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Show F64ST 'T'URKEY and cranber-ries, cranber-ries, plum pudding, fruit cakes and mince pie are as much a part of our Christmas festivities as holly, hol-ly, mistletoe, Santa Claus and gifts. Since the beginning begin-ning of American history, when turkeys and cranberries cranber-ries were found by the early Puritans they have been considered as the basis of the Christmas dinner. Holly, Hol-ly, mistletoe, Santa Claus and the custom of giving were, brought from their homeland. ATANY superstitions con' - -- cern the food eaten on ; Christmas Day. Once it was considered bad luck to re-' re-' fuse mince pie; apples eaten eat-en at midnight brought t good health; there must be a plum pudding, otherwise you would lose a friend ; during the year. The feed-; feed-; - ing of animals, the sending of cards, the singing of . carols and Christmas visits as well as practice of giving i gifts, were all derived from early superstitions. , |