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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1946
Page
8
Mr Pickwick and Mr Wardle host a Dickensian Christmas Eve with snap dragon wassail and a blazing log supper. Servants join locals as the clock nears midnight, forfeits and stories fuel a merry, communal holiday scene.
A Mexican Christmas tradition features a red lettered pinata filled with nuts candies and small gifts. An earthen jar fragile by design shatters easily releasing goodies as blindfolded children take turns striking it.
Nebraska beer retailers embrace self regulation to elevate tavern standards. Licensees strive for clean facilities, adequate lighting, ventilation, modern toilets, hot and cold water, and a welcoming atmosphere to gain public goodwill and business gains.
A young girl asks Santa for a wooden toy tank featuring a big turret gun gunner and a front winch like a real tank. The unusual gift reflects a child’s imaginative play during the holiday season.
A crumpled sheet carried by Detec tive John Scully in New York holds a 20 line Christmas poem by Robert J Scully an 18 year old Marine in the South Pacific. The verse laments no gifts or bells yet vows to conquer the Nazis. Robert urged his father to join the Marines after Pearl Harbor and sailed on July 3 his 18th birthday. He was a Roosevelt High School football star who graduated at 15.
The piece surveys Christmas customs in England France Brazil and the Americas. It notes Boxing Day on December 26 in England, Epiphany on January 8 or 19 in various churches, and Brazil's blend of Santa Claus with Portuguese traditions leading to gifts and cards through January 15.
The article describes Christmas haggis as a dish traditionally made in a sheep’s maw with lungs heart and liver, mixed with suet onions salt and pepper. It notes American variations use calves instead of sheep and oats with suet onions and spices. The mixture is placed in the stomach and boiled.
The article traces many carols to 12th and 13th century mystery plays where the church staged extravagant representations of Christ's birth to entertain the public.
The Sunday School Christmas program is set for Sunday evening December 22. The WSCS will hold a regular meeting on Thursday January 6 to elect officers and plan a church night supper with Dr. Hunter as guest. Homecoming open meeting of the Brotherhood will occur soon after Christmas.
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