The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 23, 1948, Image 26
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, December 23, 1948
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a moment to sav
And to wish you oil the good things
of life during the Holiday Season.
ROWLAND’S RADIO SHOP
Gary Street
J. P. ROWLAND, Proprietor
JLM
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BEST WISHES
A« you celebrate the Chrisitmas Holidayi
we want you to accept our
sincere Christinas Greetings and
our heartfelt thanks
for your friendship and patronaga
McIntosh shoe shop
a. e. McIntosh
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AT CHRISTMAS
Accept this sinoere expression of our
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oppreciotion for your friendliness ond
patronoge in the past. Our most cordial
greetings ond best wishes for your
happiness.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Christmas Music
By Bach, Handel
For a great many people the mu
sic of Bach and Handel make diffi
cult .listening — until Christmas
comes around. Then, suddenly, ev
erybody starts singing and humming
tunes by the two old masters.
The-reason for this is that both
Bach and Handel were church mu
sicians. One of their tasks was to
compose songs for church congrega
tions to sing. They proved them
selves masters of beautiful, easily
followed melodies in their Christmas
music. Our most famous Christmas
oratories and carols came from
Bach and Handel.
“How Brightly Beams the Morn
ing Star” was composed by Bach
and his “Christmas Oratorio” con
tains the themes of several dther
popular chorales.
In almost every town and village
in America this Christmas a church
choir will render at least a portion
of George Frederick Handel’s the
“Messiah.” When carolers sing
“Joy to the World” they’ll be sing
ing part of the “Messiah” too, for
that carol comes from! themes found
in the great oratorio. Handel also
composed the musical theme of
“While Shepherds Watched Their
Flocks.”
It is a strange fact, but both Bach
and Handel were born in 1685, lived
for many years within thirty miles
of each other, and never met. Yet
today, the Chirtsmas music they
wrote is sung by men, women and
children in countless churches of
many faiths all over the world.
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J. R. Crawford
Phone 10
Clinton, S. C.
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Pagan Rites Basis
Of Many Custon
Strange as it may stern, most
American Christmas customs stem
largely from Pagan rites practiced
long before the birth of Christ.
The custom of exchanging gifts
is one of the few that springs from
the Christian era. Christmas can
dles, bonfires and Yule logs arise
from the heathen festivals observ
ing the winter solstice, December
21, when the days begin to lengthen.
That was a time of^great rejoicing
for ancient sun worshippers who
build bonfires to give strength to the
“winter sun-god.”
Pre-Christian Romans ornamented
their homes with green boughs and
flowers for the Feast of Saturnalia
which began December 10. Druids
gathered mistletoe for that season,
while ancient Saxons used holly,
ivy and bay. Modem mistletoe and
holly wreaths come from those peo
ples.
Christmas trees, too, spring from
the ancient German days when Ger
manic tribes made sacrifices to the
sacred oak tree of Odin. When the
missionary St. Bonifaee traveled to
Germany in the Eighth Century and
saw these celebrations he persuaded
the natives to substitute a fir tree
for the oak and to adorn it in a
tribute to the Christ Child.
During the Middle Ages the entire
Christmas season was celebrated in
equa’l fervor with that now shown on
Chris’tmas day. In some lands the
celebration lasted from December
24 to January 6—Twelfth Night—
and in ethers from December 21 to
February 2. By the year 1644,
Christmas in England had become
such a wild orgy that the Puritans
forbade its celebration by law.
Much Family Fun
In Group Games
“Make it a real family Christmas
this year by having Santa pack a
few Hobby supplies or games into
his pack that the whole family can
enjoy together.” This suggestion
comes from E. H Regnier, a recre
ation specialist at the University of
Illinois.
There are many hobbies that can
help build companionship between
parents and children. Mothers and
daughters like jewelry construction
and tapestry weaving. Dad and
Junior go in for model-making—air
planes. boats, trains and other items
of special interest to the male pop
ulation.
Everyone enjoys operating a
printing press. Small presses turn
out newspapers that have a real
professional look. Shellcraft a*d
woodburning are hobbies that pro
duce genuinely useful articles. For
family fun, rubber-tipped darts, in
door plastic horseshoes and marble
games are excellent.
"Christmas is a time of ‘togeth
erness,” says Regnier. “Let’s cap
italize on the situation by starting
a game or hobby that will encourage
the same type of companionship the
year around.”
Santa Pictured
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By Thomas Nast
Thomas Nast, the famous car
toonist wno created our conception
of Uncle Sam, the Republican ele
phant and the Democratic donkey,
is also credited with giving Amer
ica its first modern pictonalization
of Santa Claus. /
Nast first sketched his notion bT
Santa Claus in 1873. This Santa was
a rollicking, chubby old man smok
ing a -pipe and dressed in what
looked like a night shirt With fui
collar and cuffs Since that day he
has grown taller and rounder, has
developed a full white beard and
mustache and has acquired the tra-
dtional red suit bordered in ermine.
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Spe'cyy graced
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The Christmas season, with all its pleasant
traditions, reminds, us again of the cordiality
and good fellowship that has been ours to en
joy with our customers and friends. Christmas
and good friends combine to make this time
of the year the most glorious occasion of them
all.
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As we extend our best wishes to you for
Christmas and the New Year, we include our
heartfelt thanks for your fine cooperation with
us during the past year.
W. G. King & Sons
W. G. KING, SR. , W. G. KING, JR. EUGENE C. KING
BUILDING MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES
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edton*
reetinds
It’* Christmastime—and we want to
take this opportunity and this means of ex
tending to you and yours our best wishes
for a Merry, Merry Christma*. And our
most sincere wish will not come true unless
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tha Season brings yon bountiful pleasures
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and happint
Happy New Year!
CLINTON CAFE
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We Will Be Closed Christmas Day In Order To Give Our
Employees A Holiday. — Open Sunday As Usual
CECIL P. WILSON, Proprietor
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