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... witl I fiek of good wishes for all!
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Outdoor Tree
II was a small town that ftlM
thought of lighting an outdoor com
munity Christmas troo.
Four communltios art behoved
to have thought of the Idea about
the same time—as early as 1911.
Two of them, McDonald and Ger
mantown, were In Pennsylvania.
Salem. Ore., decorated a large
Sitka spruce. Riverside. Calif.,
illuminated a large evergreen, an
Ara curia.
The first national Christmas tree
was In 19M and was sponsored by
the American Forestry associa
tion. The event Is now televised
every year fur all parti of the
country to see.
The most spectacular outdoor
displays in the United States are
at the White House and Rocke
feller Center In New York. The
New York display is possibly the
elaborate In the world,
it was the small towns that
^ g».» thought of die idea.
Today, nearly every community
the land has some kind of
decorations. Many com
munities string colored lights
across the street and decorate
light poete with evergreens. Many
suspend bells and star* at street
intersections and have dealing
community
But
Yule Seal Idea
Was From Denmark
This year mflUona of Amer
icans have received a latter from
their local chapter of the
Tuberculoels eestabv
tag Christmas seals, the ssasonal
reminder at the never-ondtaf fight
to stamp out the disease.
Holiday Spirit
Dies Too Quickly
With all the excitement and hus-
tle that precedes Christmas, it
often happina that fee day after
Chrtetmas Is m anti-climax It
till) Pile Tree
As the old story goes,
long ago the pine tree was
subject to seasonal changes,
like other varieties of trees
. . . losing its green frip
peries in winter.
One day King Herod, in a
rage of fear, sent his armies
out to slay all infant boys,
lest one threaten his crown.
In Israel a carpenter.
Joseph, and his wife, Mary,
with the Child Jesus, fled
the country before Herod’s
wrath. At day’s end they
came to a green wood where
stood a pine, heavy with
needles, that every summer
gave small birds a nest.
Half its trunk was hollow.
“Gome.” said Joseph to the
little family, “we will find
haven here.”
The pine tree, full of pity,
dropped its blanket of
branches down to cover
them, and there they stay
ed, while' Herod’s armed
men rode past, their hands
stained with the blood of
innocent babes.
When morning dawned,
the Child Jesus aw'oke, and.
looking up at the high pine,
blessed it:
“Great pine, henceforth
you will always keep your
summer raiment and be for
ever green. Through the
ages multitudes of birds
will find sanctuary amid
your branches all winter
long.”
And so it was we have the
evergreen Pine, loved by all
living things.
The legend tells us, too,
that if you cut a pine cone
through part-way, you will
find within it the imprint of
His hand.
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toys win already he
to he
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really wasted from
course, there axe bills that
be paid. j
Yet, tt im’t quite right to
Christmas se tar bshtad u
December 99th arrives. There
many Stags that can and
be to hw
spirit alive. This Is tbs time
everyone fa the family to
thank-you notes. Writing at
to acknowledge a gift
purposes. The giver
such prompt thoughtfulness
ifs always much easier to
s thank-you note promptly
keep putting It off.
The day after Christmas is
a good time to start taking BM
that will help make the
bratfcm of die holiday
event And, before discarding
ba
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of
end
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to
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op to date.
around yen at
of tho gifts year friends
and you may gat some
will help you do s batter
job tor upcoming btrtadaya.
lass ton • year nway.
St. Francis Gove
Much to Christmas
400 years
Nicholas, Bishop of Myrp.
formed the many acta of _
tty and ktnrtneaa which made his
Ufa a great legend and gave him
the “Santa Claus” character we
today, another Saint—St
trtautions to
celebration of
St Francis lived to toe small
Italian vfflafa of Garda. In toe
1909 A.D., St Fraads nr-
the first manger scene toe
the monastery whsip he
lived. The scene was typical of tost
at Bethlehem. There was e man-
far fiUed wtth hay, an ox abd an
ass. St Fraads and Ms Mtowets
celebrated mass at the cave and
sang hymns to honor ef toe Chris!
(toikL
n lever ef maria, St
(written in Latin)
to be popular. toR
iiulc should be
should bo more to keep
ing wtth the festivity spirit He Is
credited wtth being the
Italy to frum, from
than to
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/MERItM 0AH0LS
Three ef our loveliest Christmas
earols wen written by Amen
In 1949, Edmund H. Sean
posod “It Came Upon a
Clear' 1 -d in 1909 Dr. John
Jr., composed “We
of Orient An.” T> Uttto
ef Bethlahei
to TM by PhOUpo
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