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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1946
Page
9
A compact tour of Wassail customs from Scotland and America. It traces origins to festive toasts and legends, notes the shift from public open houses to private gatherings, and describes the decorated bowl and festive drinks known as lambs wool.
The mistletoe, long revered by Druids as all heal and by Scandinavians for Friga, became a Christmas symbol tied to the Christ Child. A parasitic plant on hardwoods and conifers, it carried legends of healing, protection, and magic, with oak mistletoe said to possess special powers and even a tale of supplying wood for the holy cross.
An elaborate Ukrainian Christmas Eve supper ends a 39 day fast with twelve courses for the twelve Apostles. Menu items include buckwheat soup pancakes flax prunes fish bread and nuts plus a Kou tia course of honey and porridge symbolizing the Crib manger straw and Holy Infant.
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on New Year’s Day 1863. It abolished slavery in states and parts in rebellion on that date and is widely observed as Emancipation Day.
A garbled list mentions insect resin satin material, chemistry symbols, British island in West Indies, electrical work, land measures, temperature 459.6 Fahr, a joint patentee of strain insulation, street electrodes, misery and an old oath form. The third item is described as dangerous.
A garbled OCR list mentions a diver device, electric timing, a radio detector, a type of receiver, a generator, and an electromagnetic cage. It references parts like a wheel receiver and an elevator cage with vague references to materials and horses. The text is unclear and partial.
A longtime Volunteers of America helper Santa reflects on Christmas wishes and the joy he brings to thousands of children over 16 years. He notes unseen kids still hope for boats and toys, and hopes no child has a broken heart this Christmas.
Lordsburg lodge No 30 announces regular meetings on the third Thursday each month. Visiting brothers are invited. Officers T J Mayfield W M and Geo P Jeffus sign the notice.
The text recounts St Nicholas of Myra as archbishop and legend of giving three purses of gold. It notes Constantine convening the 325 Council of Nicaea near Constantinople to define Christian teaching in the Nicene Creed, marking a turning point in Christianity.
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