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mas ‘trees. from B.C. 0 mainly
to prairie ‘centres, ‘In the United.
Stutes, Gulf Ccast cities, and].
centrés in’ California, Georgia,
Alabama, Kansas, Nebraska and |

 

 

, + Silent Night |

We sing out warm
greetings and best wishes for
Q very joyous Christmas!

Best: Wishes to Our
Friends and Customers —
From Bob and Boots
Beacon Barber Shop
213 6th St. Ph. 5234

 

 

 

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‘1. | cruelest. atrocities know to man;

‘NEW YORK (P) — Plainly the

.| birth: of Christ was one. of the

most significant events in the

It. breught lordly kings to a
it caused. Herod of
of ‘the

and it gave the world a new date

. cf reckoning — Anno Demini.
| .¥Yet no one knows precisely

when it’ happened.

. Christmas was not one of the
earliest Christian festivals, and
other dates, but most churches
resolved the problem simply by
ineluding: the birth’ celebration

-{> tin the baptisnial feast of Janu-
pe ary 6.

Meanwnhile,.. the chic pagan
festival.of the day was “natalis

|invictl solis” — the birthday of
| the unconqucrable sun.

It was
selebrated throughout ‘the Ro-

‘|man empire on Deceinber 25;
during .the winter.. solstice and

the month of Yule.

LOGICAL CHOICE |
It was logi¢al in “the christian~

|izing efforts of church leaders to]:
‘supplant’ the pagan celebration,

with one in honor, of the birth
of Christ — the ‘Sun. ‘of Right-
eousness,” ag Malachi. had writ-
ten, |. | ai Pe
As Christianity spread, accep

ance, of December 25 as the
Lord’s: ‘birthday gradually came

 

 

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OUR FONDEST
WISHES FOR

: Fnowing that we have so
many wonderful friends... .old
: and new, gives us a warm glow at

this happy time! Thank youalll

‘GORDON’S HARDWARE

and Rupert Supply House Ltd.
‘Staff and Managemnt —

 

 

 

 

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declared the day a civie holiday.
In the years that followed

Christmas gained Increasing im-

portance in the Christian world,
Traditions sprang up, and the
13th century. gave birth to a
new type of joyful hymn called
the Christmas carol,

Puritans in England held that
no feast of human origin should
outrank the Sabbath,. and did
not celebrate Christmas... When
they came into. power. in. 1644
Parliament. ordained that
Christmas celebrations be ban-
ished from the land, and there
were punishments for violators,

The new rule was not well re-
ceived. “The mob: mauled the

 

‘Theugh the Bast Kcotenay is
the major source of trees in B.C.
for the Christmas trade, Christ-
mas tree farmeérs do a thriving
business in other. parts of the
province as well, including Van-
couver Island. -: o

 

 

 

7 LOGKING just like: ‘Christmas

”

decorations are these sparrows
“perched in an elm tree ‘in’ St.
-Catharines,. Ont... Flashlight
made the birds appear white
‘against dark sky. re

vy when it was”

| to Merry Eng England.

    
  
  
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

French noels,.strictly Christmas

but

 

| mayor of Cantebury, broke | all
his windows as well ag his benes;.
and put fire to -his doorsteps,’

said a London magazine recall-
ing the incident 10 years later:

| The Puritans fell from power
in 1660 and Christmas: returned

 

Today's carol
descendant of
iolk dance

Today's Christmas carol is a
domesticated descendant of a
lively folk dance.

The care! started out in the
Middle Ages asa circular. coun-
try dance, called a “carole” in,
French. Some of the early Chris-
tians looked askance at dancing,
however, and the carol soon lost
its steps.

The lyrics of the songs that
had accompanied the dance be-
gan to vthange, too, and eventu-
ally the “macaroni” style. ap-
peared. This consisted of tack-
ing a Latin phrase on to the
pepular lines, so that the people
sang:

Make we joy now in the feast
In qua Christus natus est

They didn’t nécessarily under-
stand the Latin, although it car-.
ried on’ the sense of the song,
‘ut the stately Latin. words gave
them a religious image. |

In 1223 Sv. Francis. of Assisi
started the custom of placing .a'|-
creche, or ,miniature Nativity.
scene, in the church at Christ-
mas time. “People began. to act

rout the events of the Nativity —].

one-of the ‘steps in the develop-
ment of mystery plays — and
then tc compose carols to‘sing
with the plays. There led to the

songs, which, in turn,
the English carol.

