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c16the acton frm press wednesday docombor 20 1967 london prints first commercial yule cards although chnstmjs gift giv ing goes back many centur ies christmas cards of torn paratively recent they weren t produced commercially until 1867 when the marcus ward co of london england began printing them in volume these first cards were un like any we see today they de picled fashionable victorian ladies and gentlemen fairy- talish children and sprites by such well known artists of the day as kate greenaway and walter crane yeararound its christmas the year round for ernest theuer and the whole world is toyland theuer a buy er for a large department store chain spends his time searching for whimsical ingenious and ex traordinary toys he finds them in switzerland in bavaria where toymaking is a yearround fam- lly enterprise in japan where families paint miniature tea sets in their homes he may turn up anywhere and everywhere he finds unusual and interesting toys on this tide of the atlantic in the same year marcus ward was beginning christmas card production a small boston firm was established by a german immigrant louis prang who is often called the father of the american greet ing card industry his best known card designs were colorful flowers birds and animals like marcus ward louis prang often used a the same designs for christ- vlitist itios sloflq mas easter birthday or val entine cards by simply chang ing the message santa lives forever in poem play cards that jolly old gentleman jqucstion he penned a classic i white christmas confirmation wai adminulered by the rt rev e bag is traditional nail lord bishop of niagara af st albans church sunday d r j j morning shelley roy seen with buhop bagnall was one of as rluiil ruucllllg 20 candidatei confirmed stiff photo for a quarter of a century people have been sentimental ly dreaming their way through a white christmas it was in 1941 the black- clouded war years had already begun when hollywood re leased a motion picture en titled holiday inn the star of this movie was the ever- popular crooner blng crosby but perhaps the real star of holiday inn was the song written especially for the movie by irving berlin white christmas through the ensuing 25 years over 100 versions of the song have been recorded by almost as many artists yet white christmas is synony mous with the name of blng crosby the poignant christmas message thats found in the song has made it popular round the world it has been translated into italian french chinese german 8panlsh hungarian the scandinavian languages several polynesian tongues and even swahlll called santa has become as much a part of christmas as the beloved tree and with good reason he is celebrated in poems and other writings fam iliar to us all one of the most famous pr ofns ever written concerns a christmas eve call by santa as described in a visit from st nicholas by dr clement clark moore since the penning of that delightful poem of 1822 it has been reproduced countless times and is a holiday tradit ion in itself sent mi aiao the inspirat ion for a very famous piece of journalism yes virginia there is a santa claus written by frank p church of the new york sun in 1897 it answered a now famous letter to the ed itor as posed by a little girl virginia owanlon who was disturbed by reports that san ta didnt really exist church not only answered virginias tribute to santa claus that is still reprinted every holiday as part of the christmas tradit ion the character of santa was also the source for a popular motion picture of many years ago the miracle on 34th street this screenplay was re cently adapted to the stage and was a great success on broadway as the musical heres love then too christmas cards have become santas calling cards to a very marled de gree to the card designer st nick assumes many personal ities jovial humorous fath erly mischievous to enliven the homes all over the world on the christmas card santa helping santa in northern europe where santa claus arrives on a white horse boys and girls put out food for the horse at christ mas vhblesste christmas may the serenity ol peace and a bounty o joy enter your life this blessed t tlme merry christmas joyce beauty salon 32 cameron st 531 130 m9ry tf s a sttckini full of wishes come true v is yours today r sports corner st francis st francis of assist is gen e rally credited with popularizing christmas carols st francis is responsible for staging the first manger scene with real people and animals legend has it that the onlookers were so de lighted with the pageant that they burst into spontaneous song caroling then became as import- ant to st francis christmas celebration as christmas music is to us in these modern times christina card designs as we know them today holly mistletoe candles carol sing ers and so forth didn t come into vogue until the ear jy 1900 s and then it was the card makers of north america who brought about the transform