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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1911
Page
11
A youthful tour of global holiday traditions describes English carols and mistletoe, Dutch star processions at midnight, German Christmas trees and gifts, Servian oak fires, French slippers and noel songs, Belgian processions, Russian feasts, and Scandinavian churchgoing and charity, highlighting distinct national charms and shared cheer.
In Bulgaria the Koleda season features bands of boys led by the Old Man and Old Woman with the Crumb Picker and four Singers. They proclaim fasting ends and feasting begins. The grotesque attire of the Koledars draws a large crowd that enjoys their antics and songs.
A tale set near the Sundown sheep ranch follows Rosita McMullen and her suitors Madison Lane and Johnny McRoy. After a gunfight at a Christmas wedding, Johnny becomes the Frio Kid, a feared outlaw. decades of violence unfold until a Christmas Eve confrontation and a surprising act of mercy hint at possible forgiveness in a frontier world.
A collection of short Christmas themed humor and anecdotes. Bits include Decem Ginks as a foil for holiday vanity, a parlor maid swallowing a coin, a sharp quip about Christmas spending, highwaymen and thieves, and dinner table wit. Also a minister at a goose related jest and a line about Santa Claus myths used to explain gifts.
A playful dialogue sketches social disparity and shopper irony. Dudley Nobs questions Santa’s fairness while families trade tales of gifts. The scene includes Mrs Gramercy and Mrs Park joking about expensive presents and suspicious behavior amid post Christmas shopping and exchanges.
George and Lily celebrate an engagement and focus on the present as Christmas humor unfolds. A debate over turkey prices and weights unfolds between Brown and Jones, culminating in a live turkey causing $150 in damage after a failed attempt to kill it.
The early Romans introduced Christmas gifts but kept them simple due to sumptuary laws. Expensive items faced auction to fund public finances, while gifts remained jars of olives, napkins, jelly fishes, toothpicks, candies, cloaks, and sweetmeats.
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