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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1950
Page
8
An old carol recounts Joseph an aging suitor who fears to expose Mary’s pregnancy. A dream from the angel comforts him to wed Mary secretly, then publicly, as the shepherds in Bethlehem hear the angelic message.
The article recounts Christmas Eve candle traditions in Ireland and across the U S. It notes the Mary legend of a candle that can be snuffed only by Mary and the belief that Jesus and Mary may appear on Christmas Eve. It describes bayberry candles and a verse promising good luck if the bayberry flame shines clearly.
Hawaiians paint Christmas trees white to look like snow and keep dinners private behind closed doors. Gift giving is widespread with inexpensive presents for all, including hotel staff, as open-house hospitality is economically impossible.
The piece notes universal New Year customs across traditions. It mentions Chinese debt repayment on New Year's Eve English savings on January 1 and Jewish and Armenian practices. A round honeyed bread symbolizes prosperity and hospitality drives early baking for visiting and entertaining.
New Year in France on January 1 is the day par excellence for gift giving and doorbell ringing. Friends and tradespeople offer compliments and receive small sums of money, while households display gifts and toast health. Many visit graves, churches fill for the Vigil of St Sylvester, and rural communities bless cattle at mass for the new year.
The article traces New Year origins from June calendars in ancient Egypt and Babylonian March beginnings to Roman fertility rites. It notes tree masks for Bacchus, Romanian caroling, Scottish tree tapping, and peasant cakes dashed at doors to ward hunger in the coming year.
Ernestine Evans recalls turn of the century family New Year resolutions game begun by Aunt Callie. Guests wrote one resolution sealed in an envelope and opened April 1 after a second dinner. Resolutions spanned habits from daily chores to reading aloud and sewing lessons.
Priests gathered the people on the first of each month called Calends and announced sacred days and festivals. Citizens marked feasts in red on their fasti to observe the month.
A note of thanks from Victor Wagner and families expresses gratitude to neighbors and the fire department for helping extinguish a meadow fire while they were away Tuesday night. It also notes the opening of a new ice station operated by Vic's Grocery in Moulton with Leonard Jakes arranging. Families from Victoria and Houston visited Mr and Mrs Brosch for Christmas.
A roundup of relatives from Austin Pflugerville Taylor Elgin Houston San Antonio Cuero LaGrange Miles Moulton and local towns sharing Christmas with kin in Mullton and surrounding areas. Names include McCord Young Boehm Havlik Nowak Hohensee Fehrenkamp and others as families hosted.
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