Christmas Gifting Customs From River Home Remains Shared
A river community essay muses on Christmas traditions and gift wrapping. It praises thoughtful wrapping using local foliage, notes the value of pre and post holiday dreams, and reflects on generosity toward soldiers while favoring simple, meaningful touches over ostentation.
Wrapping Adds To The Gift As Expression Of Care
Miss Arciminte Yebunn says wrapping reflects the giver and the gift. Miss Plolman adds care equals the gift’s value, with dainty inconspicuous wrappings in harmony with sentiment. White tissue paper tied with white ribbon and a touch of frid ge completed the presentation.
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Arciminte Yebunn
Kansas
Miss Plolman
Roast Goose for Christmas
Instructions for selecting a young goose and preparing a Christmas roast with mashed potato dressing, walnuts, vinegar, and sage. Includes stuffing, roasting, making gravy from pan drippings, and serving with apple sauce, pears, and cake. ends with tasting sugar in sieve.
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Alwiys
Jules
December O Month Bright with Christmas Joy
J. C. Oliver reflects on December as a festive, reflective season marking memory, love, and renewal. The prose traces winter’s hush, nature’s fade, and the heralding of Christmas as a time of peace. The Los Angeles Times excerpt frames December as a season of blessing and reunion.
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Risaur
Christ
J. C. Oliver
Los Angeles Times
Christmas Cheer Repeats Through The Year
A brief verse laments creditors and debtors who neglect troubles while they revel in merriment, wishing that Christmas joy could stretch every day. Photias Miller.
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