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Christmas Greeting Cards

We have received the latest in Christmas cards and stationary; in order that you will not be disappointed we advise you to call in and choose your sample from the large range at one, as only a limited supply of these will be avilable. So call in today, pick what you want, and they will be delivered to you with whatever reading you may require on them in ample time for Christmas.

Description source: The Charleville Times, 16 October 1952

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Christmas Menu

Here are suggestions for two types of meals for the Christmas party.

Menu No. 1 For Sit-down Meal
Iced chicken broth.
Roast fowl or duck (hot or cold).
Potato salad, peas, carrots.
Christmas pudding.
Fruit salad with ice cream.
Cheese straws, nuts, raisins.
Black coffee.

Menu No. 2 For Buffet Meal
Prawns in white sauce.
Creamed cold chicken.
Potato salad, lettuce, tomatoes.
Jellied peas and beetroot.
Fruit salad, cream.
Christmas pudding fingers.
Black coffee.

Description source: The Courier-Mail, 24 December 1946

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Christmas

Dainty little stockings
Hanging in a row,
Blue and grey and scarlet,
In the firelight’s glow.

Curly-headed sleepers
Safely tucked in bed,
Dreams of the toy-shops
Dancing through their head.

Funny little stockings
Hanging in a row,
Filled with sweet surprises
Down from top to toe.

Skates and balls and trumpets,
Dishes, tops and drums
Books and dolls and candles,
Nuts and sugar-plums.

Little waking sleepers,
Bless me, what a noise!
Wish you Merry Christmas-
Happy girls and boys.

(Sent in by “Sea Rover,” Calen.)

Description source: Daily Mercury, 15 January 1949

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Christmas Acrostic.

C ome, ye blithe ones, young and rosy,
H ere’s the fireside, warm and cosy!
R ambles by the brake and briar;
I n the evening by the fire.
S ongs of old and childhood’s stories!
T hese are ever Christmas stories!
M any days like this may find you
A ltered – casting thoughts behind you;
S till ’twill gladden to remember
D ear delights in “dark December,”
A nd the bright red holly berries-
Y outh and health make Christmas merry.

Description source: The Queenslander, 22 December 1917

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Icing the Christmas Cake.

Before making the icing see that the top surface of the cake is quite flat. With a sharp knife trim it and grate off any blackened parts. It is difficult to give the exact proportion of icing, as some people like a thick layer and others a thin line. As you spread the icing over the cake, dip the knife constantly into a jug filled with hot water, which makes either almond paste or sugar icing work nicely.

Description source: The Telegraph, 18 December 1912

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Christmas and New Year Cards.

Again we remind our readers to order their Christmas and New Year Cards from us as early as possible. When the time for posting your greeting cards arrives, and you have not secured them, you will be full of regrets for indifference shown. Avoid any regret by stepping into our office and placing your order. If you find you can’t get them better and cheaper from us than elsewhere – then go elsewhere.

Description source: Pittsworth Sentinel, 8 December 1920

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T. C. Beirne’s Christmas Novelties.

A great attraction has been added to T. C. Beirne and Co.’s Christmas novelties in the display of toy animals, forming a complete menagerie in one of their windows. Crowds of children visit the display daily. Another novelty that is exciting interest is the Speedaway, which is on view in the toy department. A miniature racing track occupies the centre of the room, and a large number of miniature motorists take part in the race. The result is exciting and most amusing.

Description source: The Brisbane Courier, 12 November 1913

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25/ Christmas hotel dinners

Most Brisbane hotels are arranging special Christmas dinners, with all the “trimmings,” this year.
But the cost will range from 25/ – 35/ a head, plus extras.
Some hotels were already booked out yesterday, but most still had tables available. Main features of menus will be roast turkey.

Description source: The Courier-Mail, 16 December 1952

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Santa Goes By Ship

Although Christmas is nine days away, Santa Claus already has called on 15 children in lonely parts of Queensland – by ship.
The youngsters live with their parents on nine lighthouses between Cape Moreton and Dent Island, off Prosperpine.
The Navigation and Lighthouses Department steamer, Cape Leeuwin, has just completed a visit to each of the lonely outposts delivering Christmas fare such as plum pudding, nuts, ginger and other delicacies, and toys for the children.
The vessel is due in Brisbane this afternoon.

Description source: Brisbane Telegraph, 16 December 1948

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The Christmas Tree

There was a little tree that came
Into our house. It had no name
Until the fairies, overnight,
Dressed it with shining candle light;
And threaded tinsel in and out,
With jewel balls hung all about.
At the top, to keep all well,
With a sparkling wand to cast a spell,
Good Fairy smiles, and takes kind care
Of all the presents that are there.

Description source: Warwick Daily News, 3 December 1954

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