Song and Star Anthem Echoes Bethlehem Birth
Poem fragment pairing hymn like verses by Phila Butler Bowman and James Russell Lowell. The text celebrates the Nativity with angelic song, a manger scene, and a message of peace guiding souls toward Bethlehem. The lines weave scripture inspired imagery with reflections on faith and joy in the Yuletide.
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Keep Christmas Through Loving Action and Service
A Christmas sermon by Henry Van Dyke urges observing Christmas by living its meaning daily. It asks readers to forget self, remember others, and sow happiness, stressing love over mere seasonal festivity. The piece closes with holiday recipes and tips for cookies, puddings, dressings, candies, and desserts.
Home Help For Housework And Christmas Cheer
Practical homemaking tips from Mrs Irene Pomeroy Shields cover stain removal, garment care, and low effort cleaning. A section on Christmas for convalescents recounts thoughtful ideas from a mother who hid candy bags and numbered bundles, and another tale of 100 personalized greeting cards used to lift a sick boy's spirits in the infirmary.
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The Christmas Bird Recipes Then and Now
A long compact guide presents Christmas fowl cooking ideas including Roast Duck, Goose, and Turkey with oyster dressings, sauces, and varied methods. It also offers pantry tips, dumplings, aspic chicken, and a stove blacking routine, plus a brief note on decorating with evergreens and holly.
Christmas prep tips for ahead cooking and codfish balls
In the busy rush before Christmas, prepare in advance. Mincemeat plum puddings and many cakes improve with a week or more of ripening. For codfish balls, combine one fourth shredded fish with three four parts hot mashed potatoes, season with cayenne, shape, dip in egg, roll in crumbs, and fry to a light brown.
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