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be done to nice, fat tutkey and
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cranberries to r ake a delicious
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December 2 x h feast. Since then
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the basis o f the American C! : 1st-
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t o m e w a y , to f -Il a a g u id - j *<,n-
re th e b ir t h o f C h r is t.
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h e lp b u ild c o m p a n io n s h ip b e tw e e n
p a r e n ts a n d c h ild r e n
M th e ra a n d
d a u s h t - i s lik e J e w e lr y c o n s t r u c t io n
a n d t a p e s t r y w e a v in g .
D ad and
J u n io r g o in f o r n u M le l n ia k in g
a ir ­
p la n e s ,
b o a ts ,
t r a in s
and
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ite m s o f s p e c ia l in t e r e s t to th e m a le
p o p u la tio n .
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e n jo y s
o p e r a t in g
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p i m t i n g p re s s . S m a ll p re s s e s t u r n
o u t n e w s p a p e rs th a t h a v e a re a l
p ro fe s s io n a l
lo o k .
S h e llc r a f t
and
w o o d b u r n in g a re h o b b ie s th a t p r o ­
d u c e g e n u in e ly u s e fu l a r t ic le s . F o r
f a m il y fu n , r u b b e r - t ip p e d d a r ts , i n ­
d o o r p la s t ic h o rs e s h o e s u n d m a r b le
g a m e s a re e x c e lle n t.
• 'C h r is t m a s Is a t im e o f " t o g e t h ­
e r n e s s . " s a y s K e g n .e r . " L e t 's c a p ­
it a liz e o n th e s it u a t io n b y s t a r t in g
a g a m e o r h o b b y th a t w i l l e n c o u r ­
a g e th e » n in e t y p e o f c o m p a n io n -
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n o t a d ite
Motor Inn
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re s p o n d ;o b e in g k e p t w it h th e b lu e
In th e w a t e r . H e r e a r e t w o s im p le
th in g « to d<> I t y o u w a n t y o u r tr e e
to s* » , g re e n a n il fr e s h .
th e b ir t h o f th e C h r is t C ' i l d In th e
s ta b le n t B e th le h e m in J u d e a
T h e r e s id e n ts o f B e th le h e m , P a .
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r a v ia n s e ttle rs , a n d s p e n d m o n th s
a r r a n g in g th e e x h ib it .
T h e w o r d " p u t i " Is s h o rt f o r th e
G e r m a n " p u t x c n " m e a n in g to
r a n g e o r d e c o ra te .
mas dinner. Santa Claus, holly,
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th ia y e a r by h a v in g S a n ta p a c k 11
fe w h o b b y a u p t'lir a n r g o m e s in t o
h o p a c k th a t th e w h o le f a m il y c a n
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to g e th e r “
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season.
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turkey and tr. i . tries have been
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b o n fire s a n d Y u le lo g s a ris e
fr o m th e h e a th e n f e s tiv a ls o b s e r v ­
in g th e w in t e r s o ls tic e , D e c e tn b - r
21. w h e n th e d a y s b e g in to le n g th e n .
T h a t w a s a tim e o f g re a t r e jo ic in g
f o r a n c ie n t s u n w o r s h ip p e r s w h o
b u i l t b o n fire s to g iv e s tr e n g th to th e
" w i n t e r s u n -g o d .”
That we with each and*'
all of
friends
customers the very
MERRIEST CHRISTMAS
P r e - C h r is t ia n R o m a n s o r n a m e n te d
t h e ir h o m e s w it h g re e n b o u g h s a n d
P o w e rs f -r th e F e a s t o f S a t u r n a lia
w h ic h b e g a n D e c e m b e r 19. D r u id s
g a th e r e d m is t le to e f o r th a t s e a s o n ,
1 w h ile a n c ie n t S a x o n s u se d h o lly ,
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i v y a n d b a y . M o d e r n m is tle to e a n d
h o lly w r e a t h s c o m e f r o m th o s e p c o -
| p ie s .
C h r is t m a s tre e s , to o , s p r in g f r o m
th e a n c ie n t G e r m a n d a y s w h e n G e r
r a m i e t r ib e s m a d e s a c r ific e s to th e
- a c re d o a k tr e e o f O d in . W h e n th e
m is s io n a r y St. B o n ifa c e t r a v e le d to
G e r m a n y in th e E ig h t h C e n t u r y a n d
s a w th e s e c e le b r a t io n s he p e rs u a d e d
th e n a t iv e s to s u b s t it u t e a f i r tr e e
f r th e o a k a n d to a d o rn It in a
t r ib u t e to th e C h r is t C h ild .
D u r in g th e M id d le A g e s th e e n t ir e
C h r is t m a s s e a s o n w a s c e le b r a te d in
?q’j a l f e r v o r w it h t h a t n o w s h o w n o n
C h r is t m a s d a y . I n s o m e la n d s th e
c e le b r a t io n la s te d f r o m D e c e m b e r
24 to J a n u a r y 8 —T w e lf t h N ig h t —
a n d in o th e r s f r m D e c e m b e r 21 to
F e b ru a ry
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th e y e a r
1844.
C h r is t m a s in E n g la n d h a d b e c o m e
s u c h a w ild o r g y t h a t th e P u r it a n s
f o r b a d e it s c e le b r a t io n b y la w .
and
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A l tilin Holiday Sea-on w r desire
to rxprr»« our sincere appre< ialino
for our pl>-a-ant relationship*
and extend Io you aixl your*
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Itesi wishes for a
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Mack’s Market
H iw a y 99 and W a lk e r A ve .
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From where I s it... / / J o e M arsh
Dutch Miller's
Back In Uniform
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CHRISTMAS
R ays H i*w ay
M ARKET
P h o e n ix
After ten days in the city. Dutch
is back in uniform. I don’t mean
Army khaki or Navy blue—but a
different uniform, th at’s every bit
as patriotic and American.
Blue jeans and a denim shirt,
for work around the yards and
barns; stout boots for tram ping
through the fields; and a straw
hat when the sun gets high—a
uniform you see from Maine to
Texas, Iowa to Alabama.
helping to keep this nation strong
bolstering the fercea of democ­
racy th a t guard our freedom.
And in their way of life, too,
they are champions of freedom.
Trm perntr folk who enjoy a mod­
e ra te g lass of b e e r—but never
quarrel with those who prefer
cider. T o la ra n ! people who light to
the bitter end ugainst oppression
and intolerance. From where I sit,
a credit to Ameri .i!
I t’s the uniform of an arm y—
the great army of American farm ­
ers who, by their productivity, nre
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