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I If Santa Misses, Reindeer Supply Will Be af Fault Jt Santa Claus misses some young- "sters this year, it could be offered plausibly that he was not able to * round uy enough reindedr for his ; youu Arip around the globe. Hee shortage has be: * ome, in recent years, much teo acute. It 'has been estimated that wolves 'have destroyed. 500,000 of Santa's helpers within the last decade or s0, leaving an aspprox- te 50,000. difficulty of keeping the ani. mals alive in a temperate climate makes it unlikely that any of the few remaining will be transported s ! 4 : oY i» (LOL From the " Merc hants - NEE A Gi os ER AY SAE 5 Eh i Gy ne iH teh We join St. Nick in "sending you showers of good wishes for Christmas and the New Year. Elma's "7 "elcal' seminary, ~~" turtles, on Christmas_Eve, vided i) the streets of | fia $i i from their native regions to other lands for the holiday sesson, as has been done in the past. * American boys and girls will have to be satisfied with stand-ins. The few department. stores featur ing Santa's complete outfit this year will be. using native deer as substitute for Dashes, Praneer, and company, 'Christkindli' Is Swiss Counterpart of Santa Santa Claus plays a very in " significant part in the Swiss cele: _bration of Christmas, observed mostly on December 24 [t is Cnrist- kindli, the Christ Child." who makes the rounds. of Swiss homes on Christmas' Eve. : This radiant ange! is said te have come from the North, travel - ing on a fairy-like sl:igh pulled by reindeer, much in tiie fashion of - -- 'our Santa. Christkinc i brings good Swiss children a beau iful tree, and | many gifts. Like San =. ne stresses obedience and admounistes naughty youngsters, S through the years Miek is especially generous to the Ameriegn people. History proves that the Americans have done a lot for Saint Nick! -- "They have given him a new name, a new face and figure, and a new means of transportation. , The original opean version of Saint Nick pictured him as a tall angular man who rode on a. bony gray mare. Both the horse and Saint Nick looked as it they hadn't had a good meal in some time. The early English settlers in this country started giving Saint Nicholas his "New Look.!" The Eng- lish children adopted the legendary Christmas figure from the Dutch, but the. children had trou. 'ble pronouncing "Saint Nickolous:' Somehow the name changed to "Banta Kalouf,"" and finally it was eorrupted to "Santa Claus." However, this was only the be- Binning, In 1800. Washington Irving, his 'TKnickerbocker's Rta ow York," wrote of the Sa he guardian of New York hey ~ folly fellow with a broad-brimmed hat and huge breeches. He taught Baint Nick to smoke a long pipe, and, 'in' the story, replaced his shuffling hay-burner with a trim wagon. 'A short time later, Saint, Nicholas' transportation was aided by Clement {Moore in his'famous poem, 'The Visit from: Saint Nicholas," written in 1882. 'Moore, a professor of divinity in a New. York theolog- gave Saint Nick a sleigh, twinkling: eyes, cheeks like "roses, nose like a ere: and a ~-vound.- little -belly, - 'Today's 'Sarita Claus * 'In by no means streamlined, but he is a far ory from the lean, ascetic, som- ' berly dressed fellow who, for cen- his mare é hs a » . i 4 LPITLE WONDER that Saint Irving - described Saint Nick as a ; May the light of peace shine down upon us in this year, and He J The Christmas bells _ ring out our message. of joyous greetings "for the coming year. Gladsome tidings "float across the miles . from all of us here to all of you. McLean Radio Service § May we wish you and your loved ones the grandest holiday you _have ever had. + Palmer's Hardware 4 The Good Bod 'Rible is now available to.all who care' {| session of the Roman Catholic Church ; :189] the Americans produced the Am- | lowing 'arrangements. (1) The Pen- (CONTRIBUTED) The new Revised Standard Version to purchase it and with this in view it might be a good idea to 'learn some- thing of the origin, from and transla. tions of the Book'in general. It is generally supposed that the Bible was originally the work of one Ezra. Ezra was a priest taken cap- tive with his people to Babylon. De. |: prived of every office even to the Syn- agogue itself he decided to gather to- gether all history, legends, ritual and laws -pertaining to the Jewish people thereby preserving them from poster- ity. From this main source supple- mented\by works of other men these stories, Written in small book form, have comp down to the present day as The Bibl ; The Old Testament was written in: Hebrew and the New in Greek. From these originals two important trans. lations were made--the Latin Vulgate by St. Jerome for Roman Catholic use and the Greek Septuagint by seventy scholars. Other translations followed, In the 9th century an Anglo-Saxon edition of The Bible appeared, to be be followed in the 14th century by the Wycliffe edition. In the 16th century there were four translations known as the Tyndale Bible, Caver- dale, Great Bible and Geneva and in the 17th. century the King James ver- sion which has stood firm as the popu- Jar choice through many revised ver- 'sions have appeared. Maybe some- thing néw may appear in this new version of great advantage too, for since the publishing of the King James version three late manuscripts have heen discovered. "First is the Alexandrian . . given to Charles 1 of England and now in the British Museum. Another found in a monastery on Mount Sinai now in Russian possession: It was discovered by Tischendort in 1844: in the Dionas: -tery-of St.