Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 20, 1951
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"Merry Christmas"
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IT'S LITTLE WONDER mat baint
Nick is especially generous to the
American people. History proves
that the Americans have done a
lot for Saint Nickl
They have given him a new
name, a new face and figure, and
a new means of transportation.
The original European version
of Saint Nick pictured him as a
tall angular man who rode' on a
bony gray mare. Both the horse
and Saint Nick looked as If they
hadn't had. a good meal in some
time.
The early English settlers in
this country started giving Saint
Nicholas his "New Look." The Eng
lish children adopted the legendary
Christmas figure from the Dutch,
but the English children had trou
ble pronouncing "Saint Nickolous."
Somehow the name changed to
"Santa Kalouf," and finally it was
corrupted to "Santa Claus."
However this was only the be
ginning. In 1809 Washington Irving,
In his "Knickerbockers History of
New Y,ork," wrote of the Saint as
the guardian of New York City.
Irving described Saint Nick as a
jolly fellow with a broad-brimmed
hat and huge breeches. He taught
Saint Nick to smoke a long pipe,
and, in the story, replaced his
shuffling hay-burner with a trim
wagon.
A short time later, Saint Nicholas'
transportation was aided by
Clement Moore in his famous poem,
"The Visit from Saint Nicholas,"
written in 1882. Moore, a professor
of divinity in a New York theolog
ical seminary, gave Saint Nick a
sleigh, twinkling eyes, cheeks like
roses, nose like a cherry, and a
round little belly.
Today's Santa Claus Is by no
means streamlined, but he is a
far cry from the lean, ascetic, som
berly dressed fellow who, for cen
turies, on Christmas Eve, guided
his mare through the streets -of
Europe.
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On a shelf-like plateau, 600 feet
above the Mediterranean, the
world's oldest Christmas trees stand
where they have stood for centuries.
The cedars of Lebanon, 400 of
them, are protected by religion and
law from harm at the hands of
either the Moslems or the Maronlte
Christians.
The magnificent trees "that sing
of the nativity" were venerated aa
monarchs among frees long before
Judah had her first king. Some of
tlium have a girth of 40 feet and a
branch circumference of 30).
In the days of the conquerors
thousands of conscripted Hebrew
workers were sent into the Leba
nons to take to Jerusalem "cedar
trees without number"; the result of
one of the first building contracts,"
between Hiram of Phoenecia and
King Solomon.
Today, however, the trees are pro
tected by law and the department
of agriculture of the government
sponsors the planting of seedlings,
so that the giant cedars will grow
forever.
St. Francis Made
First Crib in Cave
St. Francis of AssisI Is believed
to have originated the custom of
displaying the Christ Child in a
crib at Christmas time.
He is reported once to have said
to one of his followers: "I wish to
Celebrate holy Christmas night with
you. In the woods near the clois
tor you will find a cave where we
shall arrange a manger filled with
hay. We shall have an ox and an
ass just as at Bethlehem. I wish
to see how poor and miserable the
Infant Saviour became for us.
So at midnight, in the small Ital
ian village of Garcia, in the year
1200, St. Francis and his followers
celebrated mass at the cave and
sang hymns in honor of the. Christ
Child.
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Peace incur town. ..yes, and peace
in out time for all the world...
with the Christmas spirit holding
eternal sway over all our hearts.
Morrow County Grain Growers
HEPPNER LEXINGTON IONE McNABB
MERRY GHRISTAAS
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