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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1956
Page
5
A seasonal letter celebrates Christmas as a time for faith, hope, and Christ like qualities in every person. It emphasizes selflessness, loyalty, and devotion to higher principles, noting how acts of kindness and friendship spread goodwill worldwide. The message wishes subscribers a Merry Christmas.
The article explains wassail as a Christmas health wish tradition. It traces the word to waes nael meaning be thou well and describes a cider drink mixed in a wooden bowl with apples roasting above, served before the hearth. A recipe is given: one gallon cider, a dash of grenadine, six egg whites whipped, plus allspice cinnamon and crushed cloves, then milk or cream.
A traditional Christmas tale describes the wren hunted on Christmas morning in Ireland with holly, ribbons, and the wren boys collecting dole from households. A Danish-Irish war anecdote links the bird to a failed ambush, sparking blame, while modern practice reassesses the tale and welcomes the bird to farms and homes.
A mixed set of unfamiliar prompts about Christmas lore. Questions cover authors of classic carols, stories with miserly figures, origins of Christmas traditions, mistletoe history, Saxon phrases, proverbs, legends of Quetzalcoatl, plants that bloom at Christmas, Mme Schumann-Hernk's songs, and burial sites of Gov St Nicholas of Myra with a request for the literal meaning of Christmas and related details.
Don Wheeler describes a New Year’s Eve gathering at the Turnabout home. Guests including Tyler Benson and the Harrison couple arrive as the host and Mrs Turnabout finalize party preparations. Tom Harrison declares he has made resolutions while stomping onto the piano bench amid a lively social setting.
In a humorously tense scene, Harrison scowls as Tyler Turned plans a New Year resolution to stop neighborly grievances over lawn care. Benson provokes a playful bargain: if Turnabout keeps his promises for three months, Harrison will curb his own complaints. the bet ends with Turnabout revealing they are moving away and leaving Harrison to confront the upcoming spring grass duties.
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