Evening star., 1937-12-24

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Carrying out the traditions of their
country the Spanish Ambassador and
Sonora de los Rios will be hosts this
afternoon to large group of children
who will present gifts for the children
in Spain. These gifts will be accepted
in the name of the Christ Child and
will be sent to Spain for distribution
by the Three Wise Men at the Feast
of the Epiphany, January 6. Tonight
the Ambassador and his family will
observe the festival according to the
tenets of their church, and only with
their family.
The German Ambassador and Frau
Dieckhoff had their Christmas party
for children yesterday and tomorrow
will leave for Florida to spend the
holidays.
The Chinese Ambassador. DR..
Chengting T, Wang, and his daughters,
like the Spanish Ambassador and his
family, have no heart for festivities,
with their people and homeland torn
with strife and war, and what cele-
brating is done in these Embassies
will be strictly en- famille. The
Chinese Ambassador and his family
like the Generalissimo and Nine
Christian faith and whatever cele-
brating they will take part in will
follow rather closely the traditions of
Christmas in this country. The
Ambassador and his daughters are in
New York for the holiday and week
end
The Swiss Minister and Nine. Peter
will have typical Swiss Christmas
with their sons and daughter-i -in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Georges Peter and Mr.
Marc Peter, jr., in Boston. Mrs.
Georges Peter being an American there
will be flavor of an American Christ
mas and always the young add gayety
to any celebration, and the children
of the Georges Peters are lively
youngsters
The Swedish Minister and Nine.
Bostrom also are away for Christ
mas having gone yesterday to Rye, N.
Y, where they are with their SON.
in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Sixten Wollmar, remaining through
next week
The Portuguese Minister and Sem
hora de Bianchi will celebrate the
Christmas fete this afternoon with a
childrens party and this evening they
will entertain at dinner. Tomorrow
they will be hosts to the personnel of
the Legation and their families.
The Hungarian Minister and Nine.
Pelenyi will have no celebration be-
cause of the slight illness of Nine.
Pelenyi. They had planned to enter
tain the members of the Legation staff
this afternoon but the festivity has
been postponed. With the Hungarians
the Christ Child is the center of the
Christmas celebration and the ex-
change of gifts takes place January 6,
when they leave their shoes before the
fireplace as we in this country hang
our stockings Christmas eve Count
ess Pelenyi, mother of the Minister,
arrived the first of the week for Christ
mas and part of the winter season.
The Minister of the Union of South
Africa and Mrs. Close, having no chill
dren in their household, will observe
the holiday, entertaining the members
of the Legation staff at dinner tomor-
row evening.
The Norwegian Minister and Nine.
Munthe de Morgenstierne will enter
tain members of their staff and their
wives at dinner this evening.
Christmas holidays at the Colom-
bian Legation will be gay indeed with
three young girls home from school.
The Minister and Sonora de Lopez
will entertain informally at dinner
this evening with their three daugh-
ters, Senoritas Lucia, Rosario and
Marie Terese Lopez, who came last
week from their schools in Baltimore.
The Siamese Minister and Nine.
Raiamaitri, not observing the holiday
as part of their religion, however,
will give party for their small daugh-
ter, Didi, Monday afternoon. There
will be Christmas tree and perhaps
Santa Claus himself will be present.
The guests will be the little classmates