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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C. Dec. 26th, 1968—PAGE 6—SEC. A GREENERY. . .This attractive doorway is decorated with ^mall white Christmas trees, white wreaths and an archway of season’s greenery. It says "Merry Christmas” in its own special way. Now In Season ' Quick Southern Pecan Pie 1 cup sugar 3 well beaten eggs 1/4 cup melted butter 1 cup pecans 1/2 cup corn syrup 1 unbaked pie shell Mix sugar, syrup and butter; add eggs and pecans. Pour into pie shell. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes; reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake 30 to 35 minutes longer. Serve either hot or cold. Decorate pie with pecan halves as a bor der. As an added delight, top with slightly sweetened whipped cream. THE NIGHT BEFORE Denmark Custom A Danish Christmas Custom is the"Jul-bock”. This is along pole with a goat’s head, whose duty it is to butt in when child- dren misbehave. Trim Tree Trimming the tree is fun, but there are some rules that should be followed. First, in spect carefully for frayed cords, exposed wires, and bro ken sockets.' Check bulbs in dividually. Begin by placing lights at the top and working down and around, placing lights on boughs nearest the trunk and working outward to tips of branches. Wait until all lights are in place before hanging other decorations. BASIL CAKES On New Year’s the Swedes serve a meal that is much like the Christmas feast. It begins with many appetizers, followed by lutfisk, served with cream sauce, boiled potatoes, ham, and their special rice pudding. In Switzerland housewives pride themselves on a distinc tive bread, containing milk, butter, eggs, raisins, as well as other ingredients. For years it was the habit of an Austrian family to serve a big noon-time dinner. The Hungarians, at their New Year’s feast, served a roasted pig, with a four-leaf clover or an apple in its mouth, as the chief article of food. Greek women bake "Basil Cakes”(the Feast of St. Basil falls on Janu ary 1), while dressed in their best attire. Even wealthy ladies, when baking such cakes, don their finest jewelry. HOLIDAY PUNCH For a holiday punch, com bine cranberry juice with club soda, carbonated beverages, champagne or wine. NOTICE In Observance of CHRISTMAS The City of Newberry Offices will close Tuesday, December 24th at 12:00 P.M. and reopen Friday, December 27th at 8:30 A.M. The Offices will also be closed January 1,1969 for NEW YEAR In case of emergency, please call 276-0311 "Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; — So begins one of the most beloved of all Christmas writings. It would be difficult to find anyone whose memory of childhood does not as sociate these words with the magic of the holiday season, to whom these words do not bring to mind the vis ion of Santa and his reindeer, and the exciting clatter of hoofs upon the roof. Author of the poem was Dr. Clement Clarke Moore, an aloof pro fessor of Greek and Oriental liter ature in the Episcopal Seminary in New York. Dr. Moore did not write the poem for publication. He wrote it on Christmas Eve, 1822, for the enjoyment of his seven children. It happened that on this particu lar Christmas Eve a relative was visiting the Moore family. She put a copy of the poem in her diary. The following holiday season, the relative’s father sent a copy, unsigned as to author, to a newspaper. Other newspapers picked up the jingle and printed it in their columns. The poem quickly became known, loved, and repeated each Christmas throughout the country. Dr. Moore was not pleased. In fact, he was embarrassed. He felt it beneath the dignity of a man of his scholastic reputation to author of children’s verses. As time went on, the poem became increasingly more famous and Dr. Moore, perhaps upon the urging of his proud family, finally admitted authorship. More than two decades after he penned the poem at the family fireside the jingles were pub lished in book form, under his name. Today, the world remembers Dr. Clement Clarke Moore not as a scholar, nor as a teacher, but as author of one of the world’s most beloved Christmas poems.