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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
9
Composite Pictures provides a playful Christmas activity for children using pencils and small four by nine inch papers. Players fold papers into three sections draw a head in the top, body and legs in the bottom, then pass around to create humorous combined creatures. No drawing skill needed as even crude shapes yield entertaining results.
Pleasant Christmas pastime ideas for kids including pencil and pad games with greens guessing, cake and candy word games, and pantomime acting. The activity emphasizes playful tasks by the fire with fresh pencils and paper, a greens basket, prize for best plant names, and varied pantomime roles to entertain.
An old fashioned game called Quaker Meeting is popular at the Yuletide party. Players sit around the room while one or more whisper witty tasks to each participant. When ready, one person claps to start and the first action follows.
A family Christmas party game uses a blindfolded player with a whistle on a string. Guests try to grab it while guessing who holds it, followed by a Yule log with dolls representing the months and candles for wishes. Children identify their birth month dolls, with the oldest claiming duplicates.
An old fashioned square Yuletide table was lengthened to seat twelve children. A large Yule log candy box formed the centerpiece with holly and mistletoe, topped by a doll dressed as a jester named the Lord of Mistletoe.
In a domestic economy moment Alfred asks for a check to buy Christmas gifts. His wife trims the total to 74.25 dollars after counting gifts for children, mother, maid, and others. The exchange ends with a practical insistence on minimal spending.
The piece reflects on the Christmas contrast between harsh yearly judgment and charitable giving. It notes that while society neglects the failures and derelicts most days, Salvation Army and other agencies offer aid on Christmas Day, embodying a brief Christ spirit.
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