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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1946
Page
6
Mr and Mrs O D Handel and family will spend Christmas with her mother Mrs AL Kirschenmann in Shafter. The family recently returned from a honeymoon in Santa Cruz and Mount Hermon and will make their home at the D F Unrat household.
The State TB Group urges support for its Seal Sale program citing 1945 figures. It reports three sales and links the effort to tuberculosis deaths, noting the highest death count among men aged 36.
The Wassail bowl tradition dates to ancient times with a ritual toast "To Your Health" and festive mingling. By 1909 America saw open house notices and public New Year calls, but many hosts faced drinking excess and the practice declined into private rounds among acquaintances.
The mistletoe, famed as a Christmas symbol, has roots in Druids and Norse myth. It is a parasitic plant on hardwoods and conifers, linked to healing powers and magical beliefs, with Celtic oak variants considered spesielt potent. An old rhyme ties it to Christ.
An elaborate Ukraine Christmas Eve supper breaks a 39 day meat fast with twelve courses for the twelve Apostles. The menu includes buckwheat soup flax pancakes prunes fish bread and nuts and ends with Kou tia honey porridge symbolizing the holy crib manger and infant.
Shafter Firestone defeated Wasco 22 to 14 in a Wasco city league game. Kenny Howell led Firestone with 8 points, while Wasco’s Haley and Frantz scored 6 each. Games are held at Wasco High School gym on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Firestone plays once weekly.
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