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\. ■/ 1,-V THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thareday, 22, IfM (dMgyihfyf cj muitimi- . DILLARD BOLAND JEWELER, Inc. 103 E. PITTS ST. CLINTON BEST WISHES FOR THE As we joyously herald the arrival of the Holiday season, our hearts are warmed by the devotion and good will of our many friends. Howard's Pharmacy “Your Rexall Stare Ob the Sqware” HOWARD Siam BILL ABRAMS AND STAFF 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 large 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 of new 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 soldieis in pursuit, it was still necessary that Mary rest awhile ao they sought shelter in the low trunk of a huge fir tree. Aa the soldiers approached, the bee 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 sec the impi int of His little hand Another legend holds that the first Christmas tree was really an apple tree. And, although the fir tree has long aince replaced its pi^- decessor for Christmas use. the tinsel baubles we use on the tree are 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 Christmaa list with San ta Is an impnrtant tank. No need to rtok the chance that Santa might bring the wrong things or not know exactly where to lome on Christmas night. Holiday Cooking Should Be Planned Fun's a poppin' in the kitchen 1 inng the holiday season Much f the preholiday fun comes in i riding what to serve, but this llt-n means extra work Plan your holiday cooking so hat you can do much of the prepa ution well ahead of time—make -U's, breads and prepare fowl and tore them in the freezer You can make salads 24 hours i lore serving, and you can pre- la re cranberry Jelly at any con ■ eiiient time Since you want to save your en- rgy so that you’ll be 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- ■I>eratlon that way. They will want to help and share in what should o u family tradition Holidays are more meaningful to your children if you let them have i hand in the preparations Of course you'll adapt their Jobs to their ages and abilities Dickens' Manuscript Brought High Price Only a few years ago, a picvi ously unpublished Dickens' manu script, "The Life of Our Lord, was presented to the world. This simple, moving narrativi had been written by Dickens lOt years earlier for the exclusive en Joyment of his children and be cause he felt such deep veneratioi and reverence for the life and les sons of our Saviour. Dickens had left instructions that this particu lar manuscript never be commci cialized It was never made publi< until the year 1933, after the death of Sir Henry Fielding Dickens. th< author's youngest child Literary Prise Purchased by the Umdon Duil> 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 for people who did wrong or were in any way ill and miseiable 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, uod there be happy always to gether. you can never think what u good place heaven is, without knowing who He was and what He did ' Holiday Treat* Pies for the holiday party con 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 wedgi will have one Form a circle o whipped cream around a choco late pie, then place a small candy cane where each wedge will bi ll will make a big hit at a chit dren's Yulotide party THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS M- 'W. m What, indeed, is Christmas? Ask 4 child and he may tell you that It Is a time of snow and bright lights, and Santa Claus and presents under the bee Ask u hundred grown-ups and you may get a hundred slightly related answers, for Christmas is many things to many people. Hut, 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 'he warm glow of an open fireside; to cloae the ayea to see again the snow-covered fields and to hear again the crunching aound 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 of evargreens and burning candles and senae anew the pretence that U ao obvious in the quiet and solemn stillness. These are the things about Christmas that have not changed and will not changa with the modes and mannerisms of now generations. These are the things which reflect the spirit of Christmas. It is in the spirit of love and goodness, at close communion with Ood and with mankind and with it all Is mixed a aensa at swa at the wonderful miracle brought Into being en that first Christmas night at Bethlehem so long ago. This is the spirit at Christmas, and ao ft shall remain until ths and of time yp As we experience anew the glory and wonder of Christinas, may the radiance of the Star that shone on Bethlehem bring peace and happiness to every heart, A joyous Christmas to all! JACOBS BROTHERS PRINTING AND PHOTOENGRAVING IV, hile shepherds watched their flocks, and angels sang, Christ was bom in Bethlehem. May the inspiration of the Christmas story give you long-lasting happiness. LYNN COOPER, INC. 0LD6M0BILE — RAMBLER COOPER MOTOR CO., INC CHRYSLER — DODGE DART — DODGE CARS AND TRUCKS