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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
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Christmas
PRICE REFRIGERATION SERVICE
1500 Drayton Street Phone 609
Newberry, S. C.
His mission is usually the same—but not his looks and his name—
that’s the Story of Santa a'round the world.
Santa as we know hfin in Amerie* today pretty well follows th<
description given by Clement Moore in his famous poem, “The VisiJ
From Saint Nicholas.’’ This truly familiar symbol of Christmas was
a somewhat angular figure before Moore gave him a sleigh, twinkling
eyes, cheeks like roses, nose like a cherry and a round little belly.
The idea of Santa Claus began American mail carriers: British
with the Dutch and their “Santa
Klass,” a contraction from St.
children prepare their Christmas
lists and throw them into the
Nicholas, lengendary Bishop of back of the fixe. Supposedly, if
Myra and the patron saint of
children. Children in Holland
may refer to either “Sinterklass’’
or “Saint Nicholas. Early set
tlers in America adopted the leg
endary figure and changed the
name from “Saint Kickolous’’
to Santa Kalouf’’ to “Santa
Claus.”
Pere Noel
In France, it is “Pere Noel”
who visits the children, »nd he
is usually pictured on a mule.
the paper goes up the chimney,
“Father Christmas” will bring
all of the gifts; if the paper
burns, the writer must prepare
another list and try again.
Czechoslavakian children antic
ipate the arrival of “kezisek”
or Jesus. In New Russia, “Father
Frost” is the equivalent of Santa,
but old Russians still call him
“Baboushka.” In Germany, San
ta may be either “Kriss Kringle,”
“Christkindl,” or “Kritking.”
Italian children, who must wait
British children, just as Ameri- until Jan. 5, the Eve of Epiphany,
can, write letters to the Christ- anticipate the arrival of “La
mas giver of gifts, and prepare Befana.
lists of the things they would
like to receive. But, they direct
But, whether it’s the Norwegian
“Julenisse” or the Chinese “Lan
their missives to “Father Christ- Khoony-Khoong ’ (nice old father)
a tradition “Santa,” the gift-giver, is a part
favor with of Christmas nearly everywhere.
mas
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A Question:
Why Do We Have Christinas?
It is now the season of Christmas, 1,959 years since the
Prince of Peace was born in the Fulfillment of Prophecy, to
reject a crown of gold and life of splendor for 33 dedicated
years and a crown of thorns.
Because He came as a leader and teacher of men, there
were those who devoted unceasing efforts to degrade and
destroy Him. Yet, in quiet, God-like manner, He walked
in the valley of men, teaching the fundamental principles of
life and truth by both parable and example.
Because He lifted the eyes of mankind above the 'mean
ingless values of worldly power and earthly riches, He sinned
against plunderers and tyrants, and for this He was cruci
fied.
Because He called out in pain for the forgiveness of those
who had tortured Him and nailed His body to a cross between
two thieves. He set the highest example of the Golden Rule.
Because He came, with Divine direction, to lead mankind
unto salvation, He is with us, always.
Because of His example and sacrifice, the tyrants and
plunderers who seek to conquer and enslave are eventually
set aside and relegated to oblivion . . . while the lessons of
His Divine teachings remain forever, showing the way toward
peace on earth, good will to men.
Because He is always with us, it is fitting that we ob
serve the Christmas, the anniversary of His birth, in the hope
that on this new Christmas the hearts of men everywhere will
open up to receive His most wondrous message.
MODERN VEHICLE ... We don’t think the reindeer am:
sleigh will ever be replaced, but the jolly old gent shown above
appears to have dropped out of space via an earth satellite. He
probably only wanted to show the modern generation that he was
“on the ball.” Come Christmas night, it’s a safe bet he will
return to his familiar and long-honored method of transportation
When our elders talk about an “old-time” Christmas among the
things they are remembering is the pleasure and anticipation asso
ciated with the preparations for the holiday.
There were no “commercial” Christmas trees in the “old days”—
everyone went out to the nearest hillside or forest and chose one to
their liking—for free. Tinsel, ornaments, electric tree lights, these
too, weren’t to be had. Decorations for the tree were all homemade
—and usually the entire family lent a hand in the preparations.
Today we would be foolish, of shapes with a sharp knife and
course, not to take advantage of then let each member of the fam-
the many beautiful and ornamen- ily decorate an ornament. Some
tal decorations available for oan glue sequins to the cutouts
decorating home and Christmas to form features. Others can tint
tree Yet, w T e can still recapture the foam with food Coloring, or
some of the “spirit” of the “old- glue felt to the ornament to add
time Christmas” by making some extra details, such as hats or
of the Christmas tree ornaments buttons.
and decorations as a family proj
ect.
A pipe cleaner, inserted and
. , , . . glued to the top of the ornament
A variety of ornaments are pos- ovides a hook .
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sible from such materials as
plastic foam. A cookie cutter, for
Decorating the tree is usually a
instance, can be used to outline family project, enjoyed by both
such shapes as snowmen, Santa young and old. Preparing the dec-
Clauses, gingerbread men, dolls, orations for the tree can be
clowns and stars on a sheet of 1- equally enjoyable and memora-
inch plastic foam Cut out the ble.
BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J. M ELEAZER
I liked to turn the stuffer that
put the meat into the sausage,
casings. When a little was left,
I’d shoot that out on the table.
They always got after me for
that on hog killing days.
And I liked to do the same
thing for the liver pudding, too.
It was warm and stuffed a lot
easier.
Then came the lard, to be
pressed out of the cracklings with
the same press. We’d turn it until
they were pressed as hard and
dry as a pone of cornbread.
As the sun was touching the
treetops in the west, and the
frosts of winter were about ready
to again fall on hill and dale,
we came to the end of our glor
ious day as kids. They had let
us, as usual, stay home for but
chering.
With everybody tired out, the
last act of butchering was to
fix about a half dozen pounds of
“fresh” we called it, for the neigh
bors. Each one contained about
three feet of sausage, one liver
puddin’ with both ends tied to
gether with a string, a small
block of spareribs, and perhaps
a batch of the good puddin’ mush
that was made by stirring water-
ground corn meal in the rich
broth left afterthe puddin’ meat
was cooked in the wash pot. We
really went for that. It is good
served hot right then or cooled in
pans, sliced and fried.
We kids would then walk to
the nearest neighbors and take
their portion. But for those a lit
tle far, we rode a horse and took
it. This neighborly act was uni
versal. And it also served another
useful purpose. It made the fresh
meat go further and kept you
from getting foundered on it. For
very soon, when yours was per
chance g«tting scarce, the neigh
bors would start bringing you
some of theirs. In that way, none
spoiled, and all enjoyed it more.
Such are the memories of
childhood, when our folks lived
largely from their small farms
in the Stone Hills of the Dutch
Fork when I was coming along.
The manner In which it is
decorated can take away or
add to the appearance of the
most beautiful Christmas tree.
Too often, the number of lights
used to trim a tree is arrived
at by guesswork and the re
sults are disappointingly “spot
ty” or “lopsided.” Profession
als achieve good lighting ef
fects by using this formula:
Height of tree (in feet) x width
of tree at base (in feet) x i. If
your tree is 6 feet high and 4V4
feet wide at the base, the for
mula goes like this: # x 4% x
3 =r 81 lights for a good light
ing effect.
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