Mexican Custom
Will Brighten
Christmas Party
If you’re planning a Christmas
party for the kiddies, why not
brighten up the affair the Mexi
can way? Make plans for a “pin
ate” and we promise it will be
the high spot of the gathering.
Widely used in Mexico through
out the year, the pinate is busiest
at Christmas time, during the
Mexican Christmas Festival
which lasts 21 days. It is con
structed of thin, fragile clay,
filled with sweet meats and trink
ets, then suspended from the ceil
ing as a form of decoration.
Sometipie during the gathering,
each of the guests is blindfolded
and given a stick which is bran
dished in the air until the pinate
is shattered and the delicious
contents pour forth.
It’s a wonderful way to enter
tain the kiddies, but the game
may be—and often is—enjoyed
by older folks.
“Twelfth Night,” which many
communities celebrate by a com
munity burning of Christmas
trees, is derived from the custom
of early Christians who celebrat
ed the feast of the Nativity of
Christ for 12 days, placing special
emphasis on the last or 12th day.
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Elks and Airmen
Join Forces for
Holiday Treats
Santa Claus made an advance
visit to the people of Talkeetna
last Sunday when pilots of the
Matanuska Airmens Association
made a flight to the village, drop
ping in on the residents through
a heavy snow storm, to deliver
Christmas boxes, fully stuffed
Christmas stockings, candy, nuts
; and lots of holiday spirit, sent to
Talkeetna by the Palmer B. P. O.
Elks lodge.
During a party held at the Tal
keetna School, the children of the
village were treated to a visit
from Santa Claus who distribut
ed the boxes of food, which in
cluded a nice plump turkey and
all the trimmings for a tradition
al Christmas dinner. Each child
received a stocking full of candy,
r.uts, toys, apples, and oranges.
Pilots making the flight were
Ra -h Farnsworth, Stan Lowe
j and Dave Kepler.
The “Twelfth Night” the burn
ing is also said to commemorate
the light of the Star of Bethle
hem.
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