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GOOD WILL
Moy your prayers bo
answered many-fold
and your heart filled
with joy and love.
Merle Norman
Cosmetic Studio
America’s favorite Christ
mas bloom is the brilliant
poinsettia . . . The scarlet
blooms, which have become
the very symbol of the Yule
season, ranked number one
in a recent florists’ survey.
Named for Joel R. Poin
sett of South Carolina, the
magnificent plant is sur
rounded by legend. One de
scribes a poor child who
wished to give a gift to the
Virgin and was heartbroken
because she had nothing of
value or beauty to present.
As she approached the
Mother of Jesus, in despera
tion she plucked some of
the scrawny flowers at her
feet. As she did so, the
flowers were transfigured
into the scarlet brilliance of
the poinsettia.
greens at weddings, and
this custom is now the basis
for the use of scented
greenery used in homes and.
churches at Christmas.
The symbolism of the fam
iliar Christmas tree, on the
othar hand, stems from the
tree worship of the Druids.
Yet there is a belief that
the first Yule tree was a
palm brought from Egypt,
the twelve parts of the palm
signifying the twelve apos
tles.
Our present - day pine
Christmas tree was intro
duced to England when
Queen Victoria married
Prince Albert. Wishing to
please her husband, Vic
toria commanded that a
green pine be brought to
the palace each year to be
decorated as it would be in
Germany, Albert’s home
land.
Holly Discovered by the
Pilgrims
Holly, which has grown
in America for hundreds of
years, is considered a uni
versal herald of the holi
days. The leaves and ber
ries are valued purely for
their decorative effect, yet
as far back as the Druids,
holly was considered magic
against evil spirits. It was
also an important ingredi
ent of primitive medicines,
used to cure everything
from colic to broken bones.
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May the joyful spirit ot
the first Christmas ring in
your heart today
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When planning gifts, con
sider a flowering plant.
Gaining in seasonal popu
larity during the last few
years are azaleas, Christ
mas begonias, kalenchoe,
cyclamen, and pepper plants
(also called cherry plants).
These blooms add to the
festive air and endure be
yond the holidays to bright
en any room in the house.
For the orchid fancier,
nothing could be more ex
citing than to receive new
colors in orchid plants as a
gift. One florist recalls a
last - minute order last
Christmas to wire “a yel
low orchid plant, with pur
ple throat, in full bloom.”
He recalls, “We went mad
trying to find one at this
time of year, but we deliv
ered a perfect plant on
time.”
Star of the Cast
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Brightest and best of tht
sons of the morning! .
Dawn on our darkness and
laid us thine aid! ]
Star of the East, the hori
zon adorning, [
Guide where our infant Re
deemer is laid!
Cold on His cradle the dew-
drops are shining,
Low lies His head with the
beasts of the stall;
Angels adore Him in slum
ber reclining,
Maker and Monarch and
Saviour of alk!
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Say, shall we yield Him, in
costly devotion,
Odors of Edom and offer
ings divine?
(Jems of the mountain and
pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, or
gold from the mine?
Vainly we offer each ample
oblation;
Richer by far is the heart’s
adoration;
Dearer to God are the pray
ers of the poor.
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customers, our
sincerest thanks,
•nd our wishes
for a wonderful
Christmas . . .
brimming
with laughter
and good cheer.
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Very Warm
'Down Under
In sweltering Sydney,
Australia, the temperature
hovers around 90°. but
Santa Claus manfully en
sures red flannel and ersatz
ermine ... in air-condi
tioned stores.
Although the climate re
sists the traditional 7-
course Christmas dinner,
the frosted effects on tree
and window, the youngsters
won’t let the oldsters relax.
They want the whole “pack
age” and they get it.
Christmas trees are ev
erywhere. Shops spray imi
tation frosting on show
windows.
The tradition of follow
ing the old traditions is a
tradition in itself. Australia
was colonized by convicts.
