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Southern Oregon New» Review , Thursday, December z6, 1946
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h e a d in g
C a r o ls
i ' i CW/« Originally Were
' Symbols of Light and Joy
By L I N C O N N E L LY
SONG which made tta appear-
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ante la 1942 entitled ‘ White
Christm as,” 1« in its fourth year ,
and well on Its way to permanent
recognition as a Christmas fa­
vorite.
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th e
S axon
w ont
" h a e l" or "be in h e a lth " mean
in conni v i t o n w ith a C hristm as
custom"’
7 An old C hristm as su perstition
s t a lls
"A
w a rm
C h ris tm a s
means
“ How docs It cud
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The
amazing
popularity
of
• White Christmas” aa a yuletide
aong reached lta peak last year
when a poll conducted to establish
the favorite carol of servicemen
revealed that 22 per cent of the
votes went to this early war song
written especially for the occasion
by Irving Berlin, graduate of Tin
Han Alley,
The birth of the song was entire­
ly by accident despite rumors to
the contrary which attribute its
conception to the war. Actually, It
was composed in 1940 A Hollywood
studio had an idea for a motion pic­
ture to be called “ Holiday In n .”
co-starring Fred Astaire and Bing
Crosby. The theme of the picture
was based on the holidays of the
year and a song was needed to
represent each holiday. Irving Ber­
lin was contracted for the composi­
tions. The picture, released in 1942
was synonymous with our second
wartim e Christmas, and in that
year the song sold one million
copies in four months. Although
nothing is done on the part of the
publishers to exploit the song, it
automatically rings the register
each year as the holiday season
approaches Berlin calls it his fa­
vorite tong, with the exception of
bis “God Bless A m erica” written
during World War 1. “ It's difficult
to predict a song's future." says
Berlin, "but judging from its past,
1 would say “ White Christmas" has
• vary good chance of becoming a
permanent song along with other
Christmas carols."
Ing w ill be. M ' *'n‘ *
W uile
W a llis , M i , and M is Lee W u llis.
M i um l M rs L o u is P a nkcy m id
M r and M rs V le to i Y o rk
The G runge hull theb a n n u a l
C h n s tm u r p a rty Tuesday even
mg, Decem ber 17. T he fo llo w in g
C hristm as p ro g ra m was present
,.,1 M ild re d Z lttc rc o h played an
accordion solo.
I,m a y
S h iiu e i
sang : A W h ite C h ris tm a s ," Mrs.
Wade W a llis gave the h is to ry id
“ Y u le L o n g " and M rs Ed G ow
hind gave a re a d in g title d , "C a r
5 In w hat country was m istletoe
firs t worn around the neck to v in g T ru k e y ".
C hristm as tree» and crib s w ith |
In respective spheres of Infturnce ,
provide focal points for observances 1 To test youi C h n stm a s » p it it and
k liu w lid g e . the fo llo w in g questions
of the season.
Various legends cla im io te ll the ate given You should unswei h ull
o f th e m in ord e i 1» puss
story of the firs t C hristm as tree
1 W ho w ro te
T he N ig h t B e fo re
a ctu a lly.
evergreen
decorations
Chi is tin a s '" ’
were so closely associated w ith pa
2 W lis l »lory contains the fo llo w ­
gan celebrations that they w eie
in g : a m is e rly ohi m an'*
banned by m any ecclesiastics o f the
3 W here is C h ris tm a s is la n d "
u n l i church
4 Who w rote “ W hile Chi is tm iis " 7
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Christmas Trees,
Cribs and Ceppi
BELLVIEW CHANGE HAS
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PAHTY
The hospitality committee Im
the n ext Belleview grunge m eet
W H IT E H O U SE t H it IS I'M AS . . .
The W hite House C hristm as Irea
In the East Room. Presents are
for the children of W hile House
employees.
Christmas W as At
One l ime Illegal
o
The P u rita n s disliked the cele­
b ra tio n of C hristm as, p re fe rrin g
their own celebration of Thanks­
giving.
In 16S9 the high co u rt of Massa­
chusetts held th a t "anybody who is
found observing, by abstinence from
labor, feasting o r any other way
such day as C hristm as Day shall fo r
each and every offense be fined
five s h illin g s .”
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Since the beginning of tim e man
has sought to prolong the day and
dispel the te rro rs of darkness with
watch fires, torches, beacons, etc.
According to St. Jerom e, candles
are used by the C huich not so m uch
as a me.ms of d ispelling or conquer­
ing darkness, but ra th e r as an ex­
pression of Christian joy.
Gives Strength to W restler
In H olstein it is believed that it
is not only a cure to r a ll green
wounds, but that it w ill insure suc­
cess in tile chase and give strength
to tlie w re stle r, if m istletoe is
MAY ALL THE
worn.
IOYS OF CHRISTMAS
COME IN FULL
S .& D .
MEASURE TO
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and
YOUR
HOMES
. . . .
