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aA the oxamlnor Tuooday Doc 20 1917 susows 6mm Natural Decor for Christmas The use of fresh growing plants around the house for color and decoration has in creased in almost stag ering numbers and theres really nothln lovelier to make mbined with dried natural flowers and frui they are perfect The Legend of Befana Families of Italian origin QECQXCQXQ BROWN MOTORS 437 Mp St lulu West of 400 May MERRY CHRISTMAS FABRIC DRAPERY Mill OUTLET BAYFIELD 51 Our Warmest Greetings to you at this festive season with best wishes for Happy and Prosperous New Year GEORGE McCAGUE MPP MorinSheet Elaine Infinity and Staff Adelgl Jesse Ii Posh Kathryn Irishu filer Ms and Ron Aldersea house look lived in for the holidays Here are few ideas you may not have thought of including some using traditional evergreens and mistletoe in not so traditional ways With little imagination theres no end to the unusual Ch gether at home If you are lucky enough to have bay or wide window ristmas decorations you can put to try massing pots of flower ing plants together poinsettias azaleas cyclamen on window seat or small table covered with pretty cloth Decorate the pots with Christmas cutouts from your favorite mazim or with holiday Polish your best silver bowl and fill it with dried Lunarla Honesty is its more commonly known name and fresh holly The silverwhite translucent Lu naria is perfect foil for the vivid red holly berries Your beach basket lying idle in the pantry makes charming rust holder turned on its side and filled with green apples and shiny red ristmas balls Bprlgs of evergreens in and around the apples add extra color Grandmas old butter churn will be rejuvenated filled with bittersweet cat tails and evergreen Make hanging mistle toe ball for doorwaé by sticking sprigs of tie toe into round potato in which you have pierced holes with nail Add perky bow at the to and hang The moisture the potato will keep the mistle toe fresh For unldue surprise cen terpiece insert small cuts of evergreen into lo loaf of bread covering completely Choose your loaf to suit your table shtige and length As with mistletoe ball the greens stay fresh ion er because of the moisture nthe bread Add two or three candles to your centerpiece by ush ing them down fl at the top Tiny tree orna ments can be added too Have fun Hope your hol iday is merry Candles Carols and candles bring added spirit and luster to Christmas The word carol comes from the middle 311811811 carolen meaning to ioyously The majority our most familiar carols date from the nineteenth century Some researchers believe that carol alrfiing could be carryover om the Roman songs of the Saturnalia Francis Scott Key noted lawyer and au thor of The Star Spangled Banner also wrote carols It is little known that the comedian Harpo Mark of the famous Marx Brothers also authored popular Christmas carol Caroling on Christmas Eve is tradition bro to America by our Eng forbears that delights us all at holiday time CANDLES Special light ing effects as we now know them elaborate and color ul at Christmas started with the romantic glow of holi day candies Placing lighted candles in the window on Christmas eve is believed to have started in Boston There are elaborate electric light shows in almost all large American cities but candles still sell in the mil lions showin that Ameri cans enjo ir soft glow and assoc tions Lavish Feast At Christmas in the year 1492 when Columbus was nding his da in the ew World King enry VII gave one of his most sump tuous feasts The Kifi 14851509 the Queen members of the court dined on no less than 120 different dishes with peacock as its climax He observed hol iday customs lavishly to say the least serving among the many delicacies pop ular dish called frumenty made by addi sugar and spices to boi ng hulled wheat Sumnuss CBNTERPIECE made from loaf of bread covered with greens Ginsu APPLIS AND SHINY nan Christmas balls spill out of peach basket for unusual decorative arrangement Carols and Christkindli are familiar with Betana In these days of womans lib it is interesting to hear about this legendary lady When the Three Kings were on their search for the Holy Child they passed the house of Befana as she was sweeping and cleaning her house In answer to her in quiry they told her of their searc She asked to go with them but they continued on their way without wait ing for her to finish her chores When Befana tried toovertake them she failed and so was unable to wor igip the Holy Babe with em Since then the woman Befana wanders the earth seekin her lost opportuni tge fan children believe fans rides through the air on broomstick on the eve of January which marks the Feast of Kin still seeking the Chr st Child She goes down chim neys leaving resents for the girls and ys as the Wise Men brought gifts to the Holy Child In Russia the same cus tom was once familiar though the lady there was known as Baboushka HollyDay Hum Spri of holly should be placed beehives at Christ mas So says an old En lish Christmas tradition is custom stems from the leg end that at the Manger bees gathered to hum hymn of Joy of Switzerland Reappears at Holy Season Christmas has unique significance in the German and French speaking re gions of Switzerland be cause the Christkindli or Christ Child is believed to walk on earth during this season Instead of Santa Claus the Christkindll repre sented as beautiful radi ant angelllke being with wings carrying magic wand and wearing shining crown distributes Christ mas gifts and Christmas trees glittering with fanci ful decorations Although the Christ kindli is commonly be lieved to personify the ChristChild he is some times represented as an angel bearing light or star Just as an an lher aided the birth Christ at Bethlehem 0n the other hand the Christkindli has some of the character istics of sprite as sug gested by the wand and the wings which can be linked to proChristian beliefs Borne suggest he ma stem from the pagan of representing the New Year as radiant and beautiful child Like Santa the Christ kindli also arrives in slel drawn by reindeer so ere would appear to be some intermingling of Christmas legends here St Nicholas is represented in several ways in different parts of Switzerland In some he is called Father Christmas and comes with his wife Lucy representing St Lucy whose feast day is December 13 to distribute gifts He wears the tradi tional Santa Claus costume while Lucy wears round cap over her lon braids laced bodice an fancy apron In the central art of Switzerland St Nlc olas is re resented more realisti in his bishops regalla com etc with mltre and er On St Nicholas Day which falls on Decem ber 6th there is magnifi cent parade in which white bearded masqueraders clothed in long white shirts carry huge threefoot mltresha lanterns over their hea These lanterns are perforated in intricate religious designs similar to church windows and when the candlelight shines through them as their bearers execute stately dance the are an impres sive sight deed EXTRA TREATS FOR YOUR HOLIDAY DINNER HOLLY WREATH SALADSUsing chicory make wreath sha In the village of Umaesch in the Canton of Appenzell the men and boys go Santa Clausing Some wear red Santa Claus costumes with jingling bells while others dressed and masked as la dies wear enormous eiab orate picture hats decorated with panoramas of Alpine scenes Starting early in the day on New Years Eve the group proceeds through the village with an unusual hopscotch gait stopping at each farm to share their merriment and artake of refreshments dark ness falls they all head for the Valley to ursue their New Year reve ry ASS ESSENTIAL T0 EVERY DOMAIN Although the ass such as the one ridden by Mary is sometimes des cribed as lowly beast fit or those of humble sta ion there is consid erable evidence that the dOCllr and useful ass was ridden by many rich and prestigious people as wel as the poor The Bible often mentions the ass as common part of many households on individual salad plates Scatter cherries or cranberries on chicory to look like ho CANDLE SALAD Roll half banana in colored sugar and set into ring of pine aprle Take half of split unsalted almond and stick into top of banana The almond actually burn for minute or two when lit PEPPERMINT ORANCES Roll fresh oranges gently on table top to soften and cut small hole on the ago each one Insert stick of glep suck the juice through candy stick making dou flight candy Small fry can ROSTY SNOWBALL MOLDPour into large mold cranberry sauce that has been thickened with gelatin When set remove from mold onto salad greens and deco rate with tlny snowballs made of softened cream cheese