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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1914
Page
5
Laboriously trimmed Jack Horner pies hide small gifts at holiday parties. Designs include a giant gold bell and a frosted silver bell with mistletoe, plus a plum pudding pie with fruit-like depressions guiding ribbons to gifts. A central muff pie and a decorative table tree complete the display with holly and scarlet ribbons.
The article notes that decorations at each plate can be painted red or green or covered with tinsel paper, detailing simple craft options for ornamenting the items.
Unknown author depicts Old Gente Claus sitting with a comical look as he fills a pack with toys and treats for girls and boys. He plans to write a book of stories to share, then delivers one gift per child down the chimney on Christmas Eve.
Readers are inspired to craft Christmas decorations at home using available materials. The article highlights simple, meaningful handmade ornaments such as gilded nuts, popcorn strings, cranberries, crabapples, oranges, gingerbread figures, tissue paper shapes, paper dolls, folded paper chains, corn cob dolls, and clothespin dolls to enrich the holiday display without expensive purchases.
A Labrador mission used white turnips as Christmas gifts for children during a service. Eskimos, unfamiliar with apples or oranges, prize turnips highly. The piece cites a Christian Herald quote and notes the tradition alongside a poem fragment and a quip about writing letters of flame urging medical advice or travel.
The Christmas card, about seventy years old, sparked debate over its inventor. Some credit Cuthbert Bede for designing a 1845 card at Durham, with circulation among friends before mass production. Others credit artist Horsley for a 1846 card for Sir Henry Cole, with specimens fetching up to £50. The text also mentions Muny and Duo Wu Blups at Lee PoUL of the ladder finishing a race.
The account lists lavish feasting with salmon venison wild boars honey kilderkins of mus tard muttons fatted beeves and bacon swine birds such as herons bitterns peacocks swan bustard teal mallard pigeons widgeons and rich plum pudding pancakes apple pies and custard plus Gascon wine mead ale and cider while porter punch and negus are noted as unknown.
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