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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1964
Page
2
In 1905 Sam Amidon, a Wichita lawyer, bought his paper on Christmas Eve and treated a news vendor to new shoes. He then hosted a Christmas dinner for the vendor and friends, starting a tradition later carried on by his wife after his 1925 death.
A holiday punch idea mixes floating pineapple juice balls in cranberry punch. Prepare by cooking cranberries with cloves, straining, and sweetening with sugar and lemon juice. Optional twist adds lemon slices and mint leaves for fresh flavor.
A trust fund, administered by a local bank and aided by the Salvation Army, keeps the annual Christmas dinner for the needy alive in Wichita, memorializing a man whose generosity and kindness established the program. The tradition endures although fewer homeless newsboys exist since 1905.
The tale centers on Madelon a shepherds daughter visiting the Bethlehem stable during the first Christmas Her tears over not having a gift for the Christ Child draw an angel who says a gift of the heart is best The angel transforms into a rose tree bearing white blooms that Madelon offers at the manger
A legend recalls an English king and hunting party trapped by a blizzard on Christmas Eve. A hunter improvised a hot plum pudding from stag meat, flour, eggs, dried plums, ale, brandy, sugar, and wild game, inspiring the dish’s traditional ingredients.
In western Austria the custom has entire villages joining in carol singing on Christmas Eve. A torch parade gathers families as carolers march through streets, with the procession swelling until the whole population marches to the village church.
A fragment notes white blossoms becoming a striking pink as Christmas roses bloom, signaling a festive seasonal display. The observation highlights the plant’s color change in a garden context during the holiday period.
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