Catholic Activity: Celebrating the Holy Innocents
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Lulla, lulla, thou little tiny child, By by, lully lullay. Thou little tiny child, By by, lully lullay . . . Herod the king in his raging, Charged he hath this day His men of might In his own sight, All young children to slay. . . . A seventeenth century Italian carol, Herod Dead, is again in keeping with the feast as is the lovely traditional German carol, Maria on the Mountain.
A birthday cake in honor of the birthday into heaven of the little saints would make a timely dessert. Mrs. Berger tells us that Activity Source: True Christmas Spirit by Rev. Edward J. Sutfin, Grail Publications, St. Meinrad, Indiana, 1955German cooks created a Bavarian cream with either a strawberry or cherry sauce to symbolize the blood spilled. They felt that blanc-mange would be suitable for little children and grownups after too much Christmas feasting.
