New Year Celebrations Around Europe Highlight Traditions
Festivities vary by country as England lists honors in the king's name, France and Germany mirror US customs in cities like Paris, and Poland, Lithuania, and Czechoslovakia hold official receptions and visits. Greece bakes a gold coin cake, Bulgaria lights bonfires and promotes soldiers, while Sweden records officials' names in a royal book and Bulgarians ring in the New Year with carols and sleigh rides.
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England
France
Germany
United States
Paris
Poland
Lithuania
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Bulgaria
Sweden
Scotch New Year Traditions Toasting Joy and Mischief
The passage describes Scots enjoying New Year with restrained cheer and a round of wassail. Apples float in the bowl recalling apple howling legends, while lambs wool decorates the drink. Handsel Monday remains the big day for local youths after New Year.
CLOCK WATCHER AS 1950 HITS THE DOORSTEP
A light year end note riffs on New Year mood and how 1950 will arrive with a wink. The piece reflects on 1949 as a build up to the new year and the hopeful turn of the calendar.
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Hollywood
Feasting Traces Holiday Rites Across Homes and Lands
The article notes feasting as a key New Year tradition both at home and abroad. It highlights the American in England enjoying turkey or duck or goose on New Year's Day with plum pudding as the main cultural difference.
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England
Feeding stations for birds entice robins to stay
The Home Workshop presents a bird feeding station pattern 276 costing 25c, with a sketch and instructions. It suggests placing cottages to attract robins returning in spring. Drawer 30 Bedford Hills NY handles orders. Also noted is a 1948 public roads record of 397,589,000,000 miles driven with 33,394,000 passenger cars, 184,000 buses, and 4,379,000 trucks.
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Bedford Hills
New York
Bureau of Public Roads
Grand Coulee Dam Powers Vast Hydro Plant in Washington
The Grand Coulee dam on the Columbia River in Washington operates the world’s largest hydroelectric system with 1,208,000 kilowatts capacity already, and a total potential capacity of about 1,974,000 kilowatts.
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Grand Coulee
Columbia River
Washington
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