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festive deaserts and tradlt nal drinks are a familiar part 9t the christmas observance turkey on christmas day is m american specialty yet do treats are more associated with the holiday this plum pudding and mince pie the original plum pudding tradition says was cooked up by an english hunting party lost in the woods on christmas five it consisted of deer meat ttd a mixed variety of game animals birds eggs dried plums ale brandy sugar and flour mince pie we are told was created by the puritans and served with a uny fhturc ol the christ child in its centre the earliest known recipe dates to the reign of james in the 17th century and called for beef tongue chopped chicken eggs raisins orange and lemon peelings sugar and an assort ment of spice hot punches have always been popular in england and are regaining some favor america a mild drink is spiced tea with cloves cinnamon and n meg added before brewing a bit more glowing is mulled d dcr simmered with spices and served with floating orange sli vers and finally the tradition al tom and jeay spiced bran dy frothy with egg gatlinburgs nativity stene christmas every day of the year is the dream of many youngsters and there is at least one place in the nation gatlinburg tennessee where the spint of christinas as rep resented by what has been called the world s most realistic nativity scene is experienced by hundreds of thousands of peo ple not just in december but all through the year this famous scene is part of gatlinburg s christus gardens 1 it is unique in many ways portraying the first christmas irith startling realism the ufc- thrcedimensional repres station sets the mood for an nitre tour which visitors may ake through a scries of 1m portant scenes from the life of christ ronald s ligon director ol christus gardens which is con denominational explains that the appeal of the nativity scene b demonstrated by the fact that while visitors to the gar dens are relatively few during the month of december there s always a substantial increase during christmas week the scene he points out was designed to portray the bibl cal story of the first christmas in the way most familiar to all and consequently it has a few intentional incons stcncies jo seph and mary are shown at the manger while four shep herds and three wise men stand and kneel nearby in the stable area three sheep real ones in tidcntally mounted by a taxi drmist stand nearby and a bny lamb lies next to the manger real straw covers the floor real wooden beams form the roof structure and claytype walls carry through the realism of the setting the staffs in the hands of the shepherd s are actual shep herd s crooks bluish light pre dominates and rays from above shine through a window down upon the manger as if from the star of the east hanging over the side of the manger is a garment representing th swaddling clothes in which the ssby jesus was wrapped mary is garbed in the traditional blue technically sir lignon ex plains the wise men from the would not have reached bethlehem soon enough to be included in the christmas seen bu the familiar portrayal shows the three there with gifts of gold myrhh and frankincense their presence he said is il lustrative of the sacrifice each has made to give up his world ly possessions and travel a great distance to worship the new king the shepherds in gelds clo- r to bethlehem made what was for them an equally great sacrifice in leaving their flocks o to the stable wher christ was born the four figures in the scene represent all the shep herds who may have made this journey mr lignon points out that an excellent indication of the success of this representation of the nativity is the fact that joung children immediately re cognize it these figures m the scene were crafted by the worldlam ous gems ud of london pro ducer of waxworks for threi quarters of a century and the scene was designed by deroy displays of canada costumes for the figures were made by the eminent london irm of r simmons from fabric wo rn the lands where the fig ures wearing the costumes were supposed to have lived complementing the nativity scene is appropriate music the familiar carol silent night sung by the christus gardens choir under the dir ection of dr cyrus daniel had of the music department vanderbilt university bliss plant will build new firefighting device jetx the newest and moat versatile firefighting devlc on the market is to bo built in the georgetown plant of ew bliss distribution throughout canada will be handled by the worcester rockwood division of bliss canada a story in the bliss george town newsletter the signal said the device provides in sunt control of class a wood paper and trash and class b gasoline oil and solvents area by combining water with jetx liquid to produce a high volumn foam the foam will extinguish a fire but because it b nontoxic it will not harm persons trap ped or unconscious in a foam filled roam breathing can be maintained indefinitely another advantage is that water damage is reduced to a minimum because jetx foam actually a detergent in a demonstration of the un it at a test site in helsinki finland it proved an unqualtf led success inform friends it is foolish to be bashful about writing information let ten information concerning children s ages and interests la helpful and welcome to per sons you know will be sending gifts children s interests change from year to year if only the child s ige is known it is pos sible for the giver to receive helpful advice from clerks christmas flowers azaleas are mrking a bjg comeback as a christmas flow youll find red axauas white ones and pink as well as a pink and white vaiiesrted va nety jfrirtilr tout ta pw fac ibc ulftfbr boring ea twbc a 4crrj cfarufbruuu don houston plumbing and heating 877 2506 to men of good wdl such is our earnest hope for christmas 1966 barber shop to all our good friends were glad of the chance to 5ay hello and wish you the very best for christmas and the new yearl 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