-Catherine, It {s-the-com-- plete new testament eXeept for the last 12 verses of St, rk's gospel. Lastly the Vatican manuscript in pos- in Rome, + In 1884-91 English and American translators working together produced the English Revised Version and in erican Standard: Version, neither of 'whith has 'deposed' the King James version, 7 The Old Testament: 'consisting of thirty-nine small hooks has the fol- tateuch or Jewish law including Gene- sis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deu- teronomy. (2) The Prophets--(a) The former-Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, (b) The latter-Isinh, Jeremiah, .Eze- "kiel-and-12-minor-ones---Hozes; Joel," Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Aephaniak, Haggai, Zech- ariah and Malachi. (3) Hqly writings -- (a) Poetry-- Psalms, Proverbs, Job. (b) Five Rolls- Songs of Solomon, Ruth, Lamenta- tions of Jermiah (over Judah's capti- vity) Ecclesiastes and Esther. (ec) Books -- Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles and .Daniel. The New Testament :is the history of man's generation, degeneration and regeneration written in allegory, pro- phesy, drama, espistle, parable and poem, It can be read as "history though fit is not always accurate as such nor given to detail; morally it strengthen righteousness and spiritually it is man's unfoldment from sensé or ma: terinl consciousness to spiritual con- sciousness. Does: the new translation help in this respeeLy Only time Only time can tell, Bud Sonley Heads Anglican Mens Club| The gic Club 'of the Church of: the Ascension at their last regular mgpting for 1062 elected the. follow- | ing to carry-on the work for 1953: President=--'Bud' Sohley; Vice-pre- After the business session, the us- ual all-male lunch was eaten and in- 4 teresting moving picture films werd shown by Ernie Sulman, The dj were carefully dried and deposi the new enphoatds by many g 3 Mr. HG He ( A message from all of Holiday bells ring out in joyous Yuletide greetings from our entire staff, Owr greeting to you and your 3 glitters with best wishes. for the merriest of Yule festivities. ; 'Robertson Elsi | us to all of you.. May thls be the 'merriest of Christmases for you, filled with joy and good cheer. M. St. Elir and Sons ~ We sing our wishes for a very happy holi-- day season and send our thanks for your past patrqnage. Green Thistle ~ Restaurant Down the chimney Santa comes, with a sident Rex King; Treasurer -- Pat sack full of our Hayes; Secretary---Jack Whitby; and | Eases, anks for your loyal Activities Committee--Ernie Sulman, TE, the past 'Al' Alli, Ted Kight and Geo, Clarke, RNsn Pia Ae On _a_shelt-lke plateau, 600 feet 'above the - them, aré protested by religion and . law from harm st the hands of + Chrisdaus v of the natiyiiy"" . between Hiram of Phoenecia and "It Will Determine . or wife, would tie 'the one to rule- a I . THE PORT PERRY STAR--THUR SDAY, DECEMBER 25, 19681. PRERIAS ATI MTR RT RAIMI x H : Culons of fbn re WH P rotected By Keligion, Low Mediterranean; the world's oldest Christinas trees stand where they have stood for centuries The cedars of Lebanon, 400 of either the Moslems or the Maronite The mérnificent trees "that sing were venerated as monarchs among trees long Ugfore Judah hed her first king. Some: of them have a girth of 40. feet and a branch circumference of 300 In the days of the conquerors thousands of conscripted Hebrew workers were sent into the Leba- nons to take to Jerusalem 'cedar trees without number"; the result of one of the first building contracts, King Solomon Today, however, the trees are pro- tected by law and, the department- of agriculture of the government sponsors the planting' of seedlings, so that the giant cedars will grow forever. . QUESTIONS 1--Who was Kris Kringle? "2--What does the name Kris Kringle mean? $--Who wrote the first Christ- | |! os 4--What superstition had- the Scotch about the Christmas can- I dle? : ! 5--By what other name ls ais tletoe known? 6--Where did the custom of | . kissing under the mistletoe be- 'gin? 7--When were Christmas oRn- dies first uséd? + 8--How long has the practice of |- gift giving at Christmas been | observed? : 9--How did the custom of hang- _ing Xmas stockings originate? 10--~Why are candles used dur- ing the Christmas season? ANSWERS 4 SusVE : V1 SWAB Claus: helper, 3. "Little Christ Child", 3. St. Francis of Assles! und his friats--in Italy-- during the 13th century. 4. It was- considered an omen of bad fortune it Fine Asana aiden out before midnight |-- 5. The en Roun, 8. England. 1. In he s--at the Jewish 'Feast of i he. A Ss. Since the fourth century. 9. St. Nick once dropped a _ purse of coins down the chimney of a poor family, 1t landed in a stoc Ine that 'had been hung to dry .'0. symbols of the star of ery 4 { Bonn Holly Superstition: Ruler in Household USBANDS and wives! Atten tion! There is an old supersti tion" about holly that will interest: you. It was*a belief 6f the ancients that the first to bring Christmas. _. "holly" into the house, either husband ~ the household during the ensuing "year. But: don't put too much stock in the belief. Like other Christmas legends, the truth might be lost in 'history. The Druids were great admirers of the holly plant. They believed -that its evergreen leaves attested to the fact that it was never de- - serted by the sun, and was 'there. fore sacred. Legends have related how the crown of thorns was plaited from holly. The leaves of the.plant weré white until the Crucifixion, after which they turned a deep. blood red A nolly wreath placed on the door is believed enough to frighten away even the boldest of witches Xx ¥ ¥ -- and a "wish that goes on and on that all "may be well on «this holiday and then throughout the year. SRSA RIND ATATRO RNS SE A LL mas Carols? When? ~ 5 5 momen <r Shee he) ! a E SE PA ¥ L J kin Our employess all join us in wishing { the happiest of Christmas seasons ".and a prosperaus "New Year. oo Art Bryden = 2 To all, on this glori- ous day, whether You are near or far, we wish the most sincere. greetings for a most blessed Christmas, Flamingo ATNTRNS pd We're popping up 10 give you this greeting CL. La sincere wish that . "pleasant. and merry May the happy days in_your life be as many as the flakes that cover this land- seape, Season's Greel- Q 0) ings to your and you and you. Our wish to you on this Christmas day is like the evergreen, al- ways there and never fading. 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