Identifier: stnicholasserial301dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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hold-ing in their hands thegifts for the InfantKing; following themcome angels and shep-herds and flute-players,all represented by chil-dren dressed in prettycostumes and carryinggarlands of flowers. AMONG THEMORAVIANS. For many days be-fore Christmas the Mo-ravian housewives inBethlehem, Pennsylva-nia, are busy in theirkitchens making goodthings for the holidays •—mint-cakes, pepper-nuts, Kiimmelbrod, sugar-cake, mince-pies, and, most important of all,large quantities of Christmas cakes. TheseChristmas cakes are a kind of ginger cooky,crisp and spicy, and are made according to arecipe known only to the Moravians. They aremade in all sorts of curious shapes — birds,horses, bears, lions, fishes, turtles, stars, leaves,and funny little men and women ; so that theyare not only good to eat, but are ornamental aswell, and are often used by the good fathersand mothers as decorations for the Putz. Every Moravian family has its Putz at Christ-mas-time. This consists of a Christmas tree
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21/. 4JU/1 vr«r s 4 - \j A CHRISTMAS PLTZ. fences and trees and all sorts of little animalsand toy people. On Christmas eve a love-feast is held in thechurch. The greater part of the service is de-voted to music, for which the Moravians havealways been noted. While the choir is singing,cake and coffee are brought in and served toall the members of the congregation, each onereceiving a good-sized bun and a large cup ofcoffee. Shortly before the end of the meetinglighted wax candles carried on large trays arebrought into the church, by men on one sideand women on the other, and passed aroundto the little folks — one for each boy and girl,surrounded at its base by a miniature landscape This is meant to represent the coming of themade up of moss and greens and make-believe Light into the world, and is but one of the manyrocks, and adorned with toy houses and tiny beautiful customs observed by the Moravians.Vol. XXX.—20. 54 HOW UNCLE SAM OBSERVES CHRISTMAS. in alaska. soldiers of Hero

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