Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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9 V CMaioa, & C, Thursday, December 2C, IMS / Ar*'" CHRISTMAS GREETINGS S. TO ALL! THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATR0NA6E Eastside Greenhouse ia a ML CAROLING FORTH GAY WISHES! LOWMAN LUMBER CO. Jopeux Just wishing you and yours a happy time! RUBY’S BEAUTY SHOP FUSN1TDKK Small Towns First to Light Outdoor Trees It was a small town that first thought of lighting an outdoor com munity Christmas tree. Four communities "are believed to have thought of the idea about the same time—as early as ISIS. Two of them, McDonald and Ger mantown, were in Pennsylvania. Salem, Ore., decorated a large Sitka spruce. Riverside, Calif., illuminated a large evergreen, an Aracuria. The first national Christmas tree was in 1924 and was sponsored by the American Forestry associa tion. The event is now televised every year for all parts 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 most elaborate in the world. But it was the small towns that first thought of the idea. Today, nearly every community in the land has some kind of Christmas decorations. Many com munities string colored lights across the street and decorate light posts with evergreens. Many suspend bells and stars at street intersections and hays dazzling community trees. CHRISTMAS SPIRIT ... Fall ef Yale geod fellowship, "Btofie” tries to aroase seme ditto in the feline heart of “Ginger.” Ginger, goodwill season or not, can’t got over her distrust of dogs. Yule Seal Idea Was From Denmark. This year millions at Amer icans have received a letter from their local chapter of the National Tuberculosis association contain ing Christmas seals, the seasonal reminder of the never-ending fight to stamp out the disease. Holiday Spirit Dies Too Quickly With all the excitement and hus tle that precedes Christmas, it often happens that the day after Christmas is an anti-climax. It shouldn’t be, although many new toys win already be broken, a few are certain to be disappointed be cause they didn’t get what they really wanted from Santa—and, of course, there are bills that must be paid. Yet it isn’t quite right to put Christmas so ter behind us when December 26th arrives. There are many things that can and should be done to keep the Christmas spirit alive. This is the time for everyone in the family to write thank-you notes. Writing at once to acknowledge a gift serves two purposes. The giver appreciates such prompt thoughtfulness and it’s always much easier to write a thank-you note promptly til an to keep putting it off. The day after Christmas is also a good time to start taking memos that will help make the next cele bration of the holiday a greater event. And, before discarding those Christmas cards and letters, be sure that your address book is up to date. Take a look around you at some of the gifts your friends received— and you may get some idea that will help you do a better shopping Job for upcoming birthdays, anni versaries, and for the next Christ mas, which on December 36th, is less than a year away. St. Francis Gave Much to Christmas Some 400 years before Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, per formed the many acts of generos ity and kindness which made his life a great legend and gave him the “Santa Claus” character we know today, another Saint —St Francis of Assisi made other con tributions to our celebration of Christmas. , St Francis lived in the small Italian village of Garcia. In the year 1200 A.D., St Francis ar ranged the first manger scene in a cave near the monastery where be lived. The scene was typical of that at Bethlehem. There was a man ger filled with hay, an ox and an ass. St. Francis and his followers celebrated mass at the cave and sang hymns in honor of the Christ Child. Himself a lover of music, St Francis believed that the early chants (written in Latin) were too theological to be popular. He felt that Christmas music should be re ligious, yet should be more in keep ing with the festivity spirit He is generally credited with being the influence behind the more modem Christmas carols, which spread from Italy to Franee, from there to Germany; then to England and AMERICAN CAROL! Three of oui loveliest Christmas enrols were written by Americana. T%1»4R ■opkinsJr.. c . w»ge of Orient Are.” **0 Little Town ef Bethlehem" wns «rMm In 1866 *>y Phillips Brooks. Uptac Dr, THE CLINTON CHRONICLE 11 f. V I & Nr: 'M s ,y i * 'aeC L ‘ f m.' We ’ re h °P' n 9 y° ur jfjP' Yuletide is full of ^ i? bright surprises. CHANDLER’S GARAGE L : — 5 w in ’’COM** a eg neptovenen t* PiiMSi k'-. m mi mi km : - 'WW ■i mm y arver' * m 'Mm* Pi v9 CITY TIRE SERVICE South Broad Extension \ frm ip ■M: 'U ■if*. 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