| VOLUME XXXIII No. 51 | Narrowsburg, NY | December 20 - 26, 2007 |
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National parks are White House holiday theme REGION—First Lady Laura Bush has announced the White House 2007 holiday theme as “Holiday in the National Parks.” The official White House Christmas Tree, an 18-foot Fraser fir from Mistletoe Meadows Christmas Tree Farm in Laurel Springs, NC, is adorned with ornaments representing America’s national parks. Each ornament reflects the diversity of our national landscapes and the many wonderful and unique treasures found from sea to shining sea. When asked to paint an ornament representing the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, artist Audrey Hauser McCullough chose the confluence of the Lackawaxan and Delaware rivers, depicting the Roebling Bridge, the Zane Grey museum and America’s national symbol, the bald eagle, flying overhead. | |||||
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What's at the Movies by Ian Pugh ‘I Am Legend’ goes through the motions Let me just announce right off the bat that I’m officially sick of zombies—or mutants, or “the infected,” or whatever name you want to attribute to the horror genre phenomenon of an epidemic of human beings turned into ravenous, chaotic cannibals with whom it is impossible to reason. Robert Rodriguez’s self-congratulatory “Planet Terror” was probably my first indication that, perhaps, this line of discussion had not seen a fresh perspective since “Shaun of the Dead.” |
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A taste of tradition for the holidays: Kutia Wheat with honey and poppyseed By NADIA RAJSZ Kutia is one of the most sacred of all Slavic ritual dishes. It is a traditional component of the Ukrainian Christmas Eve meal of 12 meatless dishes. It is usually served reverently as the first dish of Sviat Vechir (Christmas Eve) cold, and everyone at the meal must have at least a spoonful. Kutia is a symbol of fertility and abundance on the Ukrainian table. It is one of the oldest and most traditional foods in Ukrainian culture. |
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