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j CXmUm, 8. C n Thursday, December 24, 1964 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Cranb-erry A unique but dihple way to add more holiday flavor to your Christmaa parties is to allow pineapple balls to float in your bowl of ertnbtrry punch. b * 11 * by P 010 ^ Pineapple juice into small bell-shaped molds. Then freeze them. Dip the mold Quickly into wirm wster and slide the balls into the punch when you are ready to serve. Good for about 12 servings, try the following recipe at your fast approaching yuletide party. SPICED CRANBERRY PUNCH 1 W cop water fresh or frosen % cup sugar 1 quart water fl 1 tablespoon whole doves INDOOR FUN... Toys this season are designed to provide hours of indoor fun for young* iters. In addition to the al ways popular electric trains, manufacturers offer n variety •f electric and battery oper ated toys, including automo bile sets, complete with vehi cles, highways and dangerous intersections. A popular celebration with the Wench — "Fete dss Rois" — the Feast of the Kings, takas place on Twelfth Night Parisians cele brate with traditional family din ners or a visit to a restaurant Customarily, a China bean is hidden in the meal-cake, the prin cipal food. The cake is then art, one slice for each person present and the finder of the bean shouts, ‘The King Drinks. 1 * A toast Is then proposed and the hem- finder proclaimed the king of the Twelfth Night celebration. Cook cranberries, wster and cloves until skins of cranberries burst —- approximately 5 minutes. Be sure cranberries are soft. Strain through cheese cloth. Mix pulp with % cup wster. Mix well and strain again. Heat, add sugar and boil two minutes. Just before serving, add lemon juice. (To vary this punch you may try substi tuting some very thin slices of lemon and some fresh mint leaves for the pineapple balls.) PRANG'S CARD The "Father of the American tala to bo Hawaiian Hot Bread Is Treat The stomachs of youngsters everywhere will be delighted even more this Christmas with the addition of this Hawaiian treat to tho recipe book of the family cook. The tasty contribution of our 80th state includes: (good for one loaf) *«• 1 tablespoon salt M eup suor 1 cup chopped nuts ft cup malted ahertening 1 cap crushed canned ! W*# 1 *! all-iurpeoe fleur pineapple (do wet drain) Christmas Card,” is sale Louis Prang. Prang is believed to have issued the first line of Christmas cards in the United States in 1857. Peasis Great Va riety Store is believed to have been the first user of the Amer ican Christmas card. Christmas in England Beat eggs and sugar together; add shortening. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt Add dry ingredients to first mixture and blend. Add nuts and pineapple. Stir just enough to combine. Pour batter into a greased 4x8-inch loaf pan. Bake in a moderate oven for one hour (350* F). Before slicing be sure and let loaf cool Phe first Christmaa in England is believed to have been observed in the year 521, at the time Ring Arthur was celebrating his vic tory marking the recapture of York. Guests, including the national heroes, were gathered about tho famous Round.Table where they feasted to tho music of wandering minstrels. wisliing you tlie Season’s Joy Gasque Buick Company Laurens, South Carolina Iflay the bells of (Christmas (Day echo within your heart Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company CLINTON, S. C. 1 - ‘ HELLO. NEIGHBOR! May your Christmas be bright and merry. Thanks to all our friends for their' loyalty. A happy holiday to you all! D. E. Tribble Company nd they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the Babe, lying in a manger. H. D. Payne & Company There it no better way than the good old- fashioned way cf extending cur sincere good withes at Mo joyous holiday than to toy: Hope you and yours have a very Merry Chrittmas Dayl Joanna Cotton Mills Company