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• In Greece, presents are ex-changed and often broughtto children by Aghios Vas-silis / Άγιος Βασίλης (SaintBasil) on the 1st January.

• One of the mostmeaningful tradi-tional Christmas sym-bols of Greece is theship. Greece has beena seafaring nationsince ancient times,still boasting one ofthe largest fleets inpresent day maritimeeconomics. The shipis still used through-out Greece as aChristmas-time sym-bol, and boats aredecorated with christ-mas lights during theholiday season.

By Constantinos E. Scaros

She is an old woman whoflies around on a broomstick, butshe is most definitely not awitch. She brings Christmas giftsto the children of Italy, but hername is derived from Greek.And long before the advent ofgender equality in America, LaBefana, a woman, was Italy’sversion of Santa Claus.

The popular Christmas (Na-tale, in Italian) legend was thatLa Befana is an old lady wholives alone, and spends her en-tire day baking, and especiallysweeping. Baking and sweeping,baking and sweeping, day in,day out.

The Befana and Santa Clausstories have many similarities,but though Americans are moreapt to implement the Hollywoodending, European stories, whileno less heartwarming, often con-tain a tinge of sadness.

Such is the case with Befana.She had a child that died young,and she had a husband (who,presumably died as well – all weknow is that she now livesalone).

One night, Befana saw a starin the sky, a different, unusuallybright, shimmering star, and

wondered what it was. Thinkingnothing of it, she returned thenext day to her usual nonstoproutine of baking and sweeping.

Later that day, a large cara-van, led by Three Wise Men,

stopped at Befana’s house andasked her for directions to Beth-lehem, and to search for theBaby Jesus. Knowing nothing ei-ther about Bethlehem or Jesus,Befana told them she couldn’thelp them, and she sent themon their way.

After the caravan disap-

peared over the hills, Befana’semotions caught up with her.Having buried herself in herwork all these years, she realizedjust how much she missed herdearly-departed child, and her

general love for all childrengushed out of her.

Befana decided to search forthat child – the Baby Jesus. Shepacked some baked goods and,of course, took her trusty broomalong in order to help the newmother clean.

But Befana was soon lost.

Suddenly, angels appeared be-fore her, emerging from a magic,bright star, and gave flight to Be-fana’s broom. Now airborne, Be-fana continued her flight,searching for the Baby Jesus.

Part of the non-Hollywoodending is that Befana doesn’tfind Jesus. Yet she searches andsearches – and she does so everyyear on January 5, the eve ofthe Epiphany.

And whenever she lands at ahouse with a child in it, sheleaves a gift.

In a way, the story has ahappy ending, because themoral is that Jesus is in all of us,and so when she finds thoseother children, she finds Jesuswithin them.

EPIPHANIABefana’s name comes from

Epiphania (Epiphany), a Greekword to depict the holiday cele-brated on January 6, commemo-rating the visit of the “Three WiseMen,” the Magi, and the giftsthey brought to the baby Jesus.

In line with Christianity, then,the giving of gifts is more con-sistent to be done on Epiphanythan on Christmas Day.

Throughout Italy, young chil-dren write letters to Befana, ask-ing for what presents they wouldlike. Just like the Christmas talesinvolving Santa, if they’d been“good,” they’ll get a present theylike, but if they’ve been “bad,”they’re warned that Befana willonly bring them a lump of coal.

In Greek Orthodoxy, the wordmost often used is “Theophany,”meaning the appearance of God,and is commonly called the day“ton Photon – of Lights.”

BABBO NATALEMore modernly, Italian Chil-

dren look forward to Babbo Na-tale – Father Christmas, as SantaClaus is referred to in many Eu-ropean countries – on ChristmasEve to bring them gifts. Just aschildren in Greece get gifts fromSt. Basil on New Year’s Day, butmodernly have aligned with thegrowing worldwide tradition ofChristmas presents.

Babbo Natale notwithstand-ing, La Befana is the kindly oldSanta’s predecessor in Italy, andis still celebrated there as wellas by Italians throughout theworld.

• On Christmas Eve,children travel fromhouse to house of-fering good wishesand singing kalandawhich is the sameas carols. [ChildrenSinging ChristmasCarols in Greece(Kalanda). Paintingby Nikiphoros Ly-tras (1872).]

• Greek families leave a fireburning to keep away the“kalikantzari”. The “ka-likantzari” are goblins thatemerge from the center ofthe earth and slip into peo-ple's homes through the fire-place and this is the reasonpeople, especially in vil-lages, keep the fireplace litduring the 12 days of Christ-mas. They are more troublemakers then harmful.

• The Christmas feast con-sists of pig and christop-somo or "christ bread". Thisbread is made in large sweetloaves and the crust is en-graved to portray the fam-ily's profession.

