations used by Romans and Druids during winter broths to aid dryads and wood spirits, who require shelter of their native foliage to survive. It frames the practice as a shared reason across cultures for preserving nature spirits.
The passage lists holly mistletoe laurel ivy and pine as proper Christmas greens while noting yew and cypress as unlucky except in churches. It mentions Christmas wreaths may stay until Ash Wednesday if they do not wither and states the turkey is native to America but has been popular in England for over 300 years.
In Howison's Travels In Canada, his Indian guide begs the narrator to stay still on Christmas Eve in the woods so they may witness deer kneeling before the Great Spirit, a moment of reverent observation amid the wilderness.
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