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2-C—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Dec. 36, 1969
OKLAHOMA BROWN CANDY
1/4 teupoon mxU
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 can broken not*.
(black walnuts are best)
S caps eSok ssflk or
UilbESto or laargarlne
2 cups of the sugar into a heavy sUnet. Drop the
4 caps Into a large, deep heavy kettle. Carmelke
sacsr In the sldllet by rtirring constantly over low heat
I? Is melted. Go slow: don’t let It smoke or tarn brown.
about one half hour to mdt completely without
,, | | m When the sugar in the skillet Is Just about melted,
mt ketflewtth the sugar-milk mixture in it over low heatand
Jat K simmer as you continue stirring the melting sugar. Whoi
pour carmelteed sugar in a very fine stream into the
bettle, staring all the time to blend. This is an important
jfcp. Cook and stir until mixture reaches firm ball stage, 244
“ 248 (Immcs on the enndy thermometer. Bemove from the
addl/4 teaspoon soda and stir vigorously as it foama
or margarine and stir until it melts. Set aside at
■ temperature for 20 minutes. Add vanilla and beat until
tfciA «««d gloss turns dulL Fold In nuts and turn into
p*" about 15 by 10 Inches by one inch deep. When
slightly cooled cut In squares.
For economy, thk can be made using less than the 4 cups
FLOWER
The Greeks had a special name for Carnations — The
Divine Flower. They grew wild on the sun-drenched hillsides
of that ancient land, 3000 years before the birth of Christ
If you select this exquisitely fragrant, long-stemmed flower
to beautify your home for the holidays, you will be carrying
on a revered tradition.
The Romans called the carnation Dlanthus Carolphyllus,
The flower of God. During the Renaissance, kings, noblemen
and their merchants sat for their portraits sometimes holding
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at all. Place one alone in a dainty vase, or assemble two
dozen in an exuberant floral explosion. The lovely blossoms
await the dictates of your own imagination.
The furled and feathery petals of red and white carnations
have an especially festive holiday look when combined with
variegated holly.
Carnations will
monetary investment
for they are the longest lasting
repay you well for your relatively small
nt. Their fragile appearance Is deceptive,
rest lasting of all cut flowers.
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THE MANY SONGS OF CHRISTMAS
At about this time of year it becomes very apparent that
caroling is about as much a part of Christmas as the ex
change of presents. In fact, caroling is nearly as old as Christ
mas itself since it was In the second century that the bishop of
Rome urged his people "to sing in the celebration of the birth
of our Lord."
However, St. Francis of Assisi, who lived in the thirteenth
century, is regarded as the father of caroling as we know it.
The most familiar of the carols we sing today were composed
in the 18th and 19th centuries.
"While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" — 1703
"Joy To The World" - 1708
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” — 1739
"Silent Night" - 1818
" Little Town of Bethlehem" - 1868
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CHRISTMAS
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The sounds of Santa’s sleigh-
bells fill the air with
music, and every home is kindled
witb the warmth of good cheer.
May you and your family enjoy
all the blessings of this happy holiday season. Heartfelt thanks
for yaw trust and support. We greatly enjoy the privilege of serving you
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When Families Gather, It’s Christmas!
Through the years, the
ways of celebrating Christ
mas have taken on many
different forms.
Today's Christmas tree Is
apt to be plastic or alumi
num, rather than nature’s
own flr, spruce or pine. The
glow of tiny beeswax candles
on a tree is only a memory,
replaced now by strings of
twinkling electric lights.
Jolly Santa, once trans
ported only by reindeer-
drawn sleigh, may now ar
rive by helicopter or Jet plane.
But in spite of changes, the
essence of the season, the
basic spirit of Christmas,
stays the same.
Christmastide is, above all,
a time for togetherness and
rejoicing. And a modern
Christmas, Just like an old-
fashioned Christmas, calls
for gatherings of family and
friends, with much merri
ment, fun and feasting.
Right now in this commu
nity, families are celebrating
the holiday with Just such
gatherings, such merriment,
fun and feasting.
