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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1968 THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON PAGE FOURTEEN People, Problems Add Holiday Lore Friends who visited the Robert Reilly home last December got a real Christmas surprise. In this Grants Pass, Ore., household the Christmas tree “grew’’ out of the ceiling—or at least, was suspend ed there, upside down. Will it start a trend? Will more and more families hang their I Christmas trees from the ceiling? | Only time can tell! Christmas customs start with: people and, often, with problems. I In the case of the upside-down tree the problem was, "Where to put the tree?” and the humorous solution was reached when the family just couldn’t decide. Creating Pudding Many well - established tradi tions had their legendary begin nings in the inventive reaction of people to problems, large or [ j small. Take plum pudding, for ex- i ! ample — as many people do at i Christmas time! The very first ■ plum pudding was an answer to i adversity, so legend says. An English king and his hunt- ! ing party were lost in the forest i on Christmas Eve. Commanded | ■ by the king, the cook prepared i dinner, using the foods he had on i hand — some meat from a stag, some bits of wild game, flour, birds’ eggs, sugar, dried plums. ale and brandy. The cook not only created a de licious emergency dish, he also invented plum pudding, which tradition says must contain these same ingredients if it is to be the "real thing." Lighting the Tree A pleasant problem with a hap py solution led to the custom of decorating the Christmas tree with lights. Martin Luther, the Reformation leader, returning from a Christ mas Eve service, walked under a starlit sky and was inspired by a wish to reproduce the heavenly scene for his family. How to show some small reflec tion of the glory of the heavens on the first Holy Night? Luther solved the problem by lighting candles and placing them on the boughs of an evergreen. OLYMPIC CLUB Good food is traditional at Christmas, and the special treats provided for the season include almost everything, ranging from baked carp in Austria to roast pig in Hawaii. In France, it’s traditional to serve a Christmas supper after Midnight mass, but the main dish varies according to the section of the country — roast goose in Al sace. turkey in Burgundy, oysters and sausages in Paris. England has a mouth-watering array of traditional dishes for Christmas feasting, among them plum pudding. As the pudding is being prepared, it’s customary for each member of the family to stir it, making a wish for the New Year. to top your (hmtmuv custom«» WU M erk / W C-H RISTMAS ZParm and sincere greetings, from all of us to all of you, and many thanks, too. SKINNER'S SERVICE Owyhee Junction NYSSA IMPLEMENT CO CARL BARCLAY Cascade Natural Gas Corp HOWELL TAMARACK TV SALES and SERVICE VERNON TOOMBS. Manager h > > >1 >> > » > M > » >< > M. M >> >> >1 > > > > * > >> » >> » >> > >> >1M: /As we greet the Christmas season, it is with deepest Kratitude that wo thank our friends for their kind support during the past year. OWYHEE STEEL The Martins — Owyhee Junction ristmas W„h sincere appreciation for your loyalty and patronage during this past very Merry Christmas! MICHAEL'S PHARMACY "CHUCK, MARLENE and EMPLOYEES' Paul's Beeline Service