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.10 A TUESDAY. DECEMBER 2S, 192 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Social Events Women's News Eagle Point Club Holds AnnualShow Eagle Point - Guests were ushered into the home of Mrs. Ted Flury through a lane of candy canes and met by three tiny dwarfs, each with a .' Christmas greeting, as they attended the open house and decoration show sponsored by the Eagle Point Garden club last week. Mrs. Flury's - home was dccored throughout with ar rangements made from both decoration kits and ever greens, and ingenious articles using ribbons and scrap ma terials that were turned into centerpieces for tables, stands or wall brackets. While a modernistic theme was used in the living room, it blended with the antique rocking chair anu old fashion ed poinscttia pattern quilt on the bed in the bedroom. Mrs. Irma Cushman helped decor ale Mrs. Flury's home for the show. Mrs. O. W. Turnquist and Mrs. Doris Jackson greeted guests at the Turnquist home on Agale road wiih a pre dominately red and while color scheme. They used pop corn and red cranberries to decorate their fir Christinas tree and living room in an "Old Fashioned Christmas" theme complete to the braid ed rugs on the floor. Mrs. Ed Kimmcl and Mrs. Thelma Short decorated and greeted guests at the mobile home of Mrs. Short. Emphasis was placed on the exterior decoration of the covered patio with Christmas decor ated shrubs placed in large pots around the outside of the circular patio. Baskets of red fuchsias were suspended from the patio roof, and cut gold and green Christmas spirals hung between the patio pil lars. A small decorated Christmas tree stood outside the kitchen door, and smaller Christmas arrangements were used inside (he house trailer. A Christmas tablecloth of bright red brought color to the tiny kitchenette where guests were asked to register. Almost 100 persons attend ed the home decoration show at Eagle Point. A sliver tea was held at the Eagle Point Community building and homemade decorations sold following the lour of homes. Mrs. Betty Claus was general chairman of the lea and as sisted by Mrs. Glenn Hale. World Christmas Customs Are Colorful Christmas, as an interna-1 a holiday bread tlonal holiday, is celebrated I Mexico throughout the world in many colorful and picturesque man ners. These customs, born long ago, today may be prac ticed only in tiny villages, still their origins are fascin ating and quaint. Many of the traditions have to do with food. The Near East region is the home of the first Christmas. Wheat is a staple food in the dietary pattern of most of this region. Perhaps for this rea son breads have long formed the basis for Christmas food customs in those Near East ern countries which are pri marily or partly Christian. Bulgaria In Bulgaria, the Christmas bread is decorated with the design of a cross, a bird and a flower on top. The baked loaf is served with a lighted candle in the center. Before the bread is cut, the moth er and father lift the loaf high above their heads, ask ing, "May the wheat grow as high." When the Christmas eve meal is finished, the food and dishes are left on the table, for it is the custom to be ready for guests on the night when Jesus was born. In Greece, the Christmas bread is also decorated with a cross on top, and a silver coin is baked into the loaf. When the parents serve the bread, they break it into small pieces, then dedicate the first several pieces to vari ous saints under whose pa tronage the family lives. The remainder of the pieces arc served to the family and 'tis thought the person who re ceives the piece containing the coin will be especially lucky and will prosper throughout the year. Yugoslavia In Yugoslavia, the house wife also bakes a lucky coin into her Christmas bread. The loaf itself is usually large nd round with a hole in the center for a candle to be In serted. In America, though we have no one Christmas bread com mon to the entire country, yet the holiday season has become traditional time for imagi native baking. Few are the homes where some type of specially festive bread or cof fee cake will not be served on Christmas day. Whether you have- purchased your rich sweet breakfast bread at the bakery or baked a tra ditionally favorite coffee cake at home, the