Like families of yesteryear,
they celebrate with gifts and
greens, with the warmth of
a glowing hearth and the
gleam of a lighted tree, with
stockings hung by the chim
ney with care and even with
candles, though these beckon
brightly from candleholders
rather than from the tree.
All these ways of celebrat
ing are part of the legend
and lore of Christmas.
Exchanging Gifts
Exchanging gifts at Christ
mas is one of the most time-
honored of customs, and toys,
dolls and games for the chil
dren have always ranked
high on the gifts list.
In the not-so-long-ago,
however, Just one important
present — a doll for a little
girl, perhaps, and a toy ac
cordion for her brother—was
all that youngsters might ex
pect at Christmas.
Though Santa is more
bountiful nowadays, the gifts
he brings are like those of
yesteryear in at least one
way. They reflect the inter
ests and fashions of their
times.
Dolls, yesterday and today,
dress In the favorite styles
of the moment. Toys, too,
show the influence of current
events.
Toy racing cars, for in
stance, came In with the au
tomobile, while today more
complex types of wheel toys
take advantage of modern
technological developments.
Using Greens
Use of greens and garlands
to decorate for a festive sea
son goes back a thousand
years before the birth of
Christ. The custom began
with the ancient Egyptians.
Many of the traditions of
pagan festivals were later
merged with the celebration
of Christmas, and evergreens,
because they stay green
throughout the year, came to
be regarded as the Christmas
symbol of eternal life.
Decorating the Tree
Many ancient legends as
sociate trees with Christmas.
One is that on the first Holy
Night, all the trees of the
forest blossomed and bore
fruit.
The idea of adorning the
Christmas tree with orna
ments may have started with
an attempt to create the ef
fect of snow on the branches.
Strings of popcorn and tufts
of cotton were used.
Lighting the Tree
Martin Luther started the
custom of lighting the tree,
legend says.
To symbolize stars glowing
forth on a snow-filled win
ter’s night, he placed lighted
candles on his family’s tra
ditional Christmas tree.
Rurning the Log
Today’s fireplaces, though
smaller In scale than those
TKAIMTIONALLY, CHRISTMAS IS A FAMILY DAY. An old-
fufthiontd ChrintmuM, pictured above in an illu»trulion created
especially for the enjoyment of the readers of this newspaper,
had much in common with a modern Christmas — gifts, greens,
trees, flowers and, of course, a happy family gathering.
of yesteryear, symbolize at
Christmas Jhe age-old cus
tom of burnipg the log.
The Yule log was adapted
to Christmas celebrations
from the Scandinavian prac
tice of building huge bonfires
at the winter solstice. Fire
represented the spring sun,
soon to return.
Hanging Stockings
St. Nicholas, so legend says,
secretly gave gifts of gold for
the dowries of poor spinsters.
He tossed the gold down a
chimney on Christmas Eve,
and on one occasion the gift
landed in a stocking hung by
the fireplace to dry.
A tangerine or an orange
in the toe of a stocking has
come to be symbolic of the
gifts of gold.
Famous Writers Find New Ways to Say,
‘A RyghteMerrie Chrystmasse Toe You ’
foychiatrists say you rt
if if you’rt
Great writers of every age
since medieval times have
made contributions to the
various expressions and
phrases that are associated
with Christmas.
Such expressions as, “A
Ryghte Merrie Chrystmasse
Toe You,” have now become
archaic and the spelling
quaint. But the continued
exchange of Christmas cards
over the years has been a
strong influence in preserv
ing the traditional words, or
greetings, associated with the
season.
From the very beginning
of greeting cards, prime im
portance was placed on the
message itself. In fact, some
of the earliest cards were
simply greetings with sprigs
or borders of holly on an oth
erwise plain card.
But then, as early as the
1880’s in England and also
in America, verses appropri
ate to the season and com
posed by famous authors,
were proving popular on
Christmas cards.
One such poem by Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow —
with a portrait of the emi
nent gentleman — appears
on one of the antiques in the
Hallmark Historical Collec
tion, a treasury of more than
50,000 greetings which pro
vides a variety of the ex
pressions of good cheer and
Christmas wishes by famous
writers over the years.
