zh tld th etl All lr t: of thinking. ee and, . He says: -diphere ‘are. those. who, say , these. things. “are extraneous to; celebrating. Christmas. I don’t believe it. They are the exter- _|means’ to “recall. 4 Christ ‘and what it meant to’ the | worid, then that: is making “a / holiday out of a holy day.” "Tends of think to our miny good hid (or vy ha patronage thrpughout the your, May you ell eioy 8 + véry happy Holiday Season ands New Year filled with 365 4 ty of Lealth, happiness and good fellowship, 4 ; rare “ Bee Oil + ¢ tA ma bbe th hh be AA fe, Botticelli, seen ‘ a engiite we. duh Cte Ct Br tw ab bel GA Od ket f Bd Fatt Pegg nals of. a, vivid experience, of a great “celebration to Christ's honot.’. If we “didn’t have them, something would be lost from our Christmas, “The story of Christmas is fundamentally a happy one, and just rételling it may not be enough to reflect the mood, or make jt live again.* We need Jee ., something more ; mi tangible tomake the story real. We need con- crete . means: to express. the in- ; her feelings of the original “message, People must find means vin’ their own e Auman. way to / five . concrete ‘human .expres- sions to: ititual occasions, “wTt ‘any. government tried to outlaw. the. outward. expressions __ [of Christmas,” he says, “people would: rise up and say no, you re destroying Christmas, and- in a way, they'd be completely. right.” - But, Dr. Stitt adds, when the externals beconie the whole oc- casions, without. being used as a sthe birth of Christmas greeting cards have Dr. Stitt’s approval.. They were ‘first introduced 114 years ago, and were. then entirely non-re- ‘ligicus in, character: Ti oday only about: 20 per cent’ carry religious “imessages. But: Dr.. Stitt. says - they: all reflect. an effort to J maintain bonds of love and To Quiz On Yuletide ' Veronese, da inci; Durer, among others. 2 Melchoir, Balthasar, Kas- par. ) a : RAT oy : 3 Tt means’: sgn ‘the. "name. fiven: to. the. priestly Class, ‘among the ancient Me- odes: and: ‘Persians, 4, Until, about. 350): AD. there jawas no, set? tdata: farithe l= -ebration: ‘of Christmas. Some- times: It was: Dec. 25, uuer times it was January 6, Dec. 6 and even ‘March 25, The _ Feast of the Nativity was first celabrated in: Rome Dee, 25, 353 A.D, and from that the “date became almost untvers- -ally accepted. §. “Amahl and. the Night, Visitots” by Clan: Carlo Men- ott, fi The Chvistmas tree ts at- tributed to Boniface, an 8th esutury English missionary to C-ymany, who decorated ever- geen trees as nart of his CG) risinvas celebration, % In 878 AD,...qurine the r'on of King Alfred, St was ‘dervead that Yuletide be ob- Set ved for-a period of 12 days elry. AG the first. celebration hy Alfred, foods were served on wold and silver vlatters, & The orlpinal name of San- ta. Claus is dertved from the “Totin, Eanctus Nicolaus, Other forms are the German Sankt Nikolaus and the Dutch Sinter Klaus, Actually there was a real St, Nicholas, an elderly Christian bishop, who lived during the 4th century, Ib was hesnuse of his generesity that ony Ideas of the modern Ban- ta, Claus and gift giving dev. eloped, f, Bells wore first used tn ekurenes by Paullnus, Bishop a Nola, In Campania, Italy, about 400 AD, 1, Tho ttle means "Cod keep you merry and healthy, my friends,” The comma, of- ten misplnecod, belongs after the word “inerry," VW, This most Important church fenst, usually celebrat- ed January § means “mani. fostation.” This date was chosen hecause three lmpart- ant mantfestations of Christ's delty were observed ab that time. iW The wassall was Intro: duced into Bngland fron Scandinavia by Wenry Vil, A mixture of hob ale and splees i fy considered a drink of good cheer tonsting the sue- eves of the coming year, 18, This custom in suid have originated In northern Europe hy children who filed thelr shoes with food and set them In front of the freplnce ior Banta Claus and his reln- deer, ' joy and love of} dy o-Called F Pagan Relics fe ave Christian Meanings Are decorations, tinseled trees, mistletoe, gifts, turkeys and plum puddings—many of which owe thei origins to pagan festivals—out of place in a truly Christian celebration of Christmas? . | “Not according to Dr, Jesse Stitt, pastor of the v il lage Presbyterian Chureh in New York. _ ar cnmem steamer emmys Metta 6 friendship, and these are pat ‘of the Christmas spirit. . That spirit; he says, is ‘the big thing about Chiistinas, and it flows over from “households into the streets ‘and public ‘places where you. can say -“Merry Christmas” to a- stranger with no fear of rebuff. “Ig's the only day in the year when a contagious warmth and goodness is In the. air.” same thing,’ says Dr. Stitt. - “Its all wrapping on one pack- age.” “Tt’g all part and parcel of the | 6 Prince Rupert Daily Mews Dene Monday, December 24, 1056 . SAU RSE ATOR UNSERE CES et Sie “ly, We wish you wnd yours a rich abundance of all of the joys of this happy holiday season, ORMES DRUG STORE Steet ot Y S 4 e ® cadet x4 Zs & Ne 4 or “ ‘with much fensting and rev- - tu EA EME EE ENA GA DAE CEE HO te” eoom all of us to all of you...our very best wishes for the Gy “happiest holidays ever! 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