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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1945
Page
13
Contriving homemade Christmas wreaths is a family project that can provide fun for youngsters and adults alike. It outlines materials like greens, wire, and decorative fruit, plus step by step techniques for small and larger wreaths, using coat hangers or salvaged wire for frames and tying sprays securely with binder twine or fine wire.
Nightly Posadas in Mexico reenacts Mary and Joseph seeking lodging in Bethlehem with two groups the Holy Pilgrims and the Inn keepers. Pilgrims led by an angel march house to house carrying candles and singing as Joseph begs entry until Mary’s needs are explained and shelter is granted followed by prayer and refreshments.
Christmas in Switzerland blends winter beauty with sacred lore as regions honor St. Nicholas or the Christkindle. Customs include onion weather forecasts, nine fountains to find a future mate, Zurich area Zucher Triggel cookies, and Trigger sentences. The oracle via a Bible psalm on Christmas Eve is said to reveal remaining years of life.
The Christmas tree trade began in 1851 when Mark Carr in the Catskills sold two sledge loads in New York. Today most regions grow trees and the Far West yields the largest volume, with many trees tagged to show they were harvested under good forestry practice.
A frugal groom gifts his bride a nickel’s worth of peppermint toffees on their trolley honeymoon and urges saving the rest for the children. Truman says the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima packed power beyond 20 000 tons of TNT. An ultraviolet lamp may purify air for future railway passengers.
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