The age old message of the
season is to be found in to
day’s Christmas cards, ex
pressed in poetry and prose
by such outstanding literary
figures of the past and pres
ent as William Shakespeare,
Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
Sara Teasdale and, more re
cently, T. S. Eliot, Archibald
MacLeish, William Carlos
Williams and the late Rus
sian writer, Boris Pasternak.
Pasternak’s "The Christ
mas Pine Tree” has been ex
cerpted for a greeting card
which reads in part:
I love her to tear*, ut Mglit,
from the first.
As she comes from the wood*
in storm and snow.
So awkward her branches, the
shyest of firs!
We fashion her threads un
hurriedly, slow.
Her garments of silvery, gos
samer lare.
Patterns of tinsel, and span
gles aglow
Befana’s Search
Ancient Legend
An ancient legend tells of
Three Wise Men stopping to
ask directions of an old
woman, Befana. They invited
her to go with them to wor
ship the new-born King, but
she would not leave until she
had swept her house and
baked her bread. So the Wise
Men left without her.
When her housework was
finished, Befana packed a
basket of toys for the Christ
Child and set out after the
Wise Men, but she never over
took them. So every Christmas
she searches for the Christ
Child with her basket of toys,
leaving gifts for the children
in each house she passes.
From branch unln branch,
down lo the base
I love her to tears, from the
first, so bright
In a crowd of friends on
Christmas night.”
Portions of Sir Walter
Scott’s “Marmion” have been
used for still another Christ
mas card verse:
“F.ngland was merry England
when
Old Christmas brought his
sports again.
The damsel donned her kirtlr
sheen;
The hall was dressed with
holly green;
Forth to the wood did merry-
men go
To gather in the mistletoe.
Twas Christmas broached the
mightiest ale;
Twas Christmas told the
merriest tale;
A Christmas gambol oft would
cheer
The poor man’s heart through
half the year.”
In a lighter vein, one of
America's most popular vers
ifiers, Ogden Nash, has con
tributed his own inimitable
style and thoughts to the
spirit of Christmas greetings
with several mirth-provoking
stanzas such as the follow
ing:
“Our halls are decked with
houghs of holly.
And trimmings red and green
and jolly;
We get that old time Christ
mas feeling
While tacking wreaths from
floor to ceiling.
To you we sipped a Yuletide
cup
While hanging decorations
up;
Oh, how we wish you were in
town —
So you could help us lake
them down!”
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perfectly normal if you’re
feeling tense and a little de
jected despite the spirit of the
Christmas Season. Like practi
cally everyone else, you have
a Christmas neurosis. It is also
known as the "Bah, Humbug!
syndrome."
Symptons are easy to spot;
In the middle of a Christmas
party you want to go home;
you argue over what color
balls should go on the tree:
and on Christmas Eve, as you
rush to wrap the last of the
gifts, there’s a burst of tears
One psychiatrist says,
"Christmas puts an unusual
straim ou otherwise happy
people. * "It creates very high,
expectations, some so high that ■
reality can never really match
them .
It is inevitable, the realities
of Christmas contrast sharply
with the highly fantasized
memories of childhood
Christmases.
Inner conflicts arise when
people try to act in ways they
feel they should act. The worst
thing in the world is to be told
to be happy and loving when
you don't feel that way.
Adults, particularly moth
ers, feel under some pressure
to demonstrate their love for
their families during the holi
day season by giving lavishly
of themselves, buying gifts,
baking favorite foods and
decorating the house.
"Mothers may also burst
into tears because they're ex
hausted", says one doctor.
YARN FOR DECORATING
A little imagination can turn
ordinary materials into
works of art Take knitting
yarn, styrofoam shapes and
a few bits and pieces of dec
orative braid and turn them
into dazzling trimmings.
You then have unbreakable
ornaments for the tree and
also an ideal project for the
whole family to enjoy.
You can wrap the yarn
around styrofoam cones,
circles, diamonds or half
circles. For further dec
orations add tassels, pom
poms, braid or whatever
you wish.
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