Christkindl in Austria Delivers Christmas Cheer in Candlelit Style
Austrians celebrate Christmas Eve with Christkindl delivering gifts. The family gathers about 7 p.m. as the father rings a glass bell to reveal presents under a Bethlehem tree. Candles light the display and a fried carp dinner follows before midnight mass.
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Vienna
Santa Claus
Christwindl
Christ Child
Bethlehem
Joseph
Mary
Jesus
Sentiment Rules Christmas Cards Sentiment Rules Christmas Cards
New York reports about 3.5 billion greeting cards to be exchanged this Christmas, averaging over 15 per person. The American Artists Group notes devotional themes prevail with peace and international travel also popular, reflecting a shift away from impersonal corporate cards toward individual styles by artists and illustrators.
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New York
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United States
American Artists Group
Flowering Plants Bring Added Christmas Cheer
New York plants brighten windows with red clay pots this Christmas. Jerusalem cherry and cyclamen offer vivid color, while poinsettias, azaleas, primroses, and Christmas peppers provide festive varieties. Watering from base, even light and cool nights, help extend blooms.
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New York
Jasonville Couple Mark Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. John McGuire will observe their golden wed ding anniversary with an open house reception at their home 266 East Shanklin Street Jasonville from 2 to 5 p.m. The couple are parents of four children Kenneth McGuire Brownsburg Mary Belle Cutts Kimball Dorothy Bedwell Coalmont and Naomi Ruth Crist Clay City, plus seven grandchildren.
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John McGuire
East Shanklin St
Jasonville
McGuire
Kenneth McGuire
Brownsburg
Mary Belle Cutts
Kimmell
Dorothy Bedwell
Coalmont
Naomi Ruth Crist
Clay City
Molasses Key to American Independence, Said Adams
In early colonial trade molasses loomed large. The American Molasses Company notes John Adams stated he did not know why the nation should blush to confess that molasses was an essential ingredient in American independence.
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New York
America
American Molasses Company
John Adams
Record 1827 matchbox label fetches 32 pounds in London sale
An 1827 matchbox label sold in London for 32 pounds at a sale organized by the British Matchbox Label and Booklet Society. The item realized about 89.60 dollars at the exchange rate cited by organizers.
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London
British Matchbox Label and
Tudor’s string of losses ends in Augusta bid
Augusta candidate Hugh Eugene Tudor has endured a long losing streak in elections with only one victory in 15 years. He recently lost a race for U S Representative to Robert Stevens, striking out 27 times in 28 campaigns and failing to win the Democratic nomination this fall.
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Hugh Eugene Tudor
Tudor
Robert Stevens
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