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find yourself celebrating christmas in other part of the world in token of chnits birth in a manger poles spread hay on the floor and lithuanians have straw under the tablecloth at their festive christmas eve meal the colorful mexican pouda or pilgrimage dramatizes the search which led mary and joseph lo to th the meuage from the tacred manger bring hope and happinew anew merry christmas the mutual life auuranoa company of canada robert s hart aflenr 341 orvllla rd acton bui 4164513460 rat 5198531527 the stable for each of i he nine nights before christmas the couple dressed at mary and joseph go from house to house only at the last house are they and the parade of neighbor which is now following them invited in for supper an even more novel procession may be seen in the mountains of austria according to researchers wood carvers in the little town of oberommergau meet on christmas eve and skj down the mountain slopes with flaming torches in their hands singing as they go just about every country which celebrates christmas has its unique bit of seasonal folklore or ritual in sweden its the feast of st lucia on december 13 ushering in the christmas season each community chooses a lovely lucia queen to represent the young girl martyred for her religion centuries before in ancient rome in families with daughter the prettiest play the rule of lucia her privilege is to wait on everyone else for the day but even the standard holiday feature christmas dinner christmas presents and yuletide decorations have picturesque local variations not only does santa hove numerous aliases hes julemssen in denmark pere noel in france and the abbot of unreason in scotland but in italy he is a she italian children place their trust in befana an old woman on a broomstick who brings gifts to good children and ashes to bad ones in older versions of the legend she ate the juvenile delinquents americans are probably the champion giftgivers spending more than 27 billion for christmas presents in recent yejrs the bearded gent and his counterparts in other countries are kept very busy the french exchange gift on new years day but the impatient young fry ore visited by pere noel on christmas eve while waiting for befana to come on jan 6 italian children and their elders draw small gifts on christmas eve from a jar called the urn of fate and leave it to the systematic british to establish dec 26 as boxing day on this day servants and tradespeople are remembered with boxes of money the date of the christmas dinner also varies around the world many countries have hon christmas eve before or after pioneer christmas feasts gastronomical nightmares canada first christina celebration occurred a early a i 36 when jacques cutler wintered at stadacona with hi ill fated little colony but tlut gallant band of venturer had very little to celebrate famine illness hostile indian and cold combined to make that christina anything but merry the first christmas worthy of tlie description merry was in 1606 in the colony of pott royal plagued by scurvy and with another long winter upon them tlie port royal colonists were struggling against extinction when sanuel de cliamptaln enlisted the art of gastronomy in the interests of food physical and mental health le formed a dining club fordre du bon temps lach member took his turn being grand matter for a day and it became a point of honor to fill the post of providing meals for i lie company with a hair as tlie result of this friendly competition of the table marc lescorbot one of the earliest historians of canadian settlements records tlut the board groaned beneath all the luxuries of the winter forest moose caribou and deer beaver otter and lure ducks geese grouse and plover sturgeon too and trout and full innumerable speared tluough the another account of an earla seventeenth century christmas feast in quebec i enough to make a gourmand groan with indigestion there were cake of corn bread great kettle of eels salmon and bean all boiled togellier and served in bowls this wa followed by rich meal soups thickened with pounded nuts corn peas and baked squash formed the next course then came great joints of roan venison deep squirrel pies baked wild pigeons partridges blackbirds and owls i or dessert there were cakes of nuple sugar and a sweetmeat uf nuls and sunflower seeds with a uuce made of dried berries and boding water a christmas meal at fort edmonton in ik47 included boiled buffalo meat dried muose meat and bulfalo tongue beavers tails roast wild gooie and wlutefith were also served while the centre uf tlie table was piled with otatoes turnips and bread fur tlie huge christmas dinner joyaas christ tlie elory of christmas jlvea anew inspiring all with pexree and joy may many blastings be yours on thu christmas hamaomtttt and stamp pet masson motors limited okjmctown midnighl services our traditional tuikey does not appear on many menus tlie french reveillon a feast which occurs after midnight mass is apt to feature oysters and sausages in the french province of brittany buckwheat cakes with sour cream are served the norwegian christmas dinner features a fish called lutfisk at a polish christmas lve dinner the number of courses is fixed at seven nine or 1 1 a lithujniju christmas feast must include 1 2 courses one for each of the 1 2 disciples during the christmas season germans and rumanians bake long thin cakes that symbolize the christ child wrapped in swaddling clothes in the ukraman part of russia cattle are given the first taste of the christmas supper because animals were the first to behold christ in parts of rural germany this is carried one step further cattle and their owners both fast the day before christmas and eat well on christmas eve witch on broom it is on january 6 the feast of epiphany and not on christmai eve that italian children place their shoes by the fireplace the shoes are placed in anticipation of the arrival of befana the good witch who comes down the chimney on a broom to fill the shoes left out for hersweett for the good youngsters cool m the shoes of the naughty turk festival christmas in turkey is a three day festival chrittun turks observe the season by visiting and entertaining and coffee sweetmeats fruit and sometimes sour milk are holiday treats new year message the first cable across the paulic between san francisco and honolulu 2 600 miles was completed january i 1903 when the cable ship silverton arrived in honolulu the first message was sent that day and the able was open for public use four days later mistletoe love symbol mistletoe goes far back into history tlie druids called it all heal and believed tlut it lud miraculous powers to cuie disease and counteract poisons according to information provided by researcher the druid found kissing under the mistletoe great sport but believed it wasnt proper unless the sprig lud been cut with a golden knife custom also demanded tlut one of the berries on the mistletoe be removed each time someone kissed beneath it an ancient norse myth tells how the mistletoe got its berries balder the god of light couldnt be hurt by anything that grew onor underthe earth but hi enemy the evil god of loki found that mistletoe grew neither on earth nor under it but on a tree so he had bolder slain with a spear tipped with mistletoe balder was mourned by all creatures in heaven and on earth including freyja the goddess of love tlie tears she shed according to the legend became the pearly berries of the plant and it is said that this is the reason that mistletoe symbolize love first christmas shepherds watched angels sang and wise men traveled far to behold the miracle uf the first chnstrna since that holy night a multitude of legends and customs both religious and secular have developed as part of the holiday each legend was once told each custom once observed for the first time and though origins of many traditions are now lost in time other christmas firsts have been recorded for posterity there are historical christmas firsts attested by church records and by scientific research into the early year of christianity at well as tint of later history and firsts that blend fact with myth ita th aaoaoa ol loy and goodwill what faiatuu 1 jit gather tocrather for happy ttrnaa may your chrfetatttt holiday be hllad with many aucb m watsons restaurant tlut took place about the t period at the home of a proiperou toronto family preparation had to be started well before dawn it included tluee kinds of soup oyster chicken gumbo and mutton broth there were four boiled dislies beef pork mutton and turkey served with g tauce of melted butter the vegetable were potatoes carrot turnip and unions the main court conuiled of seven different roasts beef pork mutton turkey venison chicken and goose they neglected to mention wlut wis lot deeiett hut after four courses like that who could eat it lortunately for our stomach sakes a well as our general good health we are more sensible about the amount and klnj of food we eat nowadays however tlie yuletide season is one time in tlie year when we enjoy those extra special meals lovingly prepared and served to family and friends we suspect the cold weather and the spirit of the season have something to do with it tsffap fie 4e mia you atvays main variety smoke shop manaobmint and staff nielsens clothing to yotj ajmror tjfaanagta atwj ffcaaelra wuk awey esooa waaja tfcert tkrn fry sum tuumm a ht vtjmma mrjji a j for all man ftm sprit of heather tor hogmanay blue springs flower shop i urn avast h