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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1946
Page
27
In 1930 Mexican authorities abolished Santa Claus as out of place in a snowless country. The Aztec plumed serpent Quetzalcoatl replaces him in the holiday program, with large scale gift distribution to thousands of needy children on December 23 each year.
In Czarist Russia festive include a grain divination. Five piles named Hope Ring Money Thread Charcoal set for a drowsy hen to pick. Money meant wealth Ring signaled a wedding Hope a wish or long journey Charcoal foretold family death. Old songs accompanied the ritual.
The word Yule derives from the Anglo Saxon geal meaning December. It explains the Christmas term Yule as tied to the month and season.
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