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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1963)
Santa Took Century To Develop PAGE-6A Tuesday, Pecrmbrr 24, 1963 HERALD AND NIWS, Kl.mi.ll Hill. Off. s Zhe greatest, Christmas Stories Some of the stories and poems inspired by Christmas and its traditions have contributed rich, ly to implantation of the ideal of "Peace on earth, good will to men" around the world, among both Christian and non Christian readers. They are found in the literatures of Bul garia, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, England, Ireland, Den mark. Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Costa Rica, Mex-' ico, Brazil, Yugoslavia, Switzer land, and the Orient, as well as the United States. They appeal to readers both young and old. - A Christmas Carol, one of two dozen Christmas stories by Charles Dickens, naturally ; heads the list, A Visit from St. Nicholas, by 'Clement Clarke Moore, the verses also known as "The Night Before Christmas." Noel for Jeanne Markc, by Francoise Seignobosc. The Birds' Christmas Carol, by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Christmas 1863, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the po em usually entitled, "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." Jest 'Fore Christmas, by Eu gene Field, with the ringing re frain, "Jest 'fore Christmas, I'm as good as I kin be!" Merry Christmas, by Herman Melville. This is a passage from his classic novel, Moby Dick. Gift of (he Earth, by Pachila Crespl, a tale from Costa Rica. An Empty Purse, one of the most impressive of the s h o r t stories by a brilliant New Eng land writer, Sara Ome Jewett. Christmas Every Day, by Wil liam Dean Howclls. The first great realistic novelist in Amer ica wrote sentimentally of - Christmas in St. Nicholas mag- iazine. Arctic Christmas, by Gontrain J3o Poncius. Christmas at Orchard House, by Louisa May Alcott, of "Lit tle Women" memory. Old Christmas at Braccbridge Hall, by Washington Irving, from his enduring omnibus, The Sketch Book (which has other chapters on Christmas ns Irving found It in England). Happy Christmas, by Daphne DuMaurler. The First Christmas Tree and The Other Wis Man, by Henry Van Dyke. The Fir-Treo, by Hans Chris tian Anderson and the same au thor's The Utile Match Girl. . Kersli and St. Nicholas, by Hilda Van Stockim. Christmas Whale, by Roger Duvoisin. - k A Christmas Sermon, by Rob ert Louis Stevenson. The Stable at (lie Lin, by Thomas Nelson Page. The Legend of (lie Christmas Rose, by Solma Lagerlof. The Gift of the Magi, by Wil ' Jiam Sydney Porter "0. Hen .vr.v". - The list could be prolonged, : for few of the Western World's ' -great writers and poets have not .-penned notable Christmas senti ments or reflections. ' All those mentioned are to he found individually in inex pensive paperback reprints, or In anthologies, of which The " - L "1 .e ' . VY" Photo ly Chrli nollenbck. Yon ran nee whether Jonathan llollenbrck n an dinpj)olnted when he came face-to-face with the Jolly old man of whom he'd heard In readings of A SlitU from St, Nicholas and other Chrintman venes and tales daring the nightly story-hour. PUUIbuted b turn ruUuns Srndlcu Fireside Book of Christmas i Stories, by Edward Wag enknecht, and Daniel Foley's Christmas to the Good Old Days, are good examples. Mr. Foley also brought forth two other charming albums, The Christmas Tree and Toys Through the Ages, Appropriately, Asa Don Dick inson and Ada M. Skinner com piled A Children's Book of Christmas Stories, and Robert Lothan assembled a volume, Christmas Tales for R t a d I a g Aloud, Christmas Is l time for reading aloud, for opening Hie way for boys and girls to the treasures that lie within pages of literature. Robert Louis Stevenson's memorable lines on joys of The Land of Slory-Books are evoca tive of many tales taken to heart by youthful readers. There in the night, where none can spy, !', in my hunter's camp I lie, And play at books that I have read Till It is time to go to bed. Who would not place Alice's Adventures ui Wonderland, the tale Lewis Carroll wrote as a Christmas gift for a little girl, first among all the gift books that made it exciting to learn to read for one's self? v Who has not cherished early acquaintanceship with The Wind In the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, with illustrations by E. H. Shcpard, who also as sisted A. A. Milne in making Winnle-lhe-Pooh the unforget table teddy bear? Incidentally. Mr. Grahame also composed ringing verses entitled "Christ mas Carol." Who has not regarded as good fortune a discovery in his ear ly years of Robinson Crusoe and Swiss Family Robinson? . The Call of Ihe Wild, by Jack London, Mark Twain's mastcrwork, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . . . The ex citing tale Robert Louis Steven son first entitled "The Sca Cook," now known the world over as Treasure Island . . . Kipling's Jusl-so Stories .and Jungle Rook . , . The Count of Monte Crtsto, and another Du mas thriller, The Three Muske teers . . . High Water at Cat fish Bend and the following stories in that stirring