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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1962
Page
10
Christmas tree disposal is set for January 6, Twelfth Night Epiphany. Communities plan safe bonfires in public parks with neighborhood groups and carols for families. Early animated cards showcased Victorian era symbols like robin Santa holly mistletoe and carolers.
Festive cooking splurge continues through New Years with recipes for a sour cream fudge roll and an apricot fluff pie. Recipes cover cake, bars, filling, and decorations with fruit, nuts, and chocolate elements.
A fragmented article traces the origins of Christmas carols from medieval dances and Latin songs to English and broadsides. It notes the Greek and French roots for terms like carol and mentions St Francis and Puritan bans, plus the tradition of carolers and early printed books.
The American Music Conference outlines inexpensive options for preschool through high school ages. Prices range from $1 to $1000 with instruments including rhythm bells xylophones drums flutes ocarinas ukuleles guitars accordions and pianos. The guide highlights family purchases like organs or pianos to foster shared musical activity.
Legends surround how Silent Night was written with Joseph Mohr composing the words and his organist Gruber adding the music likely from Michael Haydn. Some accounts say Mohr was inspired after blessing a poor newborn on Christmas Eve while others claim the church organ failed and the hymn was created to lift spirits at midnight mass.
The article describes how early English families kept ash wood Yule logs burning through the twelve days of Christmas to honor the Christ Child. It notes variations in other European countries with oak pine and olive as preferred woods and Scotland favoring birch.
Traditional Santa and Nativity motifs dominate the season as card makers add depth with three dimensional outdoor scenes and layered materials. Religious cards rise with Victorian filigree and heirloom styles, while photographic techniques create realism. a red leather poetry book offers a keepsake option.
A quirky instruction advises ladies to refresh gems in stockings by using a tea strainer and emerald routine. It describes cleaning with sudsy water and ammonia, boiling, rinsing under running water, draining on the suds, then dipping in alcohol and drying.
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