• In Greece, St. Nicholas isthe patron saint of sailors.He saves sinking ships fromthe angry sea.

La Befana: the Female Santa from Italywith the Greek Name

• Most homes decorate achristmas tree with tinseland a star.

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By Dr. ConstantinaMichalos

Years ago, I had a studentwho traveled to the PacificNorthwest for his job. Upon hisreturn each time, he brought mea bag of Starbucks coffee. "Thisis going to be big," he would say.Alas, we didn't buy stock, andthe rest, as they say, is history.

The company has made an-other kind of history this yearwith two well-intentioned mar-keting strategies that may nothave increased sales but certainlyprovoked conversations and, per-haps, controversy. After meetingswith employees around the coun-try to discuss race relations fol-lowing community unrest incities like Ferguson, MO and NewYork, Starbucks launched theRaceTogether initiative on March16th, whereby employees en-gaged customers as “an opportu-nity to begin to reexamine howwe can create a more empatheticand inclusive society – one con-versation at a time”(https://news.starbucks.com/news/what-race-together-means-for-starbucks-partners-and-cus-tomers).

CEO Howard Schultz saw thecampaign as a matter of con-science and an opportunity for acompany of Starbucks’ ubiquityto use its community presencefor good(http://abcnews.go.com/Busi-ness/starbucks-ceo-defends-r a c e - c a m p a i g n - r a c e -relations/story?id=29738830).

A week later, the conversa-tions stopped. Though a com-pany spokesperson stated thatending the RaceTogether cam-paign on March 22nd was theoriginal plan, many believe thatit was suspended because it hadfailed. Widely criticized andmocked on social media, theidea proved impractical on manylevels. How, exactly, does onehave a serious discussion aboutrace in America while trying todecipher the arcane choices fora $6 cup of coffee? What, ex-actly, does a white customer sayto a black barista about TrayvonMartin while just trying to getto work? Schultz is right. Wehave to talk with each other inorder know each other better.But for two minutes from behinda counter on a hectic line maynot be the best place to start.Perhaps if we all sat down withour designer coffees, we’d havea better chance.

So spring morphed into sum-mer into fall, and we all anx-iously awaited the arrival ofpumpkin lattes. And then, beforewe knew it, it was time forChristmas flavors – peppermint,gingerbread and Christmasblend – to sip while we listen toChristmas carols in Macy’s,Barnes & Noble, Toys ‘r’ Us.Everywhere. All the time. Still -something’s missing. It’s the cup.My soy gingerbread macchiatowith a splash of somethin-gorother is in a plain red cup.OMG, Chrisoula! It just doesn’ttaste like Christmas!

For close to 20 years, Star-bucks cups have been decoratedwith winter (read that Christ-mas) themes: snowflakes, rein-deer, ornaments. This year, thecup is red. That’s it. The lid iswhite, a nod to snow, I guess,and that green logo is there, rep-resenting whatever. "In the past,we have told stories with ourholiday cups designs," JeffreyFields, Starbucks vice presidentof Design & Content, said in astatement. "This year we wantedto usher in the holidays with apurity of design that welcomesall of our stories." Okay. Nowclose your eyes and imagineeveryone you’ve ever seen hold-ing a Starbucks coffee stop what-ever he or she is doing and startwriting or drawing on that blankred holiday cup. I would pay tosee that.

It’s a neat idea, and it soundsespecially Pacific Northwesty, but

haters gonna hate – even atChristmas. Especially at Christ-mas. Joshua Feuerstein, a formertelevision and radio evangelistwith more than 1.8 million fol-lowers on Facebook, posted,"Starbucks removed Christmasfrom their cups because theyhate Jesus. . . That's why theyare just plain red."

Just to be clear, neither Jesusnor his Nativity has ever beenon a Starbucks cup. Nor shouldHe be. Not only is that the quin-tessence of tacky, it is the epit-ome of irreverence. If Joshuawishes to contemplate an imageof Jesus, he should look to anicon, not a coffee cup. What arethose odds?

If, in fact, Starbucks has pro-vided its customers with a cleanslate of sorts, a place to write aChristmas list or New Year’s res-olutions while hanging out withfriends, that could be fun. If, onthe other hand, Starbucks hascreated a neutral cup, acknowl-edging the season in its red colorwithout excluding those whodon’t celebrate Christmas or any-thing at all in December, that,actually, is in the spirit of Christ-mas. “Good will toward men.”

