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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1945
Page
3
Epiphany marks gift giving with tales of the Wise Men and Befana. Legends tell children place shoes for hay and toys, while Befana and Babouska search Bethlehem for the Christ Child, delivering gifts if crossing paths with the Magi.
December 23, 1822 story told to his children by Dr Clem ent Clark Moore led to the poem The Visit of St Nicholas. Hidden anonymously in the Troy Sentinel a year later, Moore kept secret for years that he authored the work. Miss Harriet Butler copied the tale in her album and sent a copy to the Sentinel for 1823 Christmas.
Santa calls many people to help fix toys with fire departments acting as repair hubs in many cities. Boys and girls provide expert assistance knowing exactly what each child desires.
The passage explains how Puritan New England housewives made bayberry candles for economic reasons rather than Christmas traditions. It notes Puritan opposition to Christmas from the Mayflower era, Massachusetts 1659 tidings of abolition in 1643, and the slow revival of Christmas customs after the Restoration, with persistent Puritan prejudice into the early 20th century.
The article surveys diverse Christmas traditions in several countries. It mentions Norway with a grim myth about spruces and sacrifices, and Russia where Méry is depicted as omnipotent in scenes with her instead of the Christ Child.
Christmas is Christmas around the world with shared reverence for Christ. This year a peace day marks thanksgiving after a long struggle, while traditions vary by country and region.
An eight evening religious procession moves through Mexican streets with Joseph and Mary figures leading the march and singing Christmas carols. Each night neighbors are visited for admittance, culminating on the ninth evening in a religious service around a manger made of straw and box.
In Unrasch Switz region youths go house to house in masks and elaborate headdresses representing houses ships and biblical scenes. They wear enormous cowbells on leather harnesses and dance and yodel for coins.
The Polish Wigilia marks Christmas with a twelve dish feast prepared in individual styles. After the meal, lights go out and bowls of nuts raisins and fruits and Christmas cakes are shared around the tree by candlelight.
In Holland boys and girls await Sinter Klaas on Christmas Eve to show if they are worthy of presents. A child places hay and carrots in wooden shoes by the fireplace for the great white horse and Sinter Klaas, then spends a restless night awaiting the Saint's arrival.
Readers urged to mail 16 cents with name and pattern number 1491 to receive complete crocheting instructions for the Fascinator pattern.
A collection of practical tips includes making non slip ladder treads with old tread material and bottom supports, sprouting a yam in a water jar to grow a vine, using colorless nail polish to stiffen fabric for buttonholes, soaking nuts before baking to avoid dryness, surrounding a well curb with gravel to prevent washout, and trimming a whisk broom into a V point for hard to reach cleaning tasks.
Advice on prolonging wear and fit of common kitchen ware and garments. Emphasizes avoiding damage by washing enameled ware after use and keeping brassieres clean, suggesting washing after each day or two of wear to extend life.
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