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Show THE PAYSON Payson, Utah CHRONICLE - CHRISTMAS ISSUE Thursday, December 25, 1969 84651 EXTRA GIFT An "extra and inexpensive gift certain to be appreciated by most youngsters is a supply of batteries. Most children receive one or more battery-poweretoys for Christmas. FESTIVAL Christmas in Turkey is a three-dafestival. Christian Turks observe the season by visiting and entertaining and coffee, sweetmeats, fruit and sometimes sour milk are holiday treats. y The Right Feasts Play Favorites, World Over What Indeed Is Christmas? What, indeed, is Christmas? Why is Christmas, of all holidays, the most eagerly awaited, As much a part of Christmas Santa Claus are the holiday dinner, the candies, cookies and cakes, the pies and puddings. Almost every country in the world has contributed its own culinary heritage to can make holiday shopless of a chore with much ping a bit of planning, and the obvious starting point is a complete list of the individuals for whom presents are to be purchased. Once the list is completed, jot down beside each name the categories from which a gift for this individual may be selected. For example, if Uncle Fred is a stamp collector, likes to fish and is interested in Civil War history, note th?se facts beside his name and IherCao the same for others on the list. With such a list, youll find you can complete your shopping much faster than you would if you marked only a single type of present beside each name. You save a lot of time looking and hunting for some particular item. And, if you are certain of the hobbies or interests of the intended recipient, your gift is certain to be appreciated. You as the celebration. Turkey and all the trimmings have become traditional in America, and other countries have their own menus for the Christmas feast. Belgium and Holland have special cakes and sweets for St. Nicholas season. The is baked in the form of letters so that one may order his name in cake. Marzipan candies, once made only in the shape of hearts, now come in many forms. An Italian Christmas feast might include Capitelli white meat of chicken and pork chopped and mixed with eggs and spices, encased in an inch-hig- h dunce cap of noodle or Capitoni, made dough from fried eels. the The answer must be that Christmas is the one holiday that has a special meaning for all mankind. The spirit of Christmas was first reflected in the eyes of wise kings and humble shepherds who had journeyed from far and near to witness a special miracle the birth of a promised Redeemer. Christmas customs change with the modes and mannerisms of new generations. Yet the real story of Christmas remains forever the same. Christmas is the birthday of Jesus Christ. However we choose to celebrate this great holiday, we must find it difficult to ignore that there is in the world about us a spirit of love and goodness, of close communion with God and with mankind. It lives within the heart of all who have recognized the true meaning of Christmas. What Austrians Eat fopiitroal eppy Pi he best of hopes are extended to you for a warm, happy holiday with friends you hold near and dear. And it is time to thank you for your loyal patronage. Rex Drug Characteristic foods of Austrians at Christmas, say Americana Encyclopedia researchers, are fruchtbrod, a cake made of raisins, currants, chopped figs and dates and served hot; chopped and baked carps; beef, vegetables and beer. On Christmas Day in Hungary the family sits down for a roast goose dinner. Instead of turkey, Norwegians have Christmas porridge, codfish, roast ribs of pork, pickled pork, and sometimes a barbecued young pig, with an apple in its mouth, and paper frills upon its ears. Mince pie is an old English custom. It represents a compound of the choicest products of the East and symbolizes the gfts of the Wise Men to the Christ Child. Another national Christmas dish in England is the famous plum pudding. After the Portuguese return from the Missa do Galo, the Midnight Mass, the grownups gather at the table for a huge Christmas breakfast of hot chocolate, sweets and egg . cakes. Bells ringing, carol-singin- g tell The Finns serve a Christmas dessert made of rice, according to the editors of The Book of Knowledge. The rice is boiled in milk and served with cream topped with sugar and cinnamon. An almond is put into the large dish of rice and the diner who is lucky enough to get this almond will, legend says, be especially favored in the coming year. Hawaiian Fearing Lavish feasts accompany Christmas in Hawaii. Menu for a traditional dinner in a Polynesian family might be: roast pig, prepared in an imu, a covn ered rock oven; with raw salmon, vinegar poi; and herbs; island spinach cooked in coconut milk; and pickled pineapple. Dessert pie might be passion-fru- it tangy-tar- t, yet sweet, topped ice with macadamia-nu- t cream. In Sweden as family, guests and household servants assemble, each person sticks a piece of bread on a fork and dips it into a kettle of pork and sausage drippings. According to tradition, this bread is eaten for luck before the feast begins. gray-brow- the joys of Christmas. We wish you all the best of a merry season, . with warm thanks for your good will. Chase Lumber & Hardware and good will throughout the year. Yule Greens Evergreens at Christmas are an emblem of life eternal. Ancient peoples believed that the greenness of evergreens in win- - Fashion Beauty Shoppe |
