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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1951)
Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 20, 1 951 Page 3 llllllllMIMIIIIIIIIIMIIIIiiiiMiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiHiiiitiiiiiHHiiii IMIIIMIIIIIIIIMMIIIMIIliillMIIHIIIHIIIIHIiMIMMIIIIIItlllllll Origin of Gift-Giving Told in Many Versions The Heppner Gazette Times 1 j The Appreciated Gift There are many Interesting ver slons as to how the custom of gift giving at Christmas time started. , Some believe that , it all came from ancient England, where it was once custom to hang kissing rings in the great halls. These rings were decorated with mistletoe and were the key for a pleasant .holiday pas time, it is said that the young knights and ladies would come to the kissing rings with Christmas roses for their secret sweetheart. This started it all. Now gift giving is traditional. K. J ' s I -IBHWIimill IMIBI -llllll J-gjSffL Vll ht -mi. I 1 MAY YOU ALL ENJOY THE BLESSINGS OF THIS SEASON OF DEEP JOY J. 0. PETERSON JEWELER mm 1 LET SANTA'S JOLLY SPIRIT ' BE YOUR GUIDE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON AIKEN'S PLACE JOE WRIGHT AND FRANK HAMLIN I " (V. . lis! & 1 -Vi Here's a spirited hop thai you have a wonderful holiday HEPPNER HARDWARE AND ELECTRIC MR. AND MRS. L. R. PARKER A HERALD OF THE KING TJree decoration Mai efficient Source Sn (Arabian Jeyend When you fasten the ornaments to your Christmas tree this year you will be commemorating a centuries old Arabian legend that relates how plants blossomed and flowered and trees miraculously bore ripened fruit on the eve of the first Christ mas. In fact, the Christmas tree Itself stems from the story of a Scandina' vian "sacred" tree and Martin Luther, a German, Is said to have brought the first one indoors and decorated it for the Yule season In the early 16th century. These are only two of more than a score of legends from which today's Christmas symbols and cug' toms stem. According to Jeannette Lee, who has probed their origin for nearly a dozen years, the American Christmas symbols from candles and bells to kissing under the mis tletoehave no common nationality. They have come from all parts of the world. Mrs. Lee, who is supervisor of creative art for a greeting card company, constantly utilizes the traditions and emblems of the fes tival as ornaments for Christmas cards and is just as constantly searching for new ones. This year, for example, the bright-colored tree ornaments are in high vogue as decorative devices on Christmas cards. Christmas Helps World's Economy Many people, with the total ex ception of children, have come to believe that Christmas has become too commercial. In a spiritual sense, this is true to some extent. Economically, however, no other holiday or festive season contrib utes so much to the welfare of the world. Christmas has hardly passed into the new year before thousands are at work on toys and myriads of other Christmas specialties for the next holiday. Each year, as the lights of Christmas trees twinkle on a wintry night, how many of us think of the millions who have gained employment through the Christmas shopping industry? And yet, "too commercial" may be an overstatement. Is it too wrong, once a year, to make the dominate theme one of giving, rath er than of receiving? Chrif tmas, and the spirit of Christmas, has en dured wars and great chaos through centuries as a time of joyousness and happiness, and giving has al ways been an important part of the festivities. The picture of the family united, with presents opened, and children wrapped in the joyousness of Child hood's greatest emotion is still, and will remain, the Christmas story. J W hope your Ki. heart aro gttw tinging QmjT carola 0,,oy Case Furniture IIIIIIIIIIMIIItlltlllllllliiiiilliliiiiiiiiiHiiiiitiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiH inilMIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIlMilMllllllllllllllMMIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllll Ml ----- J 5' 5! VrWi DEVOTION . . . Christmas l mi io much a time of receiving . us It Is a time for giving. These 'children, in their prayers, ara giving by far the best gift of them all themselves. Interesting Job? Santa's Beats A!! At This Season To all our friends, most merry and Joyous Christmas Wilson's Men's Wear "The Store of Personal Service" GttltoH o 'Pinota'. OUeAmi Ut Mexico-. The pinata, Christmas custom so long observed by the happj chil dren of Mexico, is gradually spread ing into the United States. Although it performs year-round duty in the land south of the border, the pinata is busiest during thel Mexican Christian festival that lasts from December 16 to January 6. In America, it is used in various parts of the country only at Christmas time. The pinata is made of thin, fragile clay, and is filled with sweetmeats and trinkets before being suspended from the ceiling. Each of the guests, not always only just children is blindfolded and given a stick. The object is to swing the sticks overhead until someone shatters the pinata, send ing the delicious contents pouring out. The pinata Is a great aid in mak ing the Iqpg Christmas season tol erable for Mexican children. Tradi tion decrees that they must wait until the final day of the 21-day Christmas season to receiva their gifts. ttOUDAY May a myriad of Christmas joys be yours, and may the warmth of friendship sur round you as you and your family gather around the tree on Christmas day. A Very Merry Christmas SAAGER'S PHARMACY WHO HAS ONE of the most In teresting jobs this t'me of year? That's easy. It's Santa. The rotund gentleman hiding be hind the red ensemble and the flowing white beard learns a great deal about the nature of humans, especially children, at this time of year. However, after receiving thou sands of letters from all over the country, and talking to thousands of youngsters on street corners and in department stores, Santa usually comes to the same conclusion each year. Times and customs change, but children seldom do. Requests that Santa receives fol low a general pattern each year everything from bicycles to roller skates and cowboy suits for boys, with dolls and elaborate accessor ies the favorite with the girls. There are some exceptions. Lots of children make requests for use ful items, typewriters and such, in the hope of becoming writers and stenographers. Last year one lad asked for a Bengal tiger. Santa, understanding human that he must be, promises to fill all the requests that he can and ex plains tenderly why there are some that are out of reach. St. Nicholas Possessed Of Great Virtue, Piety Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, was said to have been a saint of great virtue and piety. , An ancient legend is told that he became the patron saint of school boys when' he restored to life the sons of a rich Asiatic, who had been murdered by a robber innkeeper while they were enroute to school In Athens. It is said that he was warned of the crime In a vision, buf was unable to reach the inn in time to prevent the murders. He restored the boys to life through prayers and also forced the mur derer to confess his crime to authorities. iMiimiir'Tun tin rfla'TiMinir'T rrf CHRIS1-MAS CANDLE ... Tito toft, steady glow of a lighted candle is one of the treasures of Christmas which no one would want to lose. Another treasure b the happy child. v CC ) merry CHRISTMAS kafc" 1 iiiwiii iWT' MERRY THRICTUAC 7. AND a happy New Year to all our friends MORROW COUNTY CREAMERY ifiVif nothing i J- hill lionniitAAa . 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