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w r t Ck^tnas U{sti lOarmest greetings at the Holiday time' May this be the most joyous of Yuleude seasons for you and yours. LAURENS FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN May health, happiness and good cheer 4* enter your home this Christmas and remain there for years to come. BALDWIN APPLIANCE CO. SOI TH BROAD Sf. v, /4ngelt tinging brought tht tidings of the Christ Child's birth. Once again, we hear and rejoice at the sacred story it told in Acell- loved carols, and in the inspired words of the Bible. May Christmas happiness be yours, % JACOBS BROTHERS 1 *■ PRINTING AND PHOTOENGRAVING #* THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, December 24, 1959 The trimmed Christmas tree as we know it today, is little move than a century and a half old. yet legends trace the origin of the tret' hack to earnest times. t „ One legend concerns an early Christmas missionary. St. VVilfied. who once came upon a band of Druids preparing to make a him.an sacrifice under a large oak. Accoiding to the story. St Wilfred had the tree cut down and almost I immediately, a young fir tree sprang up in its place The missionary, I seized tin t vidence and made the'fit tree a symbol of new faith rnd thereaftej the Druids set this symbol of immortality in the halls of their lodges at Christmastime, surrounding it with feasting and laugh ter uhd 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 pie- decessor for Christmas use. the tinsel baubles we use on the tree aie said representative of the fruit which for the early Christians sym bolized the fall of man in the Garden of Eden and his reclamation by the birth of the Saviour. LET’S SEE NOW . . . Cheek ing the Christmas list with San ta is an important task. No need to risk the chance that Santa might bring the wrong things or not know exactly where to come on Christmas night. Holiday Cooking Should Be Planned Fun s a-poppin' in the kitchen during the holiday season. Much of the prehohday fun comes in deciding what to serve, but this >ften means extra work Plan your holiday cooking so hat you can do much of the prepa- ation well afiead of time—make -’pies, breads and prepare fowl and store them in the freezer. You can make salads 24 hours before serving, and you can pre pare cranberry jelly at any con venient time. Since you want to save your en ergy so that you'll be in good spirits for the holidays, recruit the helping hands of your farndy 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 in the preparations. Of course you'll adapt their jobs to their ages and abilities. 1 ' “ 1 || THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS m am a*:*. tF-V.V %: .. . ?- : '£r-Vv' Xr lif What, indeed, is Christmas? Ask a chitfjl and he mhy tell you that it is a time of snow and bright lights, and Santa Claus and presents under the tree. Ask a hundred grown-ups 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 is to vividly call up scenes of long ago when a happy family gathered by the warm glow of an open fireside; to close the eyeg to see again the snow-covered fields and to hear 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 at evergreens and burning candles and sense anew the presence that la so obvious in the quiet and solemn stillness. These are the things about Christinas that have not changed and will not change with the inodes and mannertans of new generations. These are the things which reflect the spirit at Christmas. It is in the spirit of love and geednew. of dose common ion with God and with mankind and with it all Ig mixed o tense ef awe at the wonderful miracle brought Into heinf on that flrst Christmas night at Bethlehem so long ago. This is the spirit of Christmas, and m M shaB remain until the end of time. Dickens' Manuscrpl Brought High Price Only a few years ago. a pievi ously unpublished Dickens’ manu script, "The Life of Our Lord was presented to the world This simple, moving narrative had been written by Dickens 1W 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 han 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. *h< author's youngest child Literary Prlie Purchased by the London Dailj Mail for the staggenng amount rl $210 (HO at, $15 per woid. 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 for people who did wrong or were in any way ill and miserable, as He was. "And as he 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 ” Holiday Treat* Pies for the holiday party can be "trimmed" to add to the fes tivity of the occasion With a mince pie. 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 around 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. your homo bo bright „ with joy all through this most fostivo of holiday soasons. To all of our frionds wo wish tho morriost Christmas ovor. Winn - Dixie Food Stores CLINTON. 8. C. Across the ages, the sacred message of Babe of Bethlehem spreads a wonderful radiance through our hearts, our homes, our churches. We greet you at Christmas with the with that peace, joy and happiness may ever be yours. * / } N 2M W. MAIN ST T. E. Jones & Sons Fi^rniture CLINTON