family "broke the fast" on this morning with Mexican Christmas festivi ties begin on December 16 and continue through Decem ber 24, a period of 9 days called posadas. No meat i eaten on Christmas eve instead bacalao (dried fish) Is nrcDared and eaten as appe tizers or in sandwiches. At midnight everyone goes to Mass, then returns home to lunch on tamales (meat and corn meal cakes). Each night, during the nine day posadas, the townspeople go from house to house, sing ing and praying, asking for "room in the inn" as Joseph and Mary did. Each night they are refused until the last, Christmas eve, when every one Is welcomed in at one house, this symbolizing the stable scene. The real celebra tion begins then. Also during each of the nine days there Is a pinata which is primarily for the children. The pinata is a large thin earthenware jug, gaily colored and deco rated, filled with fruits, nuts and candies. Armed with sticks, the blind-folded chil dren try to break it open. When one succeeds there's a joyous scramble for the treats that spill out. However, it's not until the eve of the fifth day in January that the children receive their gifts by placing their shoes on the win. dow sill to be filled. This symbolizes the coming of the three wisemen to present gifts to Jesus. Two Soups Christmas day dinner is one of delicious variety beginning with two soup courses. The first is a dry soup or sopa made of fried rice, onion, gar lic and tomatoes steamed in soup stock until just moist. There is also a very thin veg etable soup served. Next come the vegetables, which for this course must he green vegetables such as artichokes prepared with egg. garlic, on ion and cheese. This is fol lowed by a green salad of, perhaps, avocado, tomato, on ion and vinegar. The highlight of the meal is the turkey called guajolote mole. The mole or sauce for turkey is prepared by grind ing together four or five types of peppers, fried bread slices, peanuts, garlic, chocolate, seeds and onions. This special sauce is simmered, then pieces of cooked turkey add ed. The whole process takes pf ' "In X'7 a X L 1 WONDERFUL REDUCTIONS ON Coats Dresses Car Coats Sportswear YOUR FASHION DOLLAR BUYS MORE NOW! r Dresses I Car Coats 1 I Sportswear J MANY, MANY SSfiftJN X OTHER ITEMS Kf4F-X?Mlfi SjS? MOW! I fl MEDIC'S FASHION CENTER II Charges Made Now Will Not Be Billed Until February Star Hour.: 9 30 A M. 10 3 30 PM Open Every Friday Evening Til 9 214 EAST MAIN ALL SALES FINAL ! several days preparation. Next is another vegetable course of potatoes or other non-green variety. Last come the frijoles (dry beans) which signal the end of the meal. England The yule log Is brought In on Christmas eve and every member of the family must sit upon it and salute it before it's lighted. This assures good luck in the New Year. Then the flaming' plum pudding is brought in for everyone to feast on. According to old supersti tion, whoever eats a plum pudding and makes a wish ion the first mouthful) on each of the twelve days be tween Christmas and Epiph any (January 5), will be bless ed with luck and fulfillment during the coming months. However, bad luck attends the greedy who nibble pud dings before the Christmas feast. The Yule Spice Cake or Pepper Cake is another holi day cake that is considered unlucky if cut before Christ mas eve. It is a rich and deli cious concoction containing sultanas (grapes), currants, candied peels and spices. It is baked the day before the holiday as a flat round cake about three inches thick. Cheese is usually eaten with tlr: cake and traditionally marked with a cross. Old English thought was that since the twelve days be- tween Christmas and Twelfth Night are a mirror of the year, a person will en joy one happy month during the next twelve for each mince pie eaten at a neigh bor's house during that peri od. Bands of carolers, going from door to door in the vil lages before Christmas, are invited in to mince pies and hot drinks. The ancestor of modern England's mince tart was an enormous affair, sometimes weighing over a hundred pounds and bursting with "neat's tongues (oxen), chick en, raisins, eggs, orange and lemon peels," and many other Ingredients, as well as quanti ties of sugar and spices. So important was mince pie years ago that a night watch was appointed to guard them from