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■ ■ ' THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1945 I BEST 4 * » ☆ As we extend our Season's Greetings to each of you, the prospects of the coming year are bright and cheerful. For this we are immeasurably grate ful. The future is distinctly encouraging and it is our ambition to have a part in this progress. To this end we pledge our untiring efforts. In this gesture of good will we wish particularly to salute our friends and to wish them a season of good cheer and fellowship and a New Year of success and happiness. , _ ☆ y e Newberry Coca Cola Bottling Co. 1 S $ § ft i ft ft ft ft <« g ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft “ft. % 1 ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft. ft ft ft ft ft I ft ft ft ft f- ft 1 I ft ft ft 1 ft ft ft I ft ft X ft ft ft ft ft Date of Nativity Fixed By Roman Emperor December 25 was decreed as the date of Christ’s Nativity by the Roman Emperor Julian who began his reign as a Christian bnt reverted to paganism before his death in 363 A. D. Julian based bis decree on the opinions advanced by the fathers of the Western churches. December 25 wis, moreover, acceptable to most churches and peoples because the season of the winter solstice had always been celebrated as a festival period— Roman Saturnalia, Scandinavian Yule, the Mithrasian Feast of sol invictus, etc. Some Eastern churches, how ever, consistently claimed Janu ary 6 as Christmas and have con tinued celebrating Christmas upon that date throughout the centuries. Each Swiss Canton Has Own Traditions Winter beauty and winter sports reach the acme of perfection in Switzerland by Christmas time. For many of the natives, however, this glad season signifies in addition a period full of sacred mystery and the anniversary of days particularly specified in ancient legends. However, the ruddy - cheeked St. Nicholas has in some parts of the country been supplanted by the Christkindli, or Christ child. This lovely angel is said to have come from the Far North and it always brings to each home it visits a Christmas tree, decorated with all the glittering things associated with fairyland and heavily laden with gifts. Forecasting with Onions. If you want, for instance, to find out how the weather will be during the next year, cut, on Christmas Eve, an onion into half; peel off 12 layers, one for each month, and fill the same with salt. Those peel ings which contain damp salt the next morning predict rainy weather for the respective month. Young people who are anxious to learn something about their matri monial prospects are advised to drink three times from nine differ ent fountains, when the church bells are ringing on Christmas Eve and they will then behold their future mate standing at the church door. it liSfi “Zucher Tirggei,” a kind of Christmas cookie that have been made in Switzerland many centnries, are an essential feature of the holi days, particularly in the neighbor hood of Zurich. Wooden molds dat ing back to the 17th and 18th cen turies are still used. The so-called “Tirggei sentences” are very popu lar, which depict an entire series of some story. The one in the picture reads, “So ists gut Relsen” or “Sleigh riding is fine.” If you are courageous enough to consult the oracle as to the length of time which is still allotted to you on earth, take your Bible on Christ mas Eve and the first psalm which strikes your eye contains in stanzas the number of years which you are yet given to live. In the fine tradition of the past it is again our privilege to extend Season's Greetings to our friends in this area. May the old time joyousness of the occasion never be subdued and may it always be in evidence for each of you as you observe this glad occasion. The hope of your happiness and well being is ever before us and it is our sincere wish that you will enjoy life to its fullest extent. We are proud of the friendships that have been ours the years past, and tl c pride we can properly say to you — "Merry Greetings, friends!" I L. A. Wilson and Son ft. ft i-, ft ft ( I I a 1 a ft l 1 $ ft I 8 ft ■ ■ ft ft a Mistletoe May Mean Messenger of God | Some say that the word mistletoe comes from the missel thrush, a messenger of the gods who brought the plant to the earth. Actually, the bird is very fond of the berries and is responsible for the wide distribu tion. Growing as it does, on trees as a parasite, it is showy because of its huge mass of dense light green foliage. Its Latin name, Phoradendron, means tree-thief. In Virgil, mistletoe was the golden bough, by the plucking of which 5 Aeneas was enabled to descend into the underworld and return safely. | if In ancient Britain it was the sa- S cred plant of the Druids. The chief I f, nature festival of these forest wor- ' y shippers was around the oak tree ' £ with the most mistletoe on it. The y Arch-Druid ascended the tree to the * lowest bough on which the sacred S mistletoe was growing. With a gold- , V en sickle he cropped the branch and ^ allowed it to fall in a fold of his '* ample robes. The plant was so sa- ' % cred that it must never touch the V? i earth. The priest then broke the * bough into many pieces and gave a V i twig to each of his followers with ^ a prayer. | 5 In the language of the flowers, mis- If ! tletoe means “give me a kiss.” This ^ | has its basis from a Scandinavian 4 ! myth. ; y taiMiM'MtUlMiMta'M Carols Replace Heathen Songs Carols, it is said, were early in troduced by the clergy into England from Italy, probably soon after th$ Norman conquest, as a substitute ; for the Yule and Wassail songs ol , the heathen origin, which, until then, had been in use among the vulgar. Christmas carols were in dance j measure at first. The word carol ' comes from "corolla,” a ring, be- t cause the song was fpr a ring dance. 1 We Hope You Receive Lots of Greetings MAY WE INCLU .irons no£l 5ie£Tw4) < ^ £ Maxwell Bros. & Quinn To our good friends, those whom we have had the privilege of serving in the past, and those whom we’d like to serve in the future, we send this little package of Christinas cheer. It is heavily laden because it carries our most hearty appreciation of your friendships, patronage, and cooperation that you have shown this institution in the past. It also brings you our earnest hopes foj a full enjoyment of the Holiday season. Accept our wishes for a very Alcrry Christinas and a joyous New Year. Bowers Insurance Agency A J BOWERS, Pres. & Treas. E. H. BOWMAN, Agt MISS PEARLE HAMM, Secy.