ation substituting simple symbolic design for the orn ate victorian bavarian and austrian cards of the 1890 s there is but one real meaning for the word christmas yet it has from time to time taken on peculiar slang uses christ mas is sometimes used to des cribe a sparkling article of clothing or jewelry in world war n filers used the word chrlstmas to describe a show er of metallic foil dropped by an airplane to jam enemy radar systems and a christmas tree in the slang of drillers and wildcatters refers to th derrick of an oil or gas well on this day of celebration we join in happy chorus to wish you and yours merry christmas acton motors paut paulsen 8531290 2526 nov 66 m 44 our lincertit thanks to all our customers for friendly and loyal patronage may you and yours enjoy the funfilled and truly happy holi day merry christmas one and all i acton auto body hanna and dave cleland as the season of good will comes to us once again we take the opportunity to bid our friends a merry christmas i frank t0th motors 12 guhph st acton ont rudolph of the red nose adds to fame of santas reindeer fhe now dasher now dancer now prancer and vixen on comet on cupid on donderandblltzen here just as santa said them are the names of the eight tiny reindeer who drew his miniature sleigh accord ing to clement c moore in his poem a visit from 8t nich olas but since moore wrote his poem in 1823 santa must have added some new reindeer its certain that he has at least one famous sleighpuller not mentioned in the poem the rednosed rudolph rudolph made his first pub lic appearance in 1939 in the song rudolph the rednosed reindeer with words and music by johnny marks the story of rudolph whose red nose made him first a joke and then a hero seems to have the indefinable appeal that makes a yuletide tradition as the other reindeer in the song predicted uhen rudolph s red nose led the team through a dark overcast christmas eve it seems likely he ii go down in yuletide history a permanent part of the legend and lore of santa claus french observance many french homes have not onlv the christmas tree but as well the traditional creche or manger scene popu lated with terra cotta figures called santons midnight mass is a tradition with french ca tholics and when they return home they take part in the reveillon an elaborate feast of many courses before retiring french children place their shoes near the fireplace in ant icipation of a visit from pere noel italys yule in italy the yule log is burn ed in the family fireplace ev eryone gathers around and each child is blindfolded be fore the log is ignited in turn children recite christmas vers es and as their blindfolds are remoied they find christmas gifts stacked on the floor ii joyous cfcisfmos ma all the blessings and hat pirns s of this hoi season be bestou ed on ou and our fatml hate a joyous holiday acton tv soles service 92 poplar 1534240 a merry christmas in the happy spirit of the holiday cheer that abounds may e offer sincere nishes for a merry christmas to all our friends frank carney sons plumbing and heating ltd main st rockwood ont 8569501 mrs jim bradshaw cameron st a potted plant from the golden age their meeting last thursday in playing the piano at meetings and salvation army aid shared with others each one reaches out in ms own way science will make aa effort to reach a distance of 238857 miles then it attempts to put a man on the moon a neighbor can be reached by a few steps across the hall or yard you can reach out and shake the hand of a friend when you meet on the street the sal vation army reaches oat to share with others who may not be remembered at christmas or at other times during the year you can reach oat with hind and heart when you make your white house guides yule traditions many of the cherished tra ditions which make christmas merrier in the united states had their start in the white house george washington first president of the united states surrounded himself with fam ily and grandchildren at cheerful christmas parties and set the theme of a merry christmas for his country washington also furthered the use of american holly as a decoration by growing the glossyleaved tree on his es tate at mount vernon andrew jackson was fond of giving large colorful parties for young and old on christ mas day frozen ices a novel ty at that time were served and there was a small frosted pine tree surrounded by toys franklin pierce introduced the modern christmas tree to the white house in 1856 benjamin harrison in 1889 told reporters he planned an old fashioned christmas in cluding a christmas tree for his family and urged others to join him in observing the cus tom conservationminded theo dore roosvelt once refused to allow a christmas tree in the white house his son archie smuggled one in however and the president finally relented first lighting of the nation al community christmas tree at the white house was ob served in 1923 when calvin coolidge was president army holiday toys young ers