-' Carols, both secular and re-
ligious, flourished in . England
until the: “Puritans “substituted
their more ~ spiritual hymns.
These carried. along their less.
a century, until a demand for
earthy messages for more than
better Christmas music breught
back the carol.

inspired.

 

By WALLACE REYBURN
Toronto Telegram News Service

LONDON — At random, ..,
New on Christmas. dinner
tables this year will be the
“*“minigoose.” It has just made its
debut at the Poultry Show, as
she answer to those who like
gcose hut just can't cope with
the size of the bird in their
Vens,

A full-size goose weighs 15 or
16 pounds—the minigoose a mere
six pounds. It was developed

‘over the past six years by Col-

onel F. Johnson, a Suffolk poul-
try farmer,

The goose in Britain had gone
pretty much out of favor, be-

tcause of that bulk and fattiness.

But the minigoose, it seems, has
little bone and little fat and the
maximum quantity of ‘pood
meat, Pp ppl

tarly in the New Year there!

"Minigoose’
on British dinner tables

 

‘makes debut

will be pre-packed frozen mini-
goose in the supermarkets; which
will be something new and dif-
ferent for the housewives.

Ca ~ %
New offering by composer
Julian’ Slade, whose “Salad

Days” held the long-running re-
cerd for a British musical, is a
musical version of that old clas-
sic, Vanity Fair, —

Ripped to ribbons by the crit-
ics as setting the British musical
back anything up to thirty years
it is doing brisk business at .the
box off.ice.. In these times of
rock and twist it seems a lot of
people have a yen for the old,
more Jeistrely days.

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The Bingo craze has reached
such proportions here that it
shows. signs of invading that
other national pastime — soccer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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USE SOUND METER

TORONTO '@)-—- Metropolitan
police start operating today a
decibel. sound meter at. several
locations and- offenders of a new
| anti- -noise bylaw will be liable
jto fines up. to $300 -for:each. of-
fence... If.:the : volume. Of: noise
| trom a vehicle ‘rises’ ‘above. ‘a eere
tain level, the. motorists will | be
i stopped* and “given- a summons
‘Deputy Police Chief John. Mur-

, Tay said enforcement of the nev:

bylaw, approved Nov. 14° on. a
[soe month trial basis, will ed-
itermine how it will ‘stand up in
court.

 

 

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Sincere goodwishes

. for the Holiday Soason |o all our
good frlendal We've enjoyed serving you,
and want to thank you heartily.

 

 

hodlth, good cheer end

every happiness the Holiday: On, n bring!

 

 

 

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Tes time again to wish: our
good friends all the enchantment, every

excitement arid wonder that the Christmas Season

can. ‘bring wan and to express our Sincere appreciation!

Qo STAR'S STYLE CENTRE

 

 

 

 

COPENHAGEN Reuters)
Denmark celebrates Christmas
with the year’s most intimate
family gatherings, at which even
the household goblin is not for-
gotten,

Almost every house | in the
Danish countryside has its gob-
lin, according to legend: He is
a miniature edition of Sante
Claus, without beard and dresse¢

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Approximately two million,
two hundred thousand Christ-
.nas trees were exported . from
Br.tish Columbia last year, pro-
ducing an income of just under
- 1,400,000.

 

House goblin enters Danish Christmas

in burgundy - colored breéthes
and pointed shoes;

' As the family gathers for the
traditional first course of Christ-
mas dinner, rice pudding, an
extra bow] is filled and set out
for the goblin, or nisse, as he is
called in Danish.

 

. Most favored Christmas tree
species are fir, pine and balsam
Experiments are now being con-
ducted on Vancouver Island with
a new strain of Scoth pine fo~
which great hopes are held. :

 

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Merry laughter,
metry ‘times, .

we wish for you.

 

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at Christmas...with our

 

 

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We heartily wish, for you and yours, a most merry
and festive Christmas...as filled with the joy of giving as jolly

St Nick himself...as full of happy wonder as the shining faces of children
gathered around the tree. May your heart and home be

brimming with all the most precious blessings of the Christmas season.

 

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