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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, December 22, 1966 SEC. A — PAGE 5
Thorn Tree
Blooms In
England, D.C.
A phenomenon occurs
every Christmas, not known
by many, that may be wit
nessed by anyone in the
Cathedral of the Close in
Washington, D.C. or Glas
tonbury, Somerset, Eng
land.
It is the story of the Holy
Thorn Tree that blossoms in
England every December
2.")th and in Washington
some time during the same
month.
The legend relates that
two days before Christmas,
St. Joseph of Arimathea ap
proached Glastonbury. He
carried with him the Holy
Grail used at the Last Sup
per.
As St. Joseph came to
ward the town, he stopped
to rest on the crest of a
hill. He drove his staff into
the ground and it took root
immediately.
The next day, Christmas
Eve, it had become a Thorn
Tree and was covered with
blossoms.
Old Fashioned
Christmas Tree
If you want to celebrate your
Christmas in the 1890’s tradition,
it’s not as difficult as you might
think. For the top of the tree,
you can cut a star out of gold
construction paper. You can also
cut chains from the same paper
to string along the branches. Or
if you prefer, make your strings
of popcorn and cranberries.
Then you should have loads of
cookies, candies, and gilded nuts.
Star-shaped cookies, gingerbread
men, and Beech-Nut sours—hard
candies that capture the turn-of-
the-century flavor — any of these
would do just fine.
You can put the sours in little
transparent bags and attach them
to the tree. You can also use
the candies to stuff gifts and fill
stockings with. And if you want
a real Gay Nineties touch, you
can just fill a dish with sours,
and keep it standing on a foyer
table for your Christmas guests.
Also, your Gay Nineties Christ
mas wouldn’t be complete with
out at least a half dozen cornu
copias on your tree. To make
these, simply take colored con
struction paper, preferably gold
and silver, roll it into a cone, and
attach the ends together with
masking tape. Then you punch
two holes in the top rim through
which you thread a piece of red
or green string. With the string
you attach your cornucopia to the
tree, and once you fill it to the
brim with Beech-Nut sours, you
have a delightful (and tasty)
Christmas decoration.
Then, if you want to go all the
way to make your Christmas tree
an old-fashioned one, you can
try to locate some 1890’s toys
to put under it. Say, a hobby
horse, carousel — or maybe a
Teddy Bear.
Santa’s Suit
We don’t know Santa’s work
ing schedule, but Santa Claus
Outfitters of Newark, N.J. be
gin each July making Santa
suits for the big selling months
of November and December.
Santa’s suit comes complete
with beard and wig and the
company sells to all kinds of
Santas — department store,
church, civic organization —
and the suburban Santa, the
local resident chosen to go
house to house as St. Nicholas.
To You
Yours
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AS WE ENTER THE S3rd YEAR OF SERVICE TO OUR fine customers,
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the confidence and support which you have given us in the past.
IT GIVES US GREAT PLEASURE TO DO THIS, because we fully
realize your friendship, goodwill, and patronage have made it possilbe
for us to serve successfully the people of this area ever since the first
"horseless carriages" began to appear on our streets.
AS WE APPROACH THIS GLAD HOLIDAY SEASON, we pause
to wish you and your family the happiest Christmas and the most pros
perous New Year you have ever experienced. Again—we wish You
and Yours . . .
A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON!
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