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Newspaper

Winters Enterprise

Location

Winters, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1954

Page

5

Christmas customs in Mexico Bulgaria and Holland

In Mexico children break a pinata filled with fruit candy and luck charms. In Bulgaria a KRAVAI cake ends a two week fast as gifts come from Koleda the Bulgarian Santa. The family lights the yule log and sprinkles corn to bring health and a bountiful year. In Holland children fill wooden shoes with hay and carrots for St Nick's white horse.

Mexico Bulgaria Grandpa Koleda Santa Claus Holland St. Nick's St. Nick Czechoslovakia Norway

Yuletide Customs From Around the World in Brief

The article surveys Christmas traditions across nations noting Czechslovakia’s emphasis on reconciliation, Norway’s care for farm animals, and legends of St Nick. It mentions the Christmas tree’s origins in Strasbourg in 1605, midsummer celebrations south of the equator, and enduring customs like mistletoe, Yule log, and grain bundles for birds.

Norway Strasbough Germany

Christmas memories and a bakelite tidbit from Opal Hunt

Evelyn Lachs shares a family Christmas memory about finding a simple pine tree and its quiet meaning. Opal Hunt closes with year end wishes and a note that Holly berries were once white before the Crucifixion. A final line cites Leo Hendrick Bakeland as inventor of bakelite.

Washington Irving Evelyn Lachs Santa Claus

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Equator Rome Bradshaw Leo Hendrick Bakeland Bakelite Hollywood H. H. Webb Medical Supply Company Cedar Street Abilene Gulf Service Station Roy E. Young Spill Bros. & CO Winters, Texas Main Drug Company Pops Up E. E. Vaughan Oil and Gas Co
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