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DONS YEAR TEAS NAA TT RA dS A TAL rar ads Lr ah ee By Any Name, Santa Always. Pleases Children, ALAN Pe AN LY IB BY SE SOE LION ENR LP PAB Nn END FS OA AA FAN - Y abated PORT PERRY STAR CHRISTMAS EDITION, 1971 -- 11 8 5 Guards Fortunes of Many Adults, Too - GREETINGS gl i _.. When _what's-his-name ar- RE del, - bo i , HON : ah oR rives in town, everyone is ik JI =F Vk A Ok AY a 375 i glad to see him, Yer lin Set Cy Who's that again? Oh, San- ONLY Be 2 ta Claus, of, course. Or he. dp od 2 8 Ni sould be --depending on bomen WP ig ; 3) 2 where he is -- St. 'Nick, Pere ; rp | 1% Noel, Father Christmas, St. lf dissin. Bui, ; : Ay Nicholas, Kris Kringle. he also has a lot of special be gifted at guarding the for- Wh Washington Irving called = gifts and powers, according tunes of children, merchants % : bh him Father Knickerbocker. to the lore of Christmas. and sailors. He takes a special : ae 1 To" Russians, 'he's Grand- Santa inherits his powers interest in helping single girls Have a riost delightful holiday season .-. 4 father Frost, © from St. Nicholas, a fourth find husbands, and the.earli- and sincerest thanks for your loyal patronage. 7¢ i . Bl This magical man of many century bishop. est pawnbrokers called him ; - S RAY it a names not only brings gifts, . Consequently, he's said to their patron. Sg ql A ~ $1 A | ; is : aters Service Station br : ain : "Santas Movi B10 Christians Celebrate Holy Day Santa's Moving I With Prayer and Thanksgiving ~~ To Take Lead w : ye : i 7 For those who celebrate Long before the December As Gift-Giver AY (1 . Christmas as a holy day, the 25 birthdate of Christ was More and more, Santa be- gi holiday is greeted with re- celebrated in devotions, it had . comes the favored gift-giv- Ak joicing, with prayer and marked a season set aside for er in countries around the HE thanksgiving, in church and another kind of greeting. In. world, replacing a host of hig private devotions. Northern Europe, Teutonic legendary figures who were |; hy | ~The word--"greeting" has . tribes of pagan times greeted said to bring gifts at this os a special significance here, = the rebirth of the sun, of the same season of the year. 5 for herald angels singing to winter solstice. ; Gift-giving time, too, is on shepherds in the fields and. EarkHest celebrations of now more likely to be Christ- a-star shining in the heavens truly brought greetings--ac- cording to the Revised Stan- dard Version of the Bible, .Christmas combined some of. the ancient pagan traditions. By association with Christian beliefs, old customs of greet- _ mas Eve, although the tra- ditional "dates in European countries once ranged from St. Nicholas Eve, December | The days of yesteryear live on with every i h p" 3 new Christmas season. May you enjoy your ( "good news of great joy ing the sun became symbolic 5th, to Epiphany Eve, Janu- : ; BNET iri which will come to all of a recognition--a greeting ary 5th. holidays with that good-old-time happy spirit. people." of faith, hope and life eternal. Among the many who set 3 . Tg the trend for Santa Claus is the German gift-giver, Kris Co. Kringle. The name is a vari- "ation of Christkind--not the Wishes CONWAY GARDENS messenger who came to earth at, Christmastime. on Christkind was represent- ed by a child dressed in white robes, with a crown and wings of 'gold. In Japan, the traditional gift-giver is a native god, Hoteiosho: Represented as a Kindly old man with a pack on his back, he is much like visions 'of the traditional Santa... Sa cater | m2 He is said to have eyes in the back of his head, the better to see whether boys and girls have been naughty or nice. In Yugoslavia, Grandfath- er Frost -- "Dede Mraz" -- