Lots of people set their Christmas table with a Christmas "Cracker" at each place setting. The rolled package that pops to reveal a small gift was the invention of Tom Smith, a baker in Clerkenwell, London. Smith got the idea watching young men slip little paper messages into his paper-wrapped bonbons. Standing in front of a fire, Smith thought the pop would be a great way to surprise the recipient. So he experimented and finally settled on two strips of paper coated with saltpeter. They were first called "Cosaques," named for the crack of a Cossack's whip as they rode through Paris during the Franco-Prussian wars.
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Saturday, April 18, 2015
The Legend of the Christmas Rose
April 18
A young girl named Madelon wanted to worship the Christ Child. Seeing the gold, frankincense, and myrrh brought by the Magi, she searched the countryside for a flower that she might bring; but the winter had been cold and harsh, and there were no flowers to be found. Saddened, Madelon began to weep. With the help of a passing angel, a bush that bloomed of white roses sprouted in the ground where her tears fell. "No gift is offering more to the Christ Child than these pure Christmas roses born from the tears of innocence." And thus young Madelon went her way and worshipped the Prince of Peace, bearing the gift of her heart and tears.
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