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^Ite ^Ylew* - journal Tired Of Christmas Turkey? Try A Roast 'Alternative' It may seem daring or outrage ous, but it is not really un-Ameri can to eat something besides turkey for Christmas dinner. Turkey may be the Christmas favorite for most Americans. But in many a household, at the head of the table will be a Christmas goose, a suckling pig, a roast of beef, a ham, or a lutefisk. They are all among the traditio nal holiday heroes that have had festive boards groaning since long before the first turkey got it from a Pilgrim's blunderbuss. So, here are some alternative suggestions for Christmas dinner, impartially offered by the National Geographic Society. Drumstick King First, to give turkeys their due. Americans will eat some 21,700, 000 of them this Christmas, or about half as many as got the ax for Thanksgiving, according to the National Turkey Federation. The eobbler is a native Ameri Christmas is that wonderful lime of year when we can greet all of our friends and wish them the hest of the season. We are fortunate in having so many great friends and patrons and we hope that we ran continue to do business with you. Have a happy holiday! GRAHAM'S GULF SERVICE Main St. can. but was brought back from the New World and soon became a big hit with Europeans, especially Eng lishmen. Somebody rhymed: "From the low peasant to the lord/The turkey smokes on every board." Before the turkey arrived, however, aristo cracy made do with swans or peacock pie and lesser fold feasted on goose. The Christmas goose, as served up in the pages of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," fattened Bob Cratchit. Tiny Tim. and Ebenezer Scrooge in perhaps fiction's most famous yuletide repast. The turkey may now be Number One Bird, but many Englishmen still smack their lips over roast goose. And a Christmas goose will also be guest of honor at some 375,000 American dinner tables this year, though the National Goose Council says that is half as many as about Read Matthew 2:13-15 "And he rose and took the child and his mother by night, and departed to Egypt." (Matthew 2:14 It was our first Christmas in Egypt, and my three children and 1 were walking down the moonlit road to the evening service at the little stucco church. "Aw. Mom, it doesn't even seem like Christmas!" my 10-year-old complained, scuffling up the dust. "1 miss the snow and all the pretty windows," Melissa added. "And where's Santa Claus?" Troy asked. The children's homesickness spurred my own memories of past holidays when 1 had rushed in haste past carolers, department store Santas, and tinseled trees to ac complish all the seasonal tasks. A donkey's bray interrupted my reminiscence, and 1 pulled the children out of the way under some tall poinsettia trees. Donkeys were as common a sight on the road as bicycles and goats. But this time we stopped to watch. A brown -robed man was gently leading a donkey, on which was seated a woman holding a baby. The mother's dark cloak was pinned by her teeth across her shoulders and face to protect the child from the night air. The children and I looked at each other and without a word hurried down the road to celebrate the true spirit of Christmas, the birth of the baby Jesus. PRAYER: Father, we thank You for what Christmas is all about, the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Wishing you all of the blessings of the Holiday Season to you and your loved ones. We hope that you will aways find Peace and jPontentment, guided by that everlasting light that leads the shepherds in the firlds to the manger. Have a happy and holy Christmas season. Dundarrach Trading Company 20 years ago. Apple to Olnk buckling pigs, with apples or oranges in their mouths and weigh ing from 10 to 40 pounds, will star at some 200.000 Christmas feasts in the United States, according to packing house estimates. Roasts of beef with Yorkshire pudding and baked hams also will be traditional favorites in many American homes. Boiled ham and that supreme test of ethnic loyalty, lutefisk, boiled dried cod. will be steaming centerpieces of many Scandinavi an-American Christmas meals. Some Austrian and German fami lies will remember Old World Weinachteris with carp. Following specialized tradition or tastes, some dinners may face up to a boar's head on a platter, as in days of yore, or even Christmas chili. Christmas pot roast, or Christmas egg foo yong. For that big family gathering, a 1 770 English recipe for yule pie included four geese, two turkeys, two rabbits, two woodcocks, two snipes, four partridges, two neat's tongues, two curlews, seven black birds. and six pigeons. Baked until done, it served 150. Whatever is served him. the American sitting down to Christ mas dinner may have been who Ben Franklin had in mind when he wrote: "Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside." WISHING YOU THE BEST THAT THE SEASON HAS TO OEEER YOU AMD YOURS! WOOD'S AIRPLANE CROP SPRAYING SERVICE ABERDEEN RD. LC ' Blessings to everyone this Holy Christmas Season. We hope the Holidays find you well and happy, peaceful and content. Our prayer is that everyone find peace and contentment not only now but for all the years to come. dfrCanufactunrs of Quality felastk thread 5*3
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