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CHRISTMAS
ON CHRISTMAS MORNING THE FAMILY HAD A FRUIT-FILLED COFFEE CAKE
AND PUT A CANDLE ON IT AND THEN THE FAMILY SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY
DEAR JESUS.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS DONE BY THE INFORMANT FROM 1949 TO 1969
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Birthday ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; holiday ; JESUS ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Lights and candles CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Songs, caroling |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO EAT A CHICKEN ON CHRISTMAS BECAUSE A
CHICKEN PAWS THE GROUND BACKWARDS.
Submitter comment:
Therefore, harmonizing with the Christmas season, which leaves the year behind just as the chicken leaves the earth behind.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): Chicken ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.2 |
Date learned: 04-06-1972
NEW ENGLAND FOOD
A TRADITION AT CHRISTMAS IS ALWAYS A MEAT PIE.
Data entry tech comment:
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Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; FOOD ; meat ; New England ; Pie ; Region ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
FRENCH CANADIANS EAT MINCE MEAT PIE ON CHRISTMAS BECAUSE IT IS AN
OLD, TRADITIONAL CUSTOM.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Canadian ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; FRENCH ; holiday ; meat ; Mincemeat ; Pie ; REGIONAL ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas |
Date learned: 03-30-1968
FAMILY CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
EVERY CHRISTMAS WE HAVE PLUM PUDDING.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; PLUM ; Pudding ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
TRADITIONAL POLISH CHRISTMAS CAKE
(A) FEW DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, POPPY SEED IS GROUND FINE AND
MIXED WITH HONEY TO MAKE A SMOOTH PASTE. THIS IS PUT ON A
YEAST DOUGH AND ROLLED IN JELLY ROLL FASHION. THIS IS THE
DESERT FOR THE MAIN MEAL ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; Jelly Roll ; POLISH ; Poppyseed ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
CHRISTMAS FOOD CUSTOM (GREEK)
A PIG IS BOUGHT AND RAISED FOR A YEAR. IT IS KILLED CHRISTMAS
EVE AND DIFFERENT PARTS ARE USED TO MAKE DIFFERENT FOOD SUCH
AS LEG IS USED FOR SAUSAGE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT COULDN'T REMEMBER OTHER DETAILS. THE FOOD IS EATEN
CHRISTMAS DAY.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; Greek ; Pig ; Sausage ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas |
Date learned: 01-00-1970
CHRISTMAS COFFEECAKE
THERE IS A GERMAN COFFEECAKE MADE EVERY YEAR AT THE CHRISTMAS
SEASON. IT IS CALLED KRANTZ WHICH MEANS "WREATH". IT IS SHAPED
LIKE A WREATH, WITH THE DOUGH TWISTED TOGETHER.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
Keyword(s): Cake ; CHRISTMAS ; Coffee ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; GERMAN ; holiday ; tradition ; Wreath
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Pastry |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
"XMAS (CHRISTMAS) BREAD"
ON CHRISTMAS YOU MAKE A LOAF OF BREAD WITH A COIN IN IT, THE
PERSON WHO GETS THE PIECE OF BREAD WITH THE COIN IN IT HAS
LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BREAD ; CHRISTMAS ; COIN ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; holiday ; LUCK ; MONEY ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Predictions CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Pastry |
Date learned: 11-17-1969
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
MOST ARMENIAN FAMILIES HAVE MANY DIFFERENT PASTRIES IN THEIR
HOMES DURING CHRISTMAS. THESE PASTRIES INCLUDE BAKLAVA (A HONEY
AND NUT PASTRY) AND A WHITE COOKIE WITH FLOUR OVER IT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS SEEN THESE FOODS IN ARMENIAN HOMES TODAY.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Armenian ; Baklava ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; holiday ; PASTRY ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Pastry |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
FESTIVAL
MANY HOUSEHOLDS, INCLUDING OURS, KEEP FRUIT CAKE ON HAND FOR THE
XMAS (CHRISTMAS) SEASON.
