Last Game Takes All on Clara and Bruce in Town Tale
Clara Rivers faces pressure from William Hudson and Bruce Bigelow as a bank note threat lingers. In a final game of words over a chocolate visit and a fenced romance, Bruce reveals he traced the threatening note to William, exposing his spelling pattern and coercive scheme.
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Clara Rivers
Northville Farmers’ Bank
William Hudson
Clara
William
Bruce Bigelow
Clary
Bruce
Will
Willia
Seth Thomas
Bear
Decorative Shadows From Pine Branches And Lamps
A colorful decorative technique uses a bowl of pine branches with light spilling backward to the wall. Clear glass Christmas lamps create shadow patterns, either grouped in the bowl or hidden behind it, and shadows can be tinted by adding larger contrasting lamps.
Stare Down a Mouse and Meet Glenn Dale
Judy and Pat discuss self image from Glenn Dale's book Personality Plus. Judy tests a lion tamer stare on a crowded platform but tumbles into a train, losing her shoe and meeting Glenn Dale who offers dinner and a chance to discuss the book. Judy vows to be first and discovers a kindred spirit in Dale as they connect.
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Judy
Pat Lanning
Glenn Dale
Cantor
Tommy Harmon
Pat
Sta
Tion
Dale
Boxing Day customs and St Nicholas origins
Boxing Day in England evolved from estate gift boxes to a social ritual seen as legalized blackmail for service workers. The piece also notes several Santas, including Kris Kringle and St Nick, and traces St Nicholas to an early bishop predating Justinian, with churches later dedicated to him in Constantinople.
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England
Kris Kringle
St. Nick
Nicholas
Nice
Justinian
Constantinople
St. Nicholas
Bosnia Fire Log Rituals Delay Yule Observance
In Bosnia the family celebrates a later Yule log ritual than much of Europe. At dawn the father carries the log into the home and is splashed with wine as he enters. The log is sprinkled with corn kernels to bless a bountiful summer crop.
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Bosnia
Europe
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Santa
Philadelphia
Jos. A. Leslie
Scott County Building
Sikeston, Missouri
nibHiye
Missouri
Sikeston
Farm Equipment Telephone
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