The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 23, 1954, Image 16
PAGE EIGHT
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Moy we soy that we appreciate having
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us accomplish o very satisfactory year
so we odd to our Christmas Greetings
on honest ond sincere "Thank You."
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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.
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May we extend to you and yours our
best wishes for a Merry Christmas.
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J4oly City ZJoday
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c4nd Jfonteledd
As they have done since the
first Christmas, Christians will this
year follow the Star to the stable-
grotto beneath the Church of the
Nativity, the traditional birthplace
.of Jesus of Nazareth in Bfethlehem.
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Always small and poor, Bethle
hem is#even poorer today than
most people would believe. 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.
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The manufacture of toys for
Christmas gifts and other uses last
year required approximately 130,-
000 tons of steel products from all
sources.
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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.
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Over three-fourths of the nation’s
Christmas trees come from the
states boMering Canada.*
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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.