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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1963
Page
14
Cream butter and vanilla, add sugar creaming until fluffy, then add eggs one at a time. Sift dry ingredients and add gradually to creamed mixture. Chill four hours, roll, cut shapes, bake 375 for seven minutes, cool and decorate. Cookie yield about seven dozen. packaging mentions various snack items.
A survey describes fifteenth and sixteenth century English manor hospitality, Christmas bans by Parliament, Polish gift letters to be found by Wise Men, Danish New Year crockery tossing, and birds fed with tree decorations. It notes Bethlehem Day in Puerto Rico celebrating the Magi on twelfth night.
The story links St. Nicholas a fourth century bishop known for kindness to a tradition of gift giving. He allegedly tossed a bag of gold down a chimney landing in a stocking hung to dry inspiring the Christmas stocking legend.
In 1928 a spruce from Vermont was placed on the White House lawn during Calvin Coolidge’s presidency. The next year Coolidge led a ceremony under the American Forestry Association to promote living Christmas trees nationwide.
A brief note describes the practice of tucking a small gold item into the toe of a Christmas stocking, recalling a festive custom tied to oranges or tangerines and the holiday spirit.
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