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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.
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HEPPNER HARDWARE AND
ELECTRIC
MR. AND MRS. L. R. PARKER
A HERALD
OF THE KING
TJree decoration
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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
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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.
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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.
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CHRISTMAS
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a happy New Year to all our friends
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