“They were people who
didn’t want to be here, half
a world from their homes,”
explains a government offi
cial. “The best thing they
could do was to try to make
the country as much like
the old country as possible.
They started by following
the old customs.”
Today the waves of im
migrants settling the conti
nent may come willingly
but Christmas can bring
nostalgia.
Oddly, the customs fol
lowed are more American
than British or other ori
gin. It’s Santa Claus the
children write to, not Fa
ther Christmas. And grum
bling housewives slave over
roasting turkey, not goose.
“Of course,” notes a Lon
don radio writer, “the Brit
ish themselves are adopting
the American customs, so
it’s not surprising the Aus
tralians are, too.”
But more and more Aus
tralians are maintaining
that the country should
have its own traditions.
“Christmas here is a sum
mer holiday like your
Fourth of July,” says Mrs.
Ford. “We should count our
blessings — one winter is
enough.”
THE YULE LOG STORY
believed that the traditional burning of tne zma
Log was handed down to Scandinavian oountriM
from English-speaking countries.
The Scandinavian feast of Winter Sobtice waa
observed by the kindling ef huge bonfires to the
god Thor. In England the Yule Log waa burned
amidst great noise and song,
Young Hiroshima Victim
Inspires World Peace
So, perhaps, in the same
mood as Hawaiians at the
Yule season, Australians
may one day come around
to celebrating Christmas in
a more practical fashion ...
with light, cooling meals
none-the-less festive ... and
n light, cooling raiment
ikin to the Season only in
; oyous color
There are many moving
stories of man’s struggle
for peace, but none is more
inspiring that that of a
small group of Japanese
children, known as * the
Folded Crane Club.
It all began with Sadako
Sasaki who was only 2 years
old when The Bomb fell a
mile from her home in Hiro
shima. She was not hurt at
the time, and as she grew
up, she seemed a normal
healthy child. Then in 1954,
she developed signs of leu
kemia and before a year
had elapsed, she died.
The legend which now re
tells Sadako’s last days, re
lates a brave young heart
that greeted her classmates
with joy when they came to
visit her in the hospital.
She spent the time in be
tween visitors making pa
per cranes.
It is a Japanese folk belief
that the crane can live for
1,000 years; and if you fold
1,000 paper cranes, they
will protect you from ill
ness. Sadako had faith in
the cranes and she spent her
last months trying to fold
the required paper cranes.
But time ran out for this
courageous little girl and
when she died in October,
1955 she had completed
only 964.
Sadako’s friends made
the remaining cranes and
forming them into a wreath
they were placed at rest
with her. It could have end
ed there, but it didn’t, for
Sadako’a classmates were
determined to have i
ment erected in h^T remem
brance and to remind the
world what an atomic bomb
can do to the young.
It was a long hard strug
gle to raise the money, for
money was still scarce in
Japan in those days. But
with the help of their teach
er and a great deal of ef
fort, finally in 1958 a monu
ment was constructed and
placed in Peace Park.
Having achieved their
first goal, her classmates
decided to stay together as
a group and formed the
Folded Crane Club. The or
iginal purpose of the club,
which still meets today, is
to help the poor and ill
among the bomb survivors.
They visit the hospitals,
hold memorial services for
the children who have died
and print a weekly news
paper of their activities.
Over the years younger
children have joined the
Folded Crane Club and al
though they have no mem
ory of the bombing, they
are inspired by Sadako’s
legend and the altruistic ac
tivities of the group.
In recent years, the group
has added still another aim
to its activities, that of a
plea for peace. Its members
have' worked indefatigably
in.the cause of peace, writ
ing letters to the heads of
state and the United Na
tions. It is their hope that if
the world knows what the
first nuclear bomb did to
the. children of their city,
there will never be another
‘dropped anywhere.
22—TEE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Dec. 21, 1967
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When you admire an ar
rangement of greens and
holly, you may take pleas
ure in reflecting that the
wreath still means, as it did
in Roman days, that good
wishes and esteem are en
twined in the leaves. Rom
ans decked their halls with
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