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A heartfelt.
"Merry Christmas
to all of you.
good friends
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THERE ARE almost as many
Christmas legends and super
stitions as there hava been Chrlst
mases. Countless customs from the
Old World . have been absorbed
through the centuries Into the cele
brations that we participate In to
day. A few, however, have been
passed down from one generation
to another, remaining always the
same.
The Indians of Canada, for ex
ample, believe that the deer kneel
In prayer each Christmas Eve. An
early missionary probably, is re
sponsible for the idea, but It still
lingers and wily Indians have al
ways attempted to catch the deer in
the act.
In England, it Is believed that the
bees express veneration for the
nativity by singing in their hives at
midnight. The bee hives are al
ways adorned with holly sprigs for
the Yuletide season.
In Europe it was custom for a
young girl to creep to the family
woodpile on Christmas Eve and pull
out the first stick that her hand
touched. If the stick was a straight
one, with no knots, tradition said
that she would have a good husband
Farmers in Europe also gave
torches to their children and sent
them singing into the apple orchards
and the fields. The mice, caterpil
lars and moths were said to flee
before the approaching songsters
In early Germany it was a belief
that water turned into wind during
the hour before midnight on Christ
mas Eve.
EVERY AVERAGE American
home will have a Christmas
tree this year. Traditional and sym
bolic as the trees are, they present
a great fire hazard, and should be
carefully watched.
Remember that when you bring
a tree into the house it Is going
to dry up. A freshly-cut tree will
not take fire any easier than the
evergreen trees gtowing outside,
but the hazard Increases by the
hour. For this reason, it is not
wise to put up' the tree too early
before Christmas day or to leave
it too long after the 25th. Trees of
all kind will become highly inflam
mable at the end of a week.
Families, clubs, churches or or
ganizations that wish to keep their
trees up longer than a week should
take special safeguards to keep it
reasonably safe.
The tree can be kept fresh by
setting it up in a pan of water. Cut
off the base of the tree at an angle
at least one inch above the original
cut and keep tt stanaing m wi
during the entire period it remains
In the house. It may be necessary
to add water from time to time to
keep the water level above the cut.
pi.ip the tree well away from
stoves, radiators, and other sources
of heat. When you smoke, stay
away from the tree. Also be sure
that the tree is secured in utu a
way that It cannot fall. Do not put It
near a doorway where it might
block an avenue of escape, should
a fire occur.
Christmas Was Once
Holiday That Moved
About on Calendar
Christmas was once a movable
feast. The eastern branches of the
Christian church usually celebrated
it in April or May', Western Europe
sometime In January.
In 337 A.D., St. Cyril, bishop
of Jerusalem, set out to make the
date universal. With the permissien
of Pope Junius I, he appointed a
commission to determine, If pos
sible, the precise date of Christ's
nativity. The theologians of the
Church finally agreed upon Decem
ber 25, and since the year 354 this
date has been celebrated.
Members of the Greek, Russian
and Ukrainian Orthodox churches
in the 20th century observed the
May the peace
the season be
all your hearts
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A incr wish for a fin
holiday to everyon in
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date of January 7.