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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1914
Page
11
Senator Key Pittman of Nevada recalls a 15 year old Nome Christmas on the ice bound town where 8,000 residents built a 50 foot high ice pyramid, raised a pine tree, and welcomed Santa Claus with a midnight ceremony on the frozen Ber ing Sea.
A red glass ball in a Christmas tree grows arrogant as a bubble party unfolds. He boasts of being unique and longs to float like bubbles. After trying to imitate, the proud ball crashes down and breaks, teaching humility to the boastful ornament.
Puzzle corner presents an encryption by beheading animals signs mechanical powers and time words to reveal a Christmas decoration and an answer word. The wrapped clues yield Hareare Omenmen Lever ever Late-ate Yeer-ear Holy and the overall solution is Reindeer.
Instructions for making fondant and Christmas candy, with steps to prepare fondant, test its texture, and use it to create fig and nut squares and other treats. Emphasizes home kitchen role, involving supervision by a caregiver. Includes cautions about stirring and timing, and mentions vanilla flavoring in walnut creams.
A quirky historical letter asks Santa for snow and ice gifts and family praise while including a recipe for fondant almond treats. The text blends a Christmas wishlist with step by step instructions for making almond cream confections and nut rolls.
Amid wartime strain in Europe, the South of France holds Christmas customs where the youngest lights the Yule log, the eldest cuts and the family decorates a tree, and a log is kept burning until New Year while a great family supper ends the day with honey almond pudding among other dishes.
A fragment blends a Christmas Piggy Wig narrative with reflections on festive meals and a Southern France holiday tradition. It describes a piglet raised for Christmas dinner, contrasts with a turkey feast, and touches on children seeking the Magi and charitable gift practices. It also mentions St Barbara’s grain customs beginning December 4 and notes on local observances.
The article outlines Norwegian Christmas practices including placing a wheat sheaf on the house for birds, renewing it through winter, and involving children in the ritual. It notes that animals receive foods and evergreens, and that on Christmas Day the deceased in the family are remembered with evergreens on graves during the festive merriment.
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