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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1978
Page
13
A colorful cookie flower centerpiece enhances Christmas meals and buffets. Visual appeal boosts the dining experience but danger lurks as small fingers may grab the sweet decorations before the dinner ends.
Easy cookie craft uses refrigerated slice and bake dough to form flower shaped cookies on popsicle sticks. Decorate with icing, sugar, and stencils, then arrange in a foam filled pot with evergreen accents and a ribbon for a festive centerpiece.
The article explores how evergreens such as holly and fir have symbolized immortality and spiritual ideas since ancient Saturnalia and Druids shaped Christmas decoration traditions. It notes holly's protective associations and fir trees as sacred forest kings, linking these beliefs to later Christian practices. It also suggests practical ideas for year round decorations from garden plants.
With another Christmas season under way stores hire armed guards chain down merchandise and deploy detectors and cameras. Authorities note shoplifting rises sales and costs with four billion spent on security annually. The FBI calls shoplifting the fastest larceny nationwide and crime affects a broad cross section of society.
In France Epiphany traditions bake round king cakes filled with almond paste and a prize such as a coin bean or small favor. The finder wins a paper crown and becomes King or Queen for the day. The new ruler dictates during ensuing games and dances.
A warm Swedish Christmas blends cakes cookies and glogg with echoes from Viking times. The elf Tomten brings gifts while riding the Julbok linked to Thor. The term Yule or Jul may derive from hjul meaning wheel marking the year’s turn.
The article suggests enriching holiday spirit with natural decorations such as holly sprigs evergreen boughs berries and nuts placed around the home. It recommends starting early collecting materials from nature and making a wreath on a styrofoam circle with wire tape and a ribbon bow.
A guide to dressing holiday plants in decorative outer containers while keeping the original porous clay pot visible. Use paint, papers, ribbons, fabrics, foil, or combinations to create festive surrounds.
A traditional eggnog method mixes 6 egg yolks with 12 cup sugar, adds 2 cups milk and 2 cups heavy cream, then blends in 1 cup liquor and 2 tablespoons dark rum. Chill 4 hours, whip 3 egg whites with percentage cup sugar, fold in, and serve with nutmeg. yields 12 servings.
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