marauders. The Twelfth Night Cake, served on the occasion of the Twelfth Night, has a great part in the festivities. The cake, baked with a bean and a pea Inside, was originally accompanied by Lambs Wool, a drink seasoned with sugar, nutmeg and the pulp of roast ed apples. At the gathering, whoever found the bean in his portion of cake was pro claimed king of the revel, while the queen was the per son getting the pea. From there a mock court was es tablished and each of the guests was assigned to some different office and title of importance. Former Residents Visit Ashland Ashland llouseguests of Mr. and Mrs. Williams Briggs Sr., Upper Tolman Creek road, are Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Briggs Jr., and children Susie and Roger, and Mrs. Gladys Crandall. Burhank. Calif. All are former Ashland residents. nro ' nil Ht p hi"? - a hlWmitv&,MY, t eeWt.i 1 1 mm ... :. In f PrtfcMi m mm t'umm i Beginning whan she was only a year old, Mrs. Donald K. Denman and her grand father, Edward C. Daley, Bath, Maine, made a yearly trip into the Main woods to selsct a family Christmas tree. Now that his only grandchild lives in Medford, Or., and can not go with him to ehoos a ire. Mr. Daley cuts a liny tr and ships it to her by air parcel post. This year Mr. Daley, a retired lumberman who lived at a boy in northern Canada, soaked lh Ire in water, wrapped It in a plaiiie sack, stood it in a box and then poured popcorn around It for packing. The little fir tree arrived in perfect condi tion and Mrs. Denman is pictured with her present from Maine after it was trimmed. Mrs. Denman and her husband, an atiorny live at lh Denman family home, 104 Geneva street; he is an attorney and Mrs. Denman teaches homemaking at McLoughlin Junior High school. Opera Casts A Portland - Musical Director Eugene Fuerst has selected the principals for the Theatre Arts Opera association's two New Year operas. The two operas, "Cavalerria Rusticana" and "Pagliacci, will be staged February 10 and 11, sponsored by the Bu reau of Parks and Recreation. Two newcomers will make their local opera debut with Mr. Fuerst in "Cavalleria Rus ticana." They are Anita Grandberg, University of Portland music major, and Maria Novak, of Marysville college. Miss Grandberg will sing the mezzo-soprano role of Lola in "Cavalerria Rusti cana" with Eileen Fern. Miss Novak doubles with Luella Mahnon as contralto in the role of Mamma Lucia. Other principals in the opera by Pietre Mascdgin are sopranos Helen Bolton and nnounced Hazelle Magee as Santuzzua; tenor Darrel Reynolds as Tu riddu, a son of Lucia; and baritone James Page as Alfio, a teamster. Mr. Page will also handle one of the leads in "Pagliac ci," as the baritone Tonia, a strolling player in this opera concerning a murder-stricken troupe of strolling players. Canio, master of the troupe, will be played by tenor Wil liam Hazelbauer; Nancy Muhle and Valerie Blohm play Canio's wife, a soprano role; Beppe, a player, will be portrayed by tenor Carl Man ning; Uwe Haefker will han dle the baritone role of Silvio, a villager. Carters Here Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Carter and children, Diana, Judy, Jim and Douglas, have arrived in Medford to spend the Christmas holidays with Mrs. Carter's mother,' Mrs. John Seiler, and her sister and brother, Adabee and Harlin Seiler, 1132 West Main street. The Carters live at Yucalpa, Calif. Mrs. Seiler is a patient at the Hawthorne Convalescent home. Father Here Clarence Starcher Is In Med ford to spend Christmas with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bren H. Starch er, 1570 Stage Road south. He will return to his home in Blue River, Ore., Wednesday. In Portland Ashland Mrs. Charlotte Froman, Herscy street, is spending the holidays in Port land with her daughter and family, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Sheridan and three children. In Ashland Ashland Mr. and Mr?. James McNair, Pasco, Wash., are guests for the holidays at the home of his mother, Mrs. Lore n a McNair, 323 Oale street. Serving Southern Oregon nd Northern California for 35 Years LIMITED TIME! International Sterling otyioff Dec. 26 to Jan. 26 Favorite Pattern Collection BUY BY THE SET AND SAVE 30 38-piece service for 8 $232.00 Fed. Tax. Incl. 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