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c acton free press wednesday december 20 1967 whats in a name shakespeare called play twelfth night but he choe different subject after dinner to the dukes house and there saw twelfth night acted well though it be but a silly play and not related at all to the name so wrote the english diarist samuel pepyi in recording the events of january 6 1m3 later critics have taken a more enthusiastic view of wil liam shakespeares twelfth night than did mr pepys but they have to agree that the comic gambol bears no rela tionship to its title appar ently the play was so named because it had been written to be performed on twelfth night had shakespeare chosen to richs bp dick and renny voskamp do it he had ample materials at hand to create a play that was really about twelfth night epiphany the twelfth night of christmas tradition ally the night when the magi brought gifts to the christ child wag a most important festival in shakespeares time and many customs surrounded it characters ready for shake speares pen were such tradi tional folk as patrick o- tater lady bluestocking captain blunderbuss and others at twelfth night frol ics the yourig people espe cially dressed themselves in costumes to suggest these characters shakespeare however pre ferred to write of sir toby belch malvollo olivia and others and critics can only speculate upon what might have been if he had taken carolers proclaim the joyous day fpristlduj reminding us of the miraclethat took place on tta first christmas eve rosycheeked car olers lift their voices and our hearts in reverence and rejoicing for our many friends we wish a singing heart filled with the true spirit of christmas a loving heart surrounded by family friends and lasting peace lovell bros modern meat market honoring christmas in poetry and prose i will honor christmas in my heart and try to keep it all year so wrote charles dickens for whom christmas was a favorite topic so much so that most people asked to name someone who wrote about christmas would im mediately answer dick ens not only dickens but al most every writer from the littleknown to the famous has been inspired at some time in his career to honor christmas in prose or po etry for instance at christmas i no more de sire a rose than wish a snow in mays newfangled mirth but like o each thiny that in seasori grows william shakespeare at christmas play and make good cheer for christmas comes but oncea year thomas tusser for somehow not only at christmas but all the long year through the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you john oreenleaf whittler england was merry eng land when old christmas brought his sports again sir walter scott heard the bells on christ mas day their old familiar carols play and soft and sweet the words repeat god tr not dead nor doth he sleep henry wads worth longfellow so shall we learn to under stand i the simple faith of shep herds then and clasping kindly hand in hand sing peace on earth good will to men james russell lowell happy christmas to all and to all a goodnight clement clarke moore christmas the french say noel the spanish refer to navldad the italians sav natate and the germans say welhnachten but christmas in our part of the world is derived from an old en glish term cbristes maesse christs mass a term first used in the 11th century bs 4 long ago one quiet night the iiiv menage came and in its spirit of hope and peace we send all our friends warm christmas greetings wiles bus depot management and staff nielsens clothing probably 6 or 7 bc when was that first three men ride their camels over a sea of sand a dazzling star hangs above a town huddled in sleep on the hillsides sheep stir and fires of shepherds twink le a single light burns in the town everyone will recognize this wordjjlcture of the first christ mas but when was it exactly st matthews tells us that jes us was bon when herod was king of judea and relates the story of herods plan to kill the infant king he writes that her- post guard over star in grotto of nativity gathered in tbe church of the nativity thousands of christians from around the world will wor ship in bethlehem this christ mas a highlight of their pil grimage is for most a visit to the grotto of theatlvity tra ditionally at least the manger where christ was born opposition to christianity in the first years of the new relig ion actually led to the preserv ation of the manger an impro vised stable in a cave hewn out of rock near tbe center of the hill town of gethlehern the roman emperor hadrian who ruled from 117 to 138 ad sought to halt the fast spread of christianity and he had the cave converted to a grotto for the wor ship of the pagan god apollo the very fact that the cave was mark ed though for pagan purposes helped to preserve knowledge of tbe site of the nativity later a silver star was set in the stone floor of the cave and since 1873 each regime to rule bethlehem now a part of jor dan has posted night and day guard over the star everywhere chrisrmat carols ring out telling the joys of the leoion we add our best wishes dills stationery od called for the death of ill boys from two years old and under according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men they had told her od of seeing the star of bethle hem two years before the tyrant had ordered the slaughter of tbe innocents scholars have established that herod reigned from 37 ac until his death in 4 bc since we know that herod died in 4 bc jesus must have been born at least two years earlier the great german astronomer john kepler suggested that christ had been born in 7bc during a conjunction of the plan ets mars jupiter and saturn however it has been learned that mar i jupiter and saturn could not have been bright en ough to be visible in 7 bc and yet 7 bc is regarded by many to have been the yaar of christs birth according to the blbla christ was born dur ing one of the great census tak ings of the roman empire in addition romes history records that an empirewide taxation was begunln8 3c it is not unlikely that tbe census and taxing were were joining santa and his reindeer in sending warmest wishes for a joyous holiday rich in many blessings do have a wonderful christmas eileen beauty salon the held at could other since ier of must have sus work hat jesus old at the in 4 bc half or officials from 4 nativity rr time lighter friendships are good cheer is abroad in the in every face hear sense it everywhere in different ways wc to pack all of this spirit into our christmas tyler transport ltd