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seasons greetings to our many wonderful customers we wish the best of holidays for letting us serve you our thanks merry christmas and happy new yeah orval norman sheas garage norval ckistmas iwjl we offer best wish jf nd sincere appreciation to all our friends on this blessed christmas v extend a sincere thank you to all our customers towne sewing centre 3 main street north 8774331 origin hext tuesday is boxing day christmas tree has religious significance miniature k hanging from i tree may be a itrlklng light but actually ii out of place there like many olhir christmas lyrnbobi tod cuatomi the christmas tree haa a deep nd spiritual significance when and where did thrift mas trees begin some say the christmas tree comes from the indent yule tree and pagan fire customs but this la mere guessing and doesnt fit tho facts the christmas tre b a com bination of two religious syra bols from medieval days the paradise tree and the christmas light and k begin in germany from the 11th century on r ilgious plays used to be perfor med m churches or outside in front of churches one of the most popular of these mystery plays as they were called was the paradise play it told of the creation of man the sin of adam and eve and their ex pulsion from paradise this play closed with the consoling promise of the coming saviour for this reason the paradise play was a favorite in advent the preparatory season for the coming of christ broke the fruit in the play the garden eden was indicated by a tree hung with apples from which eve broke the fruit and gave it to adam to eat this paradise tree attracted attention of all onlookers espe cially the children since it was the only object on the stage after a while the mytdery plays stopped but people wan ted the paradise tree and brought it into their homes do dec 24th the feast day in hon or of adam and eve but dec 24 was also chr st mas eve from early times a beautiful cusom was practiced on this day in all christian countries a candle called the christmas light was burned as a symbol for jesus chnst the light of the world that started shining at bethlehem wooden pyramid in germany the christmas candle used to be placed on top of a wooden pyramid hke struc ture adorned with glass balls and tinsel but soon the peopli noticed that the paradise tree itself was a beautiful and live pyramid the next step was to lake the lights glass balls and tinsel from the wooden pyramid i and put them on the paradise tree when the puritans reached new rngland thry brought with them their dislike for an obsurvance of hrlsunu and levied fines on those who dared to celrbrate the holi day it was not until the nimtrinlh century after many german and irish immigrants had arrived thit holiday celebrations really became popular in lhat part of the coun try in tho southern colonies in virginia for example ther were gaj gatherings of families nd friends with bountiful feasts and gala balls by candle light the aristocratic plants lion owners earned on many of the holiday traditions that had prevailed for centuries in the home country often the slaves were not required to work as long as the yule log burned the moravians who made homes in eastern colonies be cause of religious persecution in the old world continued their unusual custoi s on christmas eve carrying lighted giving gifts during the christ mas season s accustom thai most of us enjoy some of us even become reckless and spen1 more than we should for a par ticular gift merely because n seems the perfect item for a special individual in ancient times and places gift giving was sometimes com puis ory roman emperors d m anded yuletidc gifts of cloth lng gold and silver from iheir the christmas cnb which had stood at the foot of the pyramid was now put under the tr the star of bethclehem from the top of the prjamid was now fastened on the tree thus our modern christmas tree wjs born understanding the origin of the christinas tree should ii the parents a chance to gel in some religious teaching jmtrist all the christmas preparations no child should have to spend christmas without learning the religious meaning of his hnst mas tree a reminder lint our lod is his lightand the i iht of of the world candles and sinking a chris mas hymn thiy mirched into a stable thus recalling christ s humble birthplace in t r sou lowest people of spanish and mexican ancestry staged old hohilav ptajs such as los pastorcs and ijm pos ades drought here from spain vn old mexico scandi naviari settlers in the middle west cherished their native traditions as have their desccn dants therefore our american hnstmas is a most interesting and unusual one for it includes varied customs from faravvav hnds subjects so it is said did the kings and queens of nvdieval rngland tong before the birth ot chris romans xchanged gifa of laurel olive and myrtle bran ches in conjunction with the saturnalia a pagan festival which occurred about the same time as the presen ditc of christmas the druids or pngland and northern ruropc tied gifts on trees during the festival obser ving the winter solslire ift jiins tooav does not tike the form of appeasement tl r fleets the sprit of kind heirled jncrosit it is i sjfe bet that even thost who cr out that christmas is becoming loo commercial have their own special gift list superstitious pie sevrril writers sav that mince pie originated in germanv while others sav that it s begin nii is lo t in the annals of his nn it was however issentnl pari of th yulctide celeliniion in early fngland ol supersrtions held that in pi rsnn refusing to cat mine- pie would be unlucky for the comin veir those who did pirnki would hive th same number nf hipp months dur m die er as the number of hi uses at which h- ate mine rar thursday dbc slif ifotthr oiormtowm hlftalb to our friends best wishes for a christmas thats both mcrrv and bountiful ftnm ill thp fnllc ar bob glad and ed caldwell bill barber and all the staff christmas 1967 as are families so is society if well ordered well instructed and well governed they are the springs from which go forth the streams of national greatness and prosperity of civil order and public happiness william jtesctx thayer 1859 1923 flbitibi abitibi provincial paper ltd georgetown ontario