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Page 14 Christmas Customs Part of Folk Lore Many Christmas legends and customs are part of the folklore of our ancestors in all parts of the world. Many of them, too, are a mixture of early Christian and pagan. observances which time and Christianity have given new meaning. Santa Claus, our western giver of gifts, is little known elsewhere in the world. In Eastern' and Southern Europe, it is the Wise Men who arrive bringing gifts. In Hungary the gifts come from the Angels, in Poland from the stars, in Greece, St. Basil is the gift- bearing patron saint. Popular 'tradition has it that the Candle we place in our windows at Christmas is a custom origin- ated by early Christmas to whom the candle represented the star that guided the Wise Men to the stable at Bethlehem. One interest- ing legend tells of a shoemaker who, though poor, always placed a candle in his window at night The Haileyburian "to guide weary travelers, and so EIR IRIB IEEE IEIRIAIEIR IERIE ERIE IIR IE IEE : : : : 5 Ai aboard the Merry Christmas Express, bound for Health, Happiness and Good Fellowship? IMPERIAL 3 PRODUCTS 4 a : Esso Service OS 2-3777 SSG DiS a Haileyburyx MA Armie's - Thursday, December 25, 1958 Xmas Down Under B. C. Hilliam ("Flotsam") I'm sorry, but this Christmastime TV'll have to illustrate my rhyme And make it, much against the rule, A sort of topsyturvy Yule; The reason being -- my thoughts will range To an Aussie Christmas, change. Now, in Australia, as you know, Instead of seasonable snow, They get -- or should get -- swelt'ring sun,-- A different kind of Christmas fun Is therefore their's -- but we can claim. That Christmas smiles are just the same, i As you will gather, if you glance, At this old Briton's countenance; Turned upside down, -- why, bless your heart-- You get his Aussie counterpart! Now here's another drawing -- quite! "Australian Schoolgirl'? -- you are right, But is her young face freckled so Through sitting in the sun? Oh no! I'm bound to tell you, with a frown, That, if you turn her upside-down, You'll find she's broken out in spots Through eating lots ; More than she should Of Christmas "'pud"! a large evergreen, an Aracuria. Since, reader, you can turn it upside-down And it's still "chump" -- diScovery sublime With which to end this topsyturvy rhyme! ' (As tricky as "eleven-plus") Why we should huddle round a fire While in Australia they perspire At Christmastime! Don't be a clown! for a inspired. the villagers that soon each window contained a lighted candle. The holly bush, long associated with Christmas, and with many legends was once Called the holy- bush, because in its natural state the berries ripen at Christmas time. The Wassail bowl, which today is Christmas punch, is said to have come to us from the ancient Saxons. Wassail was a word of greeting which meant literally, "What Hails?"?. or "How are you?" At Christmas time, traditions of the Old World live again. Pin- atitas, doves and festive straw chains from South Europe; wheat sheaves, paper and carved wood from Scandinavian countries; an- gels, stars, Czechoslovakian bells and gold German stars are all bits of Old World charm that we Ss, Sy Su a ie Dea aI Dia eee re-create in our homes. | {gpa aren. eae oa OS 2-3044 a the good old-fashioned kind with all x the trimmings...joyous carols, 4 stockings hung by the chimney, laughter, love and good cheer. _ HAILEYBURY | LUMBER COMPANY Cee ee eer ere nee Terre eeaiet aa \ Re Tee epee eee ened Pode ta dec ea ees Pace eg ee eee eee eee Haileybury Of course they're not all upside- down! The law of gravity please probe And learn why they stay on the globe As we do here; a nice disgrace If they should fall off into space, As people uninformed -- no won- der-- ; Thing they might do -- "down under"! And so -- to all Australian friends This rhyme a Christmas greeting send, ; For both our countries love full well The happy season of Noel. While we're prepared for snow and sleet They're ready for excessive heat; What odd? -- for Christmas joy is such The weather doesn't matter much. It's just a thing to like or lump If you don't think so, you're.a P.S. '"'Chump'"' is a most unusual noun, Small Towns Were First To Decorate Today nearly every community in the land has some kind of out- door Christmas decorations and in nearly every big city you can find two or three spectacular dis- plays. It was-'a small town that first came up with the idea of lighting up the outdoors at Christmas time, but no one is quite sure which town gets credit for the idea. Four communities are believed to have thought of it about the same time, as early as 1913. Two of them, McDonald and German- town, are in Pennsylvania. Salem, Ore., decorated a Sitka spruce and Riverside, Calif., illuminated being ENE YUE URVEIE 1 NZ UCN VERE UE UV REPU IE IRE VE NEVE NEVE NE RENEE NER NP NEI LEGA Curistmas ...and the world is aglow with " the spirit of good will! May you share in : all the joys of this wonderful season and VANE I IE VE IEICIE LAURIE NENT IC IE IE IE IEE IE PELE NEE EIEN TETRA RE IIE US NEUE URI ENNIS ) have a truly memorable happy holiday. McISAAC TRANSPORTATION LTD. HAILEYBURY © See her Ee rere berraar cataraabaratatatabatabanal WE VEVE NEEM UA NEE nd ; | : i : Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! IER IRIRIEICIRIEICIEIE EEE ee ee ee ee ee eee eee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee EE ee ee TE ee ee eee Ee eee ee ee ee ee ee Ee eee Eee eI, ' tg! | OS 2-3678 | te iat NEYEIE NE IE ENE IIE IEE IRIZ IR IEE UIE UE IEE IRE IE UE NEE IE PETE IE RE UR RENE LEVEE IE LIE HEU RUE NUR NEVIUS, Pot Wishes tr Cte this joyful season, may there come to every ; heart a glad renewal of the warming spirit of peace and good will, | May we all be richly blessed with enduring hope and love, as we rededicate ourselves to the glorious message of the first Christmas, HAILEYBURY FUELS -- Sea 7 : | : Haileybury