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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1948 ■-\ s \ i V :/ •- ''■,\,.iks r y L^y .^-'7 • ^ ■ S V ,\ 'JSWNV \ N n\\\>N c ' s '' XNV ^v Sk% J •* V**\ WWv o x .. .X- ^ ;wV\V \\'' ,v s >' V -'» ' W. H. Davis & Son lyrHiHswiejsuD Is there something we con do to . odd to your Christmas happiness? If so, please coll on us. Meantime, here's our greetings to you !Y College Street Texaco Station LEROY WILSON Pixiittnai just wouldn't seem like Christmos if we didn't take advantage of the opportunity to thank you for your excellent patronage the past year. A perfect Christmas to you and yours. Johnny’s News and Do-Nut Shop! X^VtliXmaA U«< White Fant Courtesy Important When Sending Cards Hie exchange of cheerful Christ inas cards between friends is one of our most delightful Yuletide cus toms—and like all other social re lationships, it is governed by sim ple, common-sense rules of eti quette. You may properly send your hol iday greetings to almost everyone— business and professional associ ates, if you wish, as well as social acquaintances and relatives. Be sure to choose appropriate cards, however. If Aunt Jennie is a garden enthusiast, she’ll probably appreciate a beautiful flower- print more than a dozen Santa Claus de signs. Special Titles. Cards with special titles, such as “Merry Christmas, Mother,” are available for mothers, wives, sweet hearts and practically all relatives. Including the in-laws, and are a mark of individual thoughtfulness. If you can spare a moment or two. pen a brief holiday note on each card. It adds a warm sincer ity and a touch of your individual personality to your Yuletide greet ings. Christmas time is a sentimen tal and nostalgic season for every one, and many a friendship has been kept alive through the years by the annual exchange of holiday greetings. Colored ink is entirely proper both for signing the card and ad dressing the envelope, provided it harmonizes with the color scheme of the card itself. Signatures need not be formal, except on engraved Christmas cards. You may have your name neatly printed if you wish, or take your pen in hand and sign the greetings your self with a holiday flourish. “Mr, and Mrs.” Married couples may omit the “Mr. and Mrs.” if they prefer and sign their cards simply “Paul and Jenny Wilson.” Either the hus band's name or the wife’s may ap pear first. Children in the family rate a place in the signature, too. In addressing the envelopes, it is best to send one card to a husband and wife, and separate Cards to oth er adult members of the family too. As an alternative, one card may be mailed to the whole family if you are careful to write the names of each individual on the envelope, in cluding the children. Use three-cent stamps for your Christmas cards, following the rule of good taste which says that first- class friends deserve first-class mail. It is entirely proper to write your return address on the enve lope, to help friends keep tab on changes of address. Selecting attractive Christmas cards for each of your friends is a delightful pre - Christmas activity. Don’t treat it as a sober social re sponsibility. Plunge in with a smile and the gay holiday scenes on the cards will soon fill your heart with Yuletide cheer and sentiment. The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap, His hair was like a light. (O weary, weary were the world. But here is all aright.) • The Christ-child lay on Mary’s breast, His hair was like a star. (O stem and cunning are the kings, Bqt here the true hearts are.) The Christ-child lay on Mary’s heart. His hair was like a fire. (O weary, weary is the world, But here the world’s desire.) The Christ-child stood at Mary’s knee, His hair was like a crown, And all the flowers looked up at Him, And all the stars looked down. —G. K. Chesterton. Animal Costumes For Christmas Polish children masquerade in ani mal costumes on Christmas Eve. It’s done to honor the legend that attributes the power of speech to birds and animals during the mid night hour of Christmas Eve in rec ognition of the animals who, shar ing the stable of Bethlehem, warmed the Holy Infant with their breath. HEIGHT OF COMFORT Then there was the rich old gentleman sitting in his wheel chair beside an open window as a slick chick walked by, displaying a comely figure. “Quick, Jenkins,” called the old gentleman to his vallet. “Bring me my teeth, I want to whistle.” Dude: ,r WIhy do you ride while your wife walks?” Indian: “She’s gottum no horse.” .Mothers, who are the official cooks of the family, will reap added praise this holiday season if they plan a special Christmas menu tor every meal on Christmas day. While “something special” is expected for dinner, a minimum of attention will make the other two meals a pleas ant surprise. Here is a menu for the day which will prove popular. BREAKFAST Orange Juice Waffles Grilled Sausage Cakes CoSee Honey Milk CHRISTMAS DINNER Clam and Tomato Juice Cocktail Roast Turkey, Giblet Gravy Celery Dressing Mashed Potatoes Buttered Green Beans Calavo and Grapefruit Salad Assorted Relishes Cranberry Sauce Hot Rolls Fruit Cake Pie Coffee Milk SUPPER Nutbread Sandwiches Mixed Vegetable Salad Fruit Gelatin Dessert Tea Milk It’s a good idea, too, to crowd a small cutting board with assorted < cheeses and crackers. Place it in the living room for those who may not be able to eat candy or who don’t care for nuts. li. OOD CHEER . . . good luck and may happy days be yours, our Holiday wTsn for all. Lonnie’s Service Station ON THE CUT-OFF Flowers Are Part Of Yule Legends There are several flowers appro priate during the Yuletide season which are connected with the birth at Christ by the legends of history. Sainfoin, or “Holy Hay,” is said to have cradled the infant Christ in the manger. The snowdrop is the flower of the Virgin Mary, and is said to be the emblem of the can dles she lighted on Christmas. According to legend, the Christ mas rose was divinely created. A shepherd maid wept at having no gift to lay before the Babe in the manger. Suddenly an angel ap peared to her. On hearing why the maiden wept, the angel touched the ground where her tears had fallen and immediately the place was white with Christmas roses, which the maid gathered and laid in the manger. The chrysanthemum is said to have appeared first on Christmas Eve near the manger as a sign to the Wise Men that they had reached -the spot where the star had bidden them. m Aluuztpi -L CHRISTMAS A. W. Glasgow & Sons , i m r -_ <i* <S~jt mstmas f/)mn 'l Jjonq... Christmas comes, is enjoyed and is gone. This old world spins and whirls awhile, events'come and pass and then first thing you know, why it's time for that festive season again. It seems only yesterday that we were wrapping presents and wishing everyone a Joyous Holiday. That time is here again, so here's our wish for a Merry Christmas. •■MS Patient: Since we’ve known each other so long doctor, I’m not going to insult you by pay ing my Dili, but I’U leave you a handsome legacy in my will.” Doctor: “That’s very nice of you, I’m sure. By the way, just let me have that prescrip- j tion again. There’s a slight i change I’d like to make in it” ■ W. E. TURNER, Jeweler