The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 23, 1949, Image 12
THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY; DECEMBER 23, 1949
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May the Peace of Christmas surround you,
The Joyousness of Christmas inspire you;
The Spirit of Christmas abide with you always.
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why they thought of the Christmas mistletoe.
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2. We ought to know the names of the Three
Wise Men who were the first givers of Christ
mas gifts. They were Melchior, Balthasar
and (a) Samuel (b) Casper (c) Shadrach?
3. Everyone likes to get lots of Christmas
cards. When did the custom of sending them
start? (a) about 1845 (b) about 1781 (c)
about 1903
4. Who first had the idea of building a small
replica of a manger for the Christmas cere
mony? (a) Pope Gregory (b) Piers Plowman (c)
St. Francis of Assisi.
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5. The Christmas tree is the heart of our
Christmas decorations. Which country first
used the tree as a part of holiday observance?
(a) Gerntony (b) Norway (c) France.
6. "Silent Night, Holy Night," one of the
most beloved of Christmas hymns, was written
by (a) Beethoven (b) Father Joseph Mohr (c)
Martin Luther?
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PRESIDENTIAL CHRISTMAS TREE . . . This was the annual com
munity Christmas tree in Washington, D. C., aa it blazed with light
last year.
Spesski
SPEAKING OF CHRISTMAS . . . Throughout the world wherever
Christmas is celebrated it is customary to place a lighted candle in the
window . . . The legend is that candles originally were set out to light
the Christ child’s way as he made his visits through the children . . . One
explanation of the custom of bang-
i ing stockings on Christmas Eve
recalls the baronial halls of England
where huge fireplaces were con
stantly in use . . . Each Christmas
a special log, the Yule log, was
thrown on the fire . . . This log
burned steadily as long as the feast
ing and celebrating continued. Nat
urally, it burned with a pungent
odor and stockings were hung over
the fireplace to absorb some of this
odor and to protect the owners from
"evil spirits . . . Christmas Eve. 1863,
saw a near tragedy in Virginia City, Nevada . . . Two friends celebrated
with a terrific round of festivity . . . Just as dawn was breaking, they
embarked on a perilous promenade over the town’s rooftop* . . A
policeman, mistaking them for burglars, drew his revolver and prepared
to shoot but a passerby stopped him . . . Had he fired and the bullets
ound the mark, the world would have been deprived of two great
numorists—Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne) and Mark Twain
'Samuel Clemens) . Mince pies,
so long a part of our Christmas
tradition, originally had a deeply
symbolic significance . . . The first
mince pies were patterned in oblong
shape, after the manger in which
Christ was born . . The crust rep
resented the gold brought by the
Three Wise Men; the many spices,
the frankincense and myrrh ... On
May 11. 1659, the general court of
Massachusetts Bay outlawed Christ
mas . . . Anyone celebrating, stop
ping work, serving holiday fare or”
deviating from normal daily life would be flr.sd five shillings . . . The
righteous Puritans were sure they were acting wisely—for how could
good Christians condone the pagan origin of Christmas? Did not such
a holiday encourage excess in eating and drinking? ... It was 22 years
before that law was repealed.
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