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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1948
Page
2
The article notes Nazareth as a rare example of Jew and Arab living together peacefully in Palestine. It describes Nazareth being taken by Israeli forces before the second truce, while Nazarene Arabs stayed and sought mercy, leading to a calm coexistence despite the broader violence.
Yaupon, North Carolina’s profusely growing shrub, can be brewed into tea and is featured on a Caroline hotel menu. An American holly related to Mate, its leaves and twigs are cured with hot stones and dried, then steeped in hot water with syrup and citrus spices, offering a festive tea idea.
The article describes Serbian and Croatian Christmas customs including roasting a suckling pig, outdoor fires, a wheat plate, and a Yule log ritual. Men collect a young oak with eastward fall at sunrise, light candles, sprinkle corn and wine, and a neighbor brings blessings and a prosperity coin.
The article explains that the biblical stable where Jesus was born was a cave hewn from rock, not a modern stall. It notes Judean travelers used such caves for shelter and warmth from animals, and that the birthplace beneath Bethlehem’s Church of Nativity is now a richly ornamented grotto.
A compact survey of how cultures honor Christmas with trees. It notes Japanese dolls and fortunes on branches, German newspaper chains as decorations, candles tracing to Luther, French glitter and sugar balls, Italian cribs dating to 1223, and Czech gilded nuts apples and cookies shaping animals and huts.
Kathleen Norris writes of a 26 year old mother in Oklahoma facing dire hardships from a harsh home life. She contemplates leaving Beverley with Zell and his wife or accepting a financial offer to study architecture while raising her daughter. The advisor urges placing the child with her father to start over, stressing the daughter’s resilience and the mother’s fragile situation.
Centuries ago great baronial halls in England lit a Christmas log that burned through the holiday. Servants saved a brand each year to relight the next fire. Properly burned logs were believed to keep the devil from causing mischief in the household.
Long before Christ, Romans marked December 19 as the Feast of Saturnalia with green bough decorations. Druids gathered and adorned with mistletoe while Saxons used holly ivy and bay in celebrations.
The piece recalls Swiss winter lore during Christmas with a tale of onion layers predicting rain. A superstition says cut an onion into twelve layers and fill each with salt. the salty layers foretell forthcoming weather.
In New York blind people can thread a needle and perform daily tasks with new devices shown at the American Foundation for the Blind. The showroom demonstrates gadgets for playing cards and checkers, fishing, cooking, slicing, and reading precision tools, serving as a clearing house for assistive technology.
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