amusing saga by Ben Lucian Burman, il lustrated by Alice Caddy . . . Plnocchlo . . . Kbig Arthur and His Knights , . . Robin Hood ... The Arabian Nights . . . Gulliver's Travels ... The Purloined Letter and Mystery of Marie Rogel, geneses of all deductive - mystery fiction, and other of the tales of Edgar Allan Pne, who also inspired Jules Verne's projections of the fantastic future. All those mentioned here are stories that need to bo part of any child's background. Most can he understood and enjoyed by children long before they' can read for themselves. C.K. Tlie first "enveloped" greet ing mix! was a Christmas card. Greeting cars were not placed in envelopes until Rust Craft in troduced lite first "enveloped" Viilo card hi URilt. V NAVY CHRISTMAS Atlantic Fleet cruiser-destroyer force shlp luminate the harbor at multicolored Christmas lights. This year the ships of the cruiser-destroyer force, wherever during the evening hours from' December 22 through January 5. Boulder BOULDER, Colo. UPI) -If U. S. Forest Service Ranger Thomas Pender breathes a sigh of relief every Christmas, it is because he managed to get several thousand Christmas tree seekers tlrough another season Christmas was denounced by the early Puritans. The General Court of Massachusetts passed a law in 1609 making the ob servance of Christmas a penal offense. Legend holds the Christmas Rose, a winter blooming plant, first sprang from the tears of a little girl who cried because she did not have a gift to offer the Christ child. TrhhMj. CIiMAlniciA VALLEY PUMP AND EQUIPMENT CO. Complete Pumping Sank All M.k.i Ripalrtd TU 4-9776 Mtrrill-Lakeview Jet. 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In the past, setting aside only two weekends has been some thing like trying to pour a gal- Chappy We'll be open Christmas Day for AT CHRISTMAS Keany ' nappy nonaays to you, our wonderful customers, and please ac cept our great big THANKS! We sincerely hope that this Christmat rings in a new era of peace and juixf J.W.COPELAND Lumber Yard 66 Main, K. Falls - Chiloquin f Ion of sand into a pint jar. Last year, for instance, more than 7,000 trees were taken out of the area and nearly 5.000 families decided to get their trees on the first weekend. It became so crowded that cars had to be turned away two full hours before the normal cutting period was over. Once Ihe cars get into the area, it really becomes Pender's headache. His main problems involved Inst children, dogs and friends l 1 i -I. fepli)iil 'rZ'l j-1 il . I - I - - t V I i 1 much happiness and great joy of spirit to you and those dear to you. Roy McDaniels and all the Crew Grigshy's Smokehouse Old Midland Road mZ . 1 Newport, Rhode Island with they may be, will be lighted Cutters husbands, stalled cars and over ambitious tree hunters. Two years ago he learned the wisdom of never separating a man from his wife. "We let husbands go up ahead to cut trees and then let the wives drive in with the cars." he said. "The wives, of course, didn't know where their hus bands were. As a result, we had quite a time trying to get husbands, cars and kids to gether again." May 'Ke Holy Light Oj a Christmas Star Sliinc In The Hearts Of You And Yours Throughout The Coming Year. CHAIR'S Memorial Chapel the Day. li'e too all good things. May this KANSAS CITY. Mo. L'PI It took more than 100 years for Santa Claus to develop into the roly - poly, rosy cheeked, twinkly eyed seasonal visitor we know today. Since the early 1600 s Santa has posed in the guise of a tiny pixie like midget, a black bearded buccaneer, a twirly moustached dude, a uispy haired beardless giant, a sao-die-shod ghost, a bald eL'in with a large turned up noae, a guant stringbean, and a host of other apparitions. Artists of tlie rmd-19th cen tury must have been rugged in dividualists since they refused to take their cue from the now classic description of Santa in Clement Jloore's "Tlie Night Before Christmas." Moore's poem, originally titled "A Visit From St. Nicholas." was pub lished in 1823. St. Nick, wrote Moore, was chubby and plump, merry, lively and quick, "A right jolly old elf." But Santa remained consiit ently inconsistent with Moore's description until the 1860's when a famed caricaturist of that period, Thomas Nast," began draw ing Santa Claus on maga zine covers. One of Nast's Santas, repro duced this year by Hallmark Cards, established the popular notion of Santa Claus that even tually led to the present-day conception. - gr iM ' ' 1 T-4 I . id tj "4 I n J - i .t. f (slutrch bells ring . . choirs of jubilant voices proclaim the glory of speak out to wish our Christmas season bring Phone TU 2-0769 Special Christmas Dinner ROAST TURKEY With all the trimmings Served from the buffet $1.50 per plate Children's plate 75c BONANZA CAFE We MOVE ... to Wish You A Very Merry Christmas PEOPLES WAREHOUSE "SINCE 1918" Only Locally Owned Movers WE WILL BE CLOSED DEC. 25th Through JAN. 1st WW Town & Country Shopping Center MA la tune with I we extend holiday greetings to all K I our irienas. tt is be a most Joyful t CLOSING NOTICE! ! 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