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PAGE EIGHT THE SERRY SUN • * voc: -^_v Moy we soy that we appreciate having hod the opportunity of serving you ond the privilege of enjoying your friend- t » ship ond good wHl. You hove helped us accomplish o very satisfactory year so we odd to our Christmas Greetings on honest ond sincere "Thank You." a\ is the most sincere expression we know of to convey our appreciation for the friend ship, cooperation excellent business relationship which were , so important to our mutual benefit, during the past year. I ? May we extend to you and yours our best wishes for a Merry Christmas. ' A f ,A ' ‘ • '* iff, r i , • / 4 ’ •-) y**> Newberry Steam Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co. NEWBERRY, S. 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A re cent visitor said. “Wanderers fill the streets—anyone can see why .Mary and Joseph found no room in *the inn.” , Last Christmas, shepherds •watching their flocks outside Beth- •lehem had to be especially watch ful lest the sheep'trap themselves in the barbed wire of the narrow no-man’s land separating Jordan ‘and Israel. $ethlehera, on the Jor dan side of the wire, has as well been sorely affected by the hos tility and the uneasy truce. It is crowded with Arab refugees who formerly lived in Israel. / The effect of the conflict has been crippling of Bethlehem’s chief industry, the making and selling of objects of piety from olive wood, Dead Sea stone and mother-of- pearl. Except at Christmas, pil grims are so few that the profit had gone from the business. On Christmas Eve, however, tjie dusty city takes on new life. Chris tian diplomats living in divided Jerusalem expect to be escorted to the little town over the unused highway through no-man’s land. Pilgrims from the Israeli side pass through the Mandelbaum Gate. Pilgrims rich and poor alike, worship together in the fourth cen tury Church of the Nativity. There is a High Mass, during which the image of the Christ Child is car ried from the church through a series of underground chapels. The ceremonies come to a cli max before three adjacent shrines. The Altars of the Nativity, the Wise Men and the Manger. Out side, Christians from many lands will sing, as angels sang nearly 2,600 years ago: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”/ interesting 3actS N cdbout Xmas TJrees c4nd Season Customs “Twelfth Night,” which many communities celebrate by a com munity burning of Christmas trees. is derived from the custom of early Christians who celebrated the feast of the Nativity of Christ for 12 days, placing special emphasis: on the last or twelfth day. The “Twelfth Night” tree burning is also said to commemorate the light of the Star of Bethlehem. • • • The manufacture of toys for Christmas gifts and other uses last year required approximately 130,- 000 tons of steel products from all sources. • * • The first Christmas tree in San Francisco was irAde in 1850 from Douglas fir branches wired on a stick by a German wine shop pro prietor. * • * Over three-fourths of the nation’s Christmas trees come from the states boMering Canada.* • * * The Puritan government of Eng land outlawed Christmas in 1643. With the restoration of the Stuarts, Christmas customs and traditions were revived, but Christmas never regained its former prestige in England. • • • The first Christmas cards were mailed in 1846 by Henry Cole, an Englishman. The cards depicted a Victorian family assembled at the festive board and bore the now- famous greeting: “A Merry Christ mas and a Happy New Year to you.” 1 Legend Says Christmas Trees Came From Egypt Legend has it that the Christmas tree originated in Egypt, where the first trees used were palm trees. The Germans brought the tree to America, however, as they also Introduced it to England. The Ger man Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, introduced the first tree into England when he had a tree for his young daughter. Martin Luther is said to have brought the first Christmas tree indoors for decoration, early in the 16th century. When you fasten ornaments to your tree this year you will be commemorating a centuries-old Arabian legend that relates how plants blossomed and flowered and trees miraculously bore ripened fruit on the eve of the first Christ mas. BONCE PIE The oriental character of me spices and flavoring in mince pie was said to represent the rich gifts the wise men brought to the Christ Child.