Submitter comment:
CHILDHOOD
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): Cake ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FESTIVAL ; FOOD ; FRUIT ; Fruitcake ; holiday ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Pastry |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
PEOPLE MAKE SPECIAL CAKES AND PLUM PUDDINGS IN MALTA AT CHRISTMAS
TIME. THEY GIVE THESE AWAY AS GIFTS SINCE THEIR CHRISTMAS IS NOT AS
COMMERCIAL AS IN THE U.S.A.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Cake ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; GIFTS ; Malta ; Pudding ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Pastry CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Gifts, gift giving at Christmas |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
CUSTOM
IT IS A UKRAINIAN CUSTOM TO PUT HAY UNDER THE TABLE CLOTH AT
CHRISTMAS TIME. THIS REPRESENTS THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; holiday ; Table Setting ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Table setting and clearing CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
(A CHRISTMAS CUSTOM)
IN POLAND, THEY PUT STRAW UNDER THE TABLE AT CHRISTMAS TIME
TO SYMBOLIZE THE NATIVITY.
Submitter comment:
TOLD BY GRANDFATHER
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; holiday ; POLAND ; Table Setting ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Table setting and clearing CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
(AN EMPTY SEAT)
AT CHRISTMAS TIME, THE FAMILY LEAVES AN EMPTY SEAT AT THE TABLE.
THIS SEAT IS SAVED FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS DIED.
Submitter comment:
TOLD BY UNCLE.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; holiday ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Table setting and clearing BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
FRUIT AND NUTS ON THE TABLE
POLISH PEOPLE PLACE FRUIT AND NUTS ON THEIR TABLE CHRISTMAS EVE TO
SYMBOLIZE ABUNDANCE AND HARDSHIPS FOR THE COMING YEAR. THE
FRUIT SYMBOLIZES ABUNDANCE AND THE NUTS THE HARDSHIPS.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; FOOD ; holiday ; POLISH ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas |
Date learned: 11-12-1969
THE EXTRA PLACE AT CHRISTMAS
AT THE BIG CHRISTMAS EVE MEAL THE POLISH PEOPLE SET AN EXTRA
PLACE AT THE TABLE TO SIGNIFY THAT CHRIST WAS THERE. IF A BEGGAR
CAME TO THE DOOR HE WOULD NOT BE TURNED AWAY BUT WOULD BE SEATED
AT THE PLACE OF CHRIST BECAUSE HE WOULD REPRESENT CHRIST AND HOW NO
ONE WOULD GIVE HIM A ROOM.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Christ ; CHRISTMAS ; holiday ; POLISH ; SYMBOL ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
CARTELATTE
IT IS THE CUSTOM IN SOME ITALIAN HOUSEHOLDS TO MAKE A SPECIAL
KIND OF PASTRY AT CHRISTMAS TIME CALLED CARTELATTE. THE ENTIRE
FAMILY USUALLY PARTICIPATES IN THIS PROCESS. DOUGH IS FLATTENED
VERY THIN, THEN FRIED UNTIL CRISP. IT CAN BE COVERED WITH
HONEY AND SUGAR.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT'S FAMILY MAKES THIS EVERY CHRISTMAS.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: NEW YORK ; FRANKLINVILLE
Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; FOOD ; holiday ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Pastry |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
LOKSHA--ETHNIC FOOD--CHRISTMAS
LOKSHA IS UNLEAVENED BREAD MADE INTO ROUND BALLS AND
BAKED UNTIL DRY AND HARD. THEN THE BALLS ARE SOAKED IN A POPPY SEED
AND HONEY SYRUP FOR SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL SOFT.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SERVED DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; holiday ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Pastry |
Date learned: 10-28-1970
GOOD LUCK AT THE CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO SEAT AN ODD NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOR THE
CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; holiday ; LUCK ; SUPERSTITION ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.4 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas BELIEF -- Number Odd number (not specific) |
Date learned: 03-24-1970