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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1964
Page
5
A survey of Christmas traditions shows wide practices from white Christmas and turkey feasts to carp and fried eels. It notes Santa’s global rise, Greek olive leaf fortune telling, Russian New Year stockings, and Dutch Sleipner legend as children await Saint Nicholas.
The text notes December 25 is not a Japanese national holiday yet stores glow with Santas and bright decorations. It mentions Japan’s many Santas and the gift culture. It also describes Germany’s long Christmas tree tradition dating back 400 years with candles once common and still preferred by many despite modern electric lighting.
The 1836 action by Alabama made Christmas Day a legal holiday in the United States. Early Christmas cards featured the English robin, a nod to postmen in red uniforms once nicknamed robins.
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