This war on Christmas thatFeuerstein, Bill O’Reilly, and theirilk believe is being waged is ab-surd. Sometimes it feels as ifChristmas is lobbing the seasonalgrenades! The decorations, car-ols, sales, baked goods, scentedcandles, holiday movies andendless replays of It’s a Wonder-

ful Life – need I go on – beginright after Halloween. Granted,this comes from Madison Av-enue, not Bethlehem. But thefact remains that Christmas iseverywhere. I drive beside carsthat have wreaths attached totheir front bumpers, reindeerantlers from their windows, andnativity magnets on their trunks.Christmas lights festoon ourstreets - up on Thanksgivingnight, down on Christmas night– celebrating trees, gifts, rein-

deer, and Santa. There are someangels and an occasional nativ-ity. Mostly, there are lights sim-ulating snow. It’s going to be 76tomorrow.

I wonder if Feuerstein and hisfriends leave their families at theThanksgiving table to hit theBlack Friday sales on Thursday. Iwonder if they make donationsof time and treasure all yearround or if their only contributionto the human community is theirincessant whining and complain-ing. And if they are shopping, Iwonder if they notice that be-tween Walkin’ in a Winter Won-derland and Santa Claus is Com-ing to Town, the muzak alsoincludes Silent Night, The FirstNoel, and yes The Little Drum-mer Boy. As cloyingly sweet asthose Christmas movies may be,they are about the season of love,generosity and caring that isChristmas. For goodness sake,even the Grinch grows a heart.And, of course, there’s A CharlieBrown Christmas, the most iconicChristmas story ever – after theoriginal one. The downcast Char-lie Brown, the sad little tree, theChristmas play, the dance scene,the jazz stylings of VinceGuaraldi. And the passage fromthe Gospel of St. Luke (2.2):

. . .And there were shepherdsin the same country abiding inthe field, and keeping watch bynight over their flock. And anangel of the Lord stood by them,and the glory of the Lord shone

round about them: and theywere sore afraid. And the angelsaid unto them, Be not afraid;for behold, I bring you good tid-ings of great joy which shall beto all the people: for there isborn to you this day in the cityof David a Saviour, who is Christthe Lord. And this [is] the signunto you: Ye shall find a babewrapped in swaddling clothes,and lying in a manger. And sud-denly there was with the angela multitude of the heavenly hostpraising God, and saying, Gloryto God in the highest, And onearth peace among men inwhom he is well pleased.

Thank you, Linus.I don’t think that a snowflake

or a fir tree on the Starbucks cupwould insult the many Jews,Muslims, atheists and whoeverdrinks their coffee daily. Theyhaven’t stopped drinking Pan-era’s or Dunkin’ Donuts, servedin cups with distinct seasonal im-ages. The impulse may havebeen inclusivity, yet some arecomplaining that the cups aretoo inclusive. So don’t drinkStarbucks coffee. Put that moneyinto a Salvation Army kettle in-stead.

BTW, Joshua - the Christmastree in Rockefeller Center firstappeared during the Depression.Three trees were on display dur-ing World War II. It was lit inred, white and blue after theSeptember 11th attacks. How isthis less hopeful than a nativity?

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By Eleni Sakellis

This Christmas, dazzle yourfamily and friends with adelicious and relatively

simple version of the Buche deNoel or Yule Log. The traditionof burning a yule log dates back

to pre-Christian times in manyareas of Europe and was thenincorporated into the celebra-tion of Christmas. The tradi-tional French cake features asponge cake rolled with an apri-cot or raspberry jam filling andfrosted with chocolate butter-

cream. The tines of a fork arethen dragged through the frost-ing to simulate the bark of theyule log. Mushrooms made frommeringue decorate the tradi-tional yule log cake though thisversion saves time by substitut-ing marshmallow mushrooms.

Here is a festive Yule Log to en-joy this Christmas.

For the Cake:• 3 eggs• 1/2 cup sugar• 3 tablespoons cold water• 1 cup unbleached, all-

purpose flour• 1 teaspoon baking powder• 1/4 teaspoon salt• Confectioners’ sugar• Apricot or raspberry jam• Chocolate buttercream

frosting• Marshmallow mushrooms

(optional)

Line a greased 15 inch by 10inch by 1 inch baking pan withwaxed paper, grease the paperand set aside. In the large bowlof a stand mixer with the paddleattachment, beat the eggs for 3minutes. Gradually add thesugar and beat for 2 minutes oruntil the mixture is thick andlemon-colored. Stir in the coldwater.

In a separate mixing bowl,whisk together the flour, bakingpowder and salt. Fold into theegg mixture. Using a rubberspatula, spread the batter evenlyinto the prepared pan.

Bake in a preheated 375 de-gree oven for 12-14 minutes oruntil the cake springs back whenlightly touched at the center. Becareful not to over-bake sincethe cake becomes difficult to rollthe longer it is baked.

Cool the cake in the pan ona wire rack for 5 minutes. Invertthe cake onto a kitchen toweldusted with confectioners’sugar.

