Word: stollen
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...regional holiday specialties are quite so dramatic. Stollen, a kind of fruitbread, is popular in Germanic countries, along with gingerbread and mulled wine. In France, holiday feasts typically feature oysters, foie gras and a bûche de Noël, a log-shaped cake. Few Japanese are Christian, but many celebrate Christmas and nearly everyone buys a Christmas cake decorated with figurines. Russia's Orthodox Christians, who celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, flock to have their fortunes told in the week before the holiday. Britons swear by their Christmas pudding, a steamed, alcohol-soaked fruitcake. One cherished ritual...
...Beethoven while writers on the local German-language newspaper argued politics and were kept from quarreling by matriarchal Grossmama ("her strength lay in her gentleness"). At mealtimes, as many as 30 sat around Grossmama's huge table to eat her Sauerbraten, Hasenpjeffer, herring salad and Torten and Kaffee stollen. "We had a gemütlich upbringing," says Traubel. "Our theory was 'lucky is the person who is happy...
Married. Lammot du Pont, 53, board chairman of General Motors Corp., president of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.; and Margaret A. Flett, Wilmington clubwoman; in Wilmington. His first three wives: Natalie D. Wilson (died); Bertha Taylor (died); Caroline Hynson Stollen-werck (divorced...
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