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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1949
Page
12
A holiday kitchen feature offers a parade of easy recipes for buffet suppers and open houses. Included are Holiday Cider, Date Roll, Snow Balls, Orange Nut Cookies, Jellied Chicken Salad, Sugar Plum Loaf, Olives, and a New Year’s Party Menu with bread, loaves, and molded salads.
A home tips note suggests serving clear tomato soup in cups in the living room to entertain guests. It also recommends broiled mushrooms stuffed with scrambled eggs and simple baked potatoes dusted with orange rind nutmeg and corn syrup for a quick, easy menu.
Old fashioned serving idea highlights hominy as a roast chicken or turkey accompaniment topped with currant jelly. It suggests apple slices fried in butter with maple sugar, served with pork or sausages, and storing powdered sugar with a vanilla bean for dusting cookies and cakes.
The piece highlights countless acts of generosity beyond Christmas. It recalls women sharing ration coupons before rationing ended in England, Americans contributing pennies for a Colorado church bell, Dutch children sharing their piggy banks, Calgary transit offering free rides to pensioners, and a railway engineer aiding a stranded motorist. The message: true giving has no season and springs from compassionate humanity.
The article advises keeping Christmas trees in water from purchase to disposal to maintain color and reduce fire hazards. Tests show water-treated trees resist needle drop and ignition better than those treated with fire retardants, which spread chemicals less and may increase combustibility.
The world’s sole Santa Claus School in Albion New York trains would be Santas to embody the role with white wigs red suits and twinkling eyes. Graduates learn calm under disbelieving kids and how to diplomatically reassure parents while maintaining the illusion.
Caroling is a favorite Christmas Eve custom seen in many regions. The term noels, from French and Latin roots, reflects joy at Christmas and once described round dances with song. The earliest carol collection appeared about 1521.
A medieval Christmas toast accompanies the Yule log. It proclaims the log destroys old hatreds and envies while promoting fellowship for the season and year. It also notes preferred woods for a traditional log such as oak ash olive apple or pine.
The article recounts Syrian Epiphany Eve legends noting midnight tree bowing to honor the Christ child during Lallat al Qadr the night of destiny. It also recalls Epiphany celebrations commemorating Jesus baptism twelve days after Christmas and the belief that waters become holy at sunset on Epiphany Eve.
The article recounts a Norse myth tying the mistletoe to Balder’s death and return, explaining Frigga’s safeguarding of the mistletoe to avert further sorrow. Loki’s deception with the mistletoe seeds the tale, linking the plant to seasonal change and ceremonial kissing customs.
The piece traces North Carolina Christmas customs from October candle making in Salem to January 6 at Rodanthe on the Outer Banks and January 7 among Wilmington area colonists. It notes the ritual wax work in the Brothers House beginning in 1769 and seasonal candle teas with Moravian cakes and coffee, signaling the season.
Community safety notice urges careful use of electric Christmas lights to prevent fires. Emphasizes deep sockets, covering metal bases, avoiding shallow sockets, and replacing defective strings. Advises against 15 watt or higher bulbs on trees to reduce fire risk.
The Mexican child knows little of the Christmas tree unless heavily Ameri canized. Parents search markets for trinkets toys and sweets for the Pinata a jar of coarse red earthenware shaped like a clown or dancer. On Christmas Day the Pinata is suspended from the ceiling.
A reflective piece tracing the Christmas narrative from Isaiah prophecy to the nativity in Luke. It emphasizes the enduring faith and the biblical foretelling of Jesus birth, noting the Virgin conception and the visit of the Wise Men as climactic elements.
A Brazilian Christmas legend holds that on Christmas Eve all animals gain the power of speech. The tale, linked to the animals present at Christ’s birth, has spread worldwide and captivates children.
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