Gently peel off the waxed pa-per from the bottom of the cake.Roll up the cake in the kitchentowel jelly roll-style, startingwith the short side.

Cool completely on the wirerack. Once the cake is com-pletely cooled, unroll it andspread evenly with the filling ofyour choice, apricot or raspberryjam works well, to within 1 inchof the edges of the cake. Rollthe cake up again and placeseam side down on a servingplatter.

Frost the top, sides, and endsof the cake with chocolate but-tercream frosting. Drag the tinesof a fork through the frosting tomake the bark of the yule log.Cut a 1/2 or 1 inch thick slicefrom the end of the cake at aslight angle and place againstthe side or on top of the cake toresemble a knot in the log. Ifdesired, decorate with marsh-mallow mushrooms.

Flatten a few large store-bought marshmallows for thetops, then, using kitchen shears,cut marshmallow mushroomstems. Attach with a little frost-ing and sprinkle tops with cocoapowder to give a realistic mush-room look. Dust the cake withconfectioners’ sugar to appearlike new-fallen snow on youryule log and enjoy.

Chocolate ButtercreamFrosting

• 1/3 cup unsalted butter• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa

powder• 4 cups sifted confectioners’

sugar

• 1/4 cup milk• 1 and 1/2 teaspoons pure

vanilla extract• Milk

In the bowl of a stand mixerwith the paddle attachment,beat the butter until fluffy.Slowly add the cocoa powderand half the confectioners’ sugarand beat well.

Gradually add the 1/4 cupmilk and the vanilla and con-tinue beating along with the re-maining sugar. Additional milkmay be added to achieve aspreadable consistency. Makesenough frosting for two cakes.

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By Constantinos E. Scaros

What was Christmas Day likein 1776, the first year that theUnited States became a nation?One can envision the euphoricnew Americans, in only the fifthone of their newly gained inde-pendence, reveling in the nov-elty of it all – frolicking about,donning their extravagant Colo-nial garb, and developing new

Christmas traditions as they re-tained many of the ones theylearned from their recentlyshunned Mother Country, Eng-land – Great Britain, morebroadly – of which they hadbeen part as recently as July ofthat year. Well, not exactly…

Far from being a day ofpeace, love, and celebration, thevery first Christmas in theUnited States was dominated by

war, and sneak attacks – not ex-actly the makings of a Hallmarkcard.

It all begins with remember-ing that when the Colonies de-clared their independence fromBritain, it is not as if the Britishresponded: “oh, you want to beyour own country? Sure, noproblem!”

Instead, they sent moretroops this way to teach theColonists a lesson and to stopall the crazy talk about indepen-dence. The Revolutionary War,also called The War for Indepen-dence, lasted approximatelyseven years until the Brits finallydecided it wasn’t worth thefight, packed up, and wenthome.

In the war’s early stages,however, and certainly as earlyas December 25, 1776, the tidewas strongly in the Brits’ favor.After all, they were the mighti-est military force in the world,and the Colonists were a bunchof untrained men, united onlyin their common disdain for be-ing British subjects. Few thoughtthey had any prayer of evenholding their own, let alone pre-vailing.

But General George Wash-ington had an idea – to crossthe Delaware River from Penn-sylvania to New Jersey, in orderto surprise Hessian troops – Ger-man soldiers hired as mercenar-ies to fight for the British side –on Christmas Night, whenWashington figured they wouldbe caught off guard because ofholiday celebrations.

He was right; when Washing-ton’s troops crossed into Trentonearly the next morning, theywere able to best the surprisedHessians in battle. Withoutenough reinforcements, though,Washington’s troops could notclaim a stronghold. Worse yet,against Washington’s orders todestroy the captured rum, hisexuberant men drank much ofit, rendering them drunk anduseless.

Nonetheless, the battle wasan important psychological vic-tory for the Continental Army,which to that point suffered set-back after setback – the victory,however minimal, gave it aboost of confidence and hoistedthe national morale. Arguably,it was the turning point of thewar.

PARTYING WITH THE WASHINGTONS

The young American nationwould, of course, fend off theBritish offensive and retain theirindependence. After their firstofficial form of government es-tablished as a nation, based onthe Articles of Confederation,failed after seven years, theFounders reassembled inPhiladelphia and wrote the Con-stitution.

It was ratified in 1788 andGeorge Washington became thefirst president under the Consti-tution, taking office in early1789.

Christmas would not be-come an official American holi-day until many years later.Meanwhile, President Georgeand First Lady Martha Washing-ton celebrated Christmas in adignified and understated man-ner.

It was not until 1795, Wash-ington’s sixth year in office, thatMembers of Congress gave thema party. It took place on Christ-mas Day that year, and was de-scribed as festive and bountifulgala – attended only by men,except for Mrs. Washington.


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