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A ccording to lite ra tu re , the first
C hristm as tree was set up at Stras
bourg. G erm any, in 1604; even
then, the cry rose against heathen
customs and, as late as 1851. the
Rev. Henry Schwan was severely
c ritic zed for setting up a C hrist
mas tree in his church in Cleve
land. Ohio.
,
St. Francis of As»i«i received
special per i.ission fro m the pope tu
present a tab!
1 of the n a tiv ity
scene This first e iib . set up at Grec-
cio, Ita ly , in 1223, was ail im m e ­
diate sens. . l i o n ,
the renaissance
endowed the c rib * w ith ornate pag
eantry and. in o d e n ily . the c rib is
to southern Europe and C atholic
countries what the tree is to A m e r­
ica and noi th e m lands.
Eighteenth century Ita lia n s w e ir
fond of a fan ta stic
decoration
called tiie Ceppo. H yra m id ica l in
construction, the Ceppi were made
on a fra m e w o rk of lathes w ith
transverse »helves risin g to three
or four stones, depending on the
over-all size of the Ceppo.
The whole thing was covered
w ith colored paper, tufts, ta'ssela,
fringes, tiny pine corns, and little
/ta g s; a m anger scene was re p re ­
sented on the lowest shelf, while
the upper ones were covered w ith
¿ m all gifts, etc . wax tapers were
placed along the sides and a large
g ilt cone ornam ented the top. A l­
though the o rig in a l designer prob­
ably never saw a C hristm as tree,
the Ceppo—aided by a little im a g i­
nation — bridges the gap between
C hristm as cribs and trees.
8 Wi» • Q im i ta il o a tl"
9 What plant. a thorny one. tr a d i­
tionally blooms only al C hrist-
in n s
lim e '
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III U n til her death what song did
M ine. S chuiiuinn-H em k always
sing on C h ristin a s E ve" —
11 Wind is Hie lite ra l m eaning of
“Christmas'*? --------------
12 Where m e the remains of Good
St
Nicholas of M yra b u rle d "
(Answers on Editorial Page)
■'•Letter ~ do
S a n ta
I w rote a note to St .mta Claus
he fun.
I thuught it
1 said I'd like a lot if things
E . s p r v i a .» •• 11.
Put F .Uhci
II ’ »A las head and
d
Th;»t v\i-e old S . h i I 1.11« w
I ’ d h h lK ll in s • f o i » o i t i <.»»»• «•!’•••
And th .it n ' ni l i • i er do
«1 h im for
So ihvo I a i o i r u C
A si» ijfh w i t h J m g li • l» 'l s.
An auto, ai d a lia n of cats.
And a pound of e.. • .ifn tlx .
lin t s u te r M a i »lie crie d
Oh, d o n 't a-k tin .i ll th in e noisy
toys
And Balita knows that candy
A in 't good fo r little boys.
Su then 1 w rote and i.-ked h im fur
A m usic box to p ia i
And a w atch ju s t like m y fa th e r's
Tu te ll the tim e of day.
But b ro th e r Tom he laughed and
said
Your b ra in m ust be askew,
Old Santa never brings such things
To little kids like you.
A t first 1 felt discouraged
But now I'm not because
M Y *m otlidr says that no one knows
T h jf n u n »
Santa Claus. ,
sh> says it's safe to let him brin g
W hatever he (funks best.
And m other h is. 1 tru ly think,
More sense than a ll the rest.”
H. L. MOOHE ELECTED
PREXY OF REALTY BOARD
II I. M oore wus elected p ie s l
dent of the R ea lty hoard W ednes
day, D ecem ber HI O th ti o ffic e rs
nam ed are W a lle t R edford, vice-
pre sid e nt, anil V D M ille r, Mec-
re ta ry and tre a su re r. These o fft
cers w ill be in s ta lle d J a n u a ry 15.
C M. F ra ile r , H. C. G a le y, V
I) M ille t, and H L. M oore, gave
reports on the c ity zoning system ,
w h ic h had been discussed w ith
the c ity zoning com m ission
M em bers o f the re a lty Is ia rd
present w ere C. M F ra zie r, C A
P itts, V. D. M ille r , Il C. G a ley,
S C. Jones, W a ite ' R ed fo rd , W
W Robison, II I. M oore, W in.
' I.ebow and G eorge A A n dre w s.
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MISS MILLER PRESENTS
PIANO RECITAL
Miss D oi is M ille r , A s h la n d hig h
j .school senior, presented her gru-
L iu a lio n re e itu l a t S o u th e rn O re ­
gon college S a tu rd a y
e ven in g,
i D ecem ber 21, ut 7:45 p.m.
M iss M ille r is the d a u g h te r ot
o f F rie da E rn e stin e H u rtle y and
has
com pleted
the
S h erw oo d
I course. She wus assisted by W il­
lia m A lve s, b a rito n e soloist, w ho
sang several n um be rs d u rin g the
re c ita l.
M lsc M ille r is the d a u g h te r o f
M rs D ora M ille r. 4»» M o u n ta in
avenue
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says
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