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« 7 It J. THE CLINTON CHRONICLE ThurMlay. December 25, 1158 • # /v I / I;. \Ve're joining Sonto in sending best wishes for o very hcppy holiday to everyone, everywhere! PIGGLY WIGGLY JOE S. HOLLAND 5 W-, TV? 'd like to chime in with many thanks and good wishes lor holiday joy to all cl f you whose loyal k patronage m e ■k value so highly. BROADWAY THEATRE J. LELAND YOUNG. M*BA**r M Good Pictures Always” “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night And lo. the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord ^ '' ' shone round about them.” Across the ages the story of Christmas lives on eternally. Let us all rejoice in ks glorious promise of peace and enduring good wM. JACOBS BROTHERS HUNTING AND PHOTOENGRAVING jhristmas 8fec Mentis ‘ The trimmed Christmas tree, as we know it today, is little more than a century and a half old, yet legends trace the origin of the tree back to earliest times. One legend concerns an early Christmas missionary, St. Wilfred, who once came upon a band of Druids preparing to make a human sacrifice under a ia^ge oak. According to the story, St. Wilfred had the tree cut down and almost immediately, a young fir tree sprang up in its place. The missionary seized the evidence and made the fir tree a symbol df n#w faith and thereafter the Druids set this symbol of immortality in the halls of their lodges at Christmastime, surrounding it with feasting and laugh ter and love. There is also the story of the Faithful Pine which sheltered the Holy Family during the flight to Egypt With Herod’s soldiers in pursuit, it was still necessary that Mary rest awhile so they sought shelter in the low trunk of a huge fir tree. As the soldiers approached, the tree bent its branches to conceal the huddled little group. When the danger had passed, the baby Jesus blessed the old tree. Today, if you cut a pine cone lengthwise at Christmastime, you can still see the imprint of His little hand. Another legend holds that the first Christmas tree was really an apple tree. And. although the fir tree has long since replaced its pre decessor for Christmas use, the tinsel baubles we use on the tree are said representative of the fruit which for the early Christians sym-* boliaed the fall of man in the Garden of Eden and his reclamation by the birth of the Saviour. Dickens' Manuscript Brought High Price Only a few years ago. a previ ously unpublished Dickens' manu script. 'The Life of Our Lord." was presented to the world. This simple, moving narrative hajl been written by Dickens 100 years earlier for the exclusive, en joyment of his children and be cause he felt such deep veneration and reverence for the life and les sons of our Saviour, Dickens had left instructions that this particu lar manuscript never be commer cialized It was never made public until the year 1933, after the death of Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, the author's youngest child Literary Prise Purchased by the London Daily Mail for the staggering amount of $210,000—or. $15 per word, the manuscript became a literary event of the first magnitude, des tined to be read and cherished for ever wherever thoughtful parents, like Dickens, want their children to know something about the his tory of Jesus Christ. For, according to Dickens: "Everybody ought to know about Him. No one ever lived who was so good, so kind, so gentle, and so sorry lor people who did wrong or were in any way iD and miserable, as He was. "And as be is now in Heaven, where we all hope to go. and all meet each other after we are dead, and there be happy always to gether. you can never think what a good place heaven is. without knowing who He was and what He did '' LETTS SEE NOW . . Check ing the Christmas list with San ta is an Important task. Ne need la risk fee chance (hat Santa might bring the wrest things er net knew exactly where te ■ erne an Christmas night Holiday Cooking Should Be Planned Fun's s-poppin' in the kitchen i jring the holiday season Much f the preholiday fun cones in deciding what to serve, but this /flen means extra work Plan your holiday cooking so 'hat you can do much of the preps ration well ahead of time—make pies, breads and prepare fowl and store them in the treeser. You can make an lads M hours tx-fore serving, and yeu can pre pare cranberry )elly at any con venient time Since you want to save your en ergy so that you'll he in good <pints for the holidays, recruit the helping hands of your family List things to do. and let them choose their Jobs You'll have better co operation that way They will want to help and share in what should be a family tradition. Holidays are more meaningful to your children if you let them have a hand m the preparations Of course you’ll adapt their jobs to their ages and abilities Holiday Treats Piet for the holiday party can be trimmed' to add to the fes tivity of the occasion. With a mince pte. cut a star opening in the center and place small red candles in the pie so each wedge will have one Form a circle of whipped cream nround a choco late pie, then place a small candy cane where each wedge will be It will make a big hit at a chil dren's Yuletide party. —r- r THE SPIRIT * CHRISTMAS Wm n -) -MM* What, indeed, is Christmas? Ask a child and he may tell you that it la a time of snow and bright lights, and Santa Claus and presents under the tree. Ask a hundred grown-upe and you may get a hundred slightly related answers, for Christmas is many things to many people. But, for all of us. the happiest memories of childhood are those associated with the celebration of this great holiday. How easy it ia to vividly call up scenes of long ago when a happy family gathered by the warm glow of an open fireside; to close the eyes to see again the snow-covered fields and to beer again the crunching sound of heavy boots plodding through the snow and visualize the little white church on the hill In the silence of a darkened room one can so easily revisit that little church, breathe again the aroma ef evergreens and burning candles and sense anew the presence that M ae obvious In the quiet and solemn stillness. These art the things about Christmas that have net changed and will not change with the modes and msnnsriaw ef new generations. These are the things which rodect the spirit ef Christmas. It is hi the spirit of mankind miracle so long age. This ia th< of time with ft an (g ef does a with God and with at the wonderful night at Bethlehem an ft i Candles Surrounded By Various legends Candles have long had their place In legends and In the observ ance of the hnlid.ty of Christmas In Ireland on Christmas Eve a large candle was burned which could bo snuffed out only by one named Mary. As the Irish put it: Who knows, on some Clvistma.s Eve. Jesus and Mary and Joseph may come again, not to Palestine, but to the Holy Isle on the (arther- esf edge of Europe?” The first use of candles for Christmas is not recorded in the annals of any nation but according to an old legend the "Christ Child Candle” is burned in the window to light His way it He makes an earthly visitation and in atonement for the night of His biith when there was no room for Him. Children's Task During the early days of our country, animal fats were relative ly scarce. The branches of the bay- berry shrub were covered with wax-giving berries and children were given the task of gathering the berries when candles had to be made so that the animal fata could be conserved. According to tradition, one who burned a bayberry candle on Christmas Eve of Christmas Day would have long life and a happy one. An old verse reads: 'To learn your luck for the year they aay. Bum a bayberry dip on Christmas Day. If the flame burns bright and the light shines clear, Good luck will be yours throughout the y’ar.” UP SHE GOES ... It takes plenty of horsepower to hoist Ihe kage Christmas tree in New York's Rockefeller Plata. The three ton white spruce shown show is estimated to be $5 years Fill baked Rome Beauty apples with hot spiced cranberry sauce for breakfast on Christmas Day. *X alere's to you, valued friends and customers ... good wishes by the sleigh full, plus hearty thanks for your patronage throughout the year. 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