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Christmas Day
Cteiotmu is, abovs all dss, tho
dap on which ws rocognln the
Nattvftjr at Christ It has been so
sines ths fourth oantury, when the
Wsstom Chorda offidally adopted
Dscsmbsr SMh as ths data of the
birth of tho Saviour.
Sines that time, this graatast of
all crania has completely fore
shadowed ovary historical event
occurring on the same day. Ask
anyone to tall you of something
also in history that happened on
December SBth other than the
birth of Christ and chances are
they will give you a negative an-
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A few wfll remember that it was
on this same date that George
Washington crossed the Delaware.
Only a true student of history will
tall you that the date marks the
birthday of Isaac Newton, Clara
Barton and frances Blake, among
others.
Actually, the fact that Washing
ton crossed the Delaware on
Christmas is aU the average
American should be expected to
remember. But it’s interesting to
note some of the other events that
happened on the same day:
In WT, the Battle of Okeecho
bee.
In 1M1, Japanese captured Hong
Kong.
In 1401, wreck of the Santa Ma
ria. at Haiti.
In 1036, Hirohito became Emper
or of Japan.
It was also on Christmas day,
in 1647, that China’s constitution
was adopted and went into ef
fect, making the date China’s Na
tional Renaissance Day. And,
Christmas is also die birthday of
the town of Kelso, Washington, set
tled on Christmas day, 1847, by
Peter W. Crawford.
else.
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cams to America.
In Europe, before he readied
these shores. Saint Nick was a tall,
angular man who rode a bony gray
mare. He hadn’t been in America
he had a
name, a new face, figure and
a new and better mods of trans
portation.
The early English settlers in this
country started Santa's "new look’’
process. They adopted the legend
ary figure from tho Dutch, but
couldn’t pronounce "Saint Nicko-
lous.” The best they could do was
"Santa Kalouf," which was cor
rupted to "Santa Glaus.’’
In 1806, Washington Irving in his
"Knickerbocker’s History of New
York,’’ changed JSanta’S; physical
appearance by describing him as a
Idly follow with a broad-brimmed
hat and huge britches. He also
taught St Nick to smoke a pipe,
and traded his hay burner for a
wagon.
dement Moore in his famous
poem, "The Visit Prom Saint Nich
olas,’’ went even further. He gave
Saint Nick a sleigh, twinkling eyes,
cheeks like roses, nose like a
cherry and a round little belly.
Future writers msy try to trade
Prancer and Dancer off for a jet
ship and trim down Santa’s waist
line. It will he a tough Job, for,
though he isn’t streamlined, Santa
pleases the young folks and that’s
mighty important
dement Clarke Moore was
of his famous poem,
"Night Before Christmas” and
would not acknowledge that he
wrote it for more than 30 years.
Home owners can often get all
the Yule greens they need by
wisely pruning their conifer trees
and evergreen shrubs. There are
five simple rules to follow when
trimming branches apd twigs for
holiday decorations.
(1) Thin the trees and shrubs
for shape, always maintaining the
natural contour of the plant. (3)
Do not cut more than 6 to 7 Inches
from a branch. (3) If the tree has
not been pruned for some time,
take off every other branch. (4)
Do not cut beyond the green
needles; otherwise this will not fill
in with new growth. (8) Keep the
cut branches in a cool moist place
until ready for use.
Spruce, pine, hemlock, yew and
aborvltae make Ideal Christmas
greens. Yew seems to hold up best
Broadleaf evergreens such as lau
rel, andromeda, boxwood and
Japanese boUy should he kept in
to frame a door-
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let’s Travel’ to tie land
Ifiere tie Cirist was Sera
If Christ and His disciples
were to visit the Holy Land
today, they would find many
parts of it unchanged. The
hill on which .Bethlehem
stands looks as it did almost
two thousand years age
when Christmas came into
being, as do many other
spots we’ve often read
about in Sunday School.
• Today one can visit the
excavated walls of Jericho,*
one of the oldest cities in
the world, and watch veiled
women filling their water
jugs at Elisha’s Fountain
just as they did 2,000 years
ago. The Garden of Geth-
semane with its ancient,
gnarled olive trees, sur
rounded by a lonely land
scape recalls that sorrowful
night when Christ prayed
as His disciples slept. And
the lush tropical vegetation
that made the Jordan Val
ley the land of milk and
honey is still there to de
light the eye of the be
holder
. But within Bethlehem it
self, many changes have
taken place since Joseph
and Mary went about seek
ing shelter on that holy
night. Now there are mod
ern stone buildings, and
large churches have been
built on the presumed sites
of the inn and the manger.
On Christmas Eve, many
pilgrims attend midnight
mass in the Church of St.
Catherine which is attached
to the Church of the Nativ
ity, built over the rocky
grotto believed to be the
birthplace of Christ.
Others may attend an
evening service held under
the stars in nearby Shep
herds’ Field, said to be the
field of Boaz where Ruth
once gleaned. One hundred
and twenty miles away from
Bethlehem lies Nazareth,
home of Jesus, Joseph, and
Mary for so many years. It
stretches along a hillside, a
humble little town with
busy 1 , dirty streets. Sur
rounding Nasareth are
fields much like those Jesus
knew so well. Even now one
can see what is said to be
Joseph’s carpenter shop,
and the Well of Mary,
which still supplies the
town its water. The artisan
and craft shops of Naza
reth seem to have changed
surprisingly little over the
centuries.
This year, as every year,
thousands of pilgrims will
come to Nazareth and other
sacred spots in the Holy
Land to honor the birth of
Christ. There, beautiful ser
vices and glorious music
will recall the event.
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