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SEC. C, PAGE 10—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thurs., Dec. 24, 1970 MAYBE, SOON . . « Santa should be along before long or, has he already arrived? For animal lovers, a puppy is an ideal Christmas gift, appreciated long after the holiday is past. This young fellow seems to be taking the holiday in stride. Pepparkakor Weeks before Christmas, Swedish kitchens are redolent with the aroma of spices and everyone knows that peppark akor are baking. These very thin, crisp ginger cookies are cut in fancy holiday shapes— stars, bells, horses, boys, etc.— and decorated with white frosting. They are often hung on a wooden tree. The branch es of the tree have an apple at each end and the top is festooned with golden-wheat. THE MISTLETOE The Druids called mistletoe the “all heal” and believed that it had miraculous powers to cure diseases and counter act poisons. The Druids found kissing under the mistletoe great sport, but believed it was not proper unless the sprig had been cut with a golden knife. Custom also demanded that one of the berries on the mistletoe be removed each time one kissed beneath it. Christmas Rewards The Birth of Christ is cele brated at Christmas. But, in effect it is everybody’s birthday, and the celebration going on all over the world. Therefore, Christmas is many things — some real, some only felt. Christmas is the excited gleam in the eyes of children; it is the happy music (to celebrate a birth) and talking and laughing; It is bright-painted toys and dec orated trees. It is the tinkling of bells and the taste of candies. It is the calm fulfillment that follows hectic days of prepara tion. There is a feeling of compas sion for the less fortunate that glows more warmly on this day than any other day. Christmas is the time of the heart’s inventory, the time of being together and going home. Most of all, Christmas is the time of transformation of moth ers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, into the chil dren they once were — and still are — for a very short time this one day of the year. Something For Nothing: There's Always A Catch A variety of newspaper or mag azine ads, as well as many other promotions, fill mail boxes more than usual at this time of year. Be particularly wary when you are offered something-for-noth- ing. When ypu buy, be sure you know just what you are to re ceive, how much you are to pay and when you will receive. Nearly always the cost of the free item is included in the price of the item for which you pay. The intelligent consumer should realize that it is unrealistic for a merchant to hand out free gifts indiscriminately. You would think that we would be exceedingly suspicious of any something-for-nothing deal. Ac tually, the promotions are thriv ing as never before. this time to extend to all greetings and thanks. The City Barber Shop R. H. Felker J. J. Betchman C. D. Ringer W. F. Fulmer J. R. Felker 1416 MAIN STREET NEWBERRY There's A 'Right' Way To Shop For Toys Be aware of what might give children pleasure at Christmas. Knowing how to buy toys can make the difference between the successful and the frustrated Santa. Test some of the toys that you see and like. Among the appeal ing, amusing or even beneficial, some are merely frustrating to both adults and children. In order to avoid tears on Christmas morning, have the store clerk open the package be fore you take it home. Make sure that what you buy is complete and in working order before you pay for it. Consider your child’s age and abilities, he wants something that he can play with or he can assemble without parental help. Often toys are too complicated for the child to really enjoy. Start the New Year right with an at-hovie party that has an on- the-town flavor. Make it a hat’ off midnight supper for some friends —a time for champagne and flow ers, horn, confetti and formal gowns. A “sit down’ buffet supper com bines the best of two party worlds — the informal atmosphere of a buffet supper and the organized setup of a dinner party, an ideal way to give a black-tie dinner. The hostess can control the seating and guests can eat comfortably. Ready or not, here comes 1971! we might as well rush out to meet it with a joyous party—with all the trimmings. Christmas is Love The age-old Christmas story is in effect a divine pageant played to the music of carols and based on the theme of supernal love. The theme is changeless because love is eternal — the only eternal quality possessed by mortal man. So — Christmas is the one day in the year when love in all its greatness and beauty and power, and in all its sim plicity rules the world. Stockings Legend Legend says that St. Nicholas gave gifts of gold for the dowries of poor spinsters. He tossed the gold down a chimney on Christ mas Eve, and on one occasion the gift landed in a stocking hung by the fireplace to dry. The tangerine or orange in the toe of the stocking has come to be symbolic of the gifts of gold. Billions For Christmas In the classic “Little Women” a concerned Amy said “Christ mas isn’t Christmas without pre- * sents” and tradition bears her out. Americans certainly must agree with Amy’s sentiments, be cause studies show that more than 27 BILLION dollars were spent on Christmas presents in America in a recent year. tJla, Uo-f Ua! Jl&ie cornel Sonia, loaded doom with Ledi urilltel piom yott/i fruendl at Riddle’s Sheet Metal, Inc. RFD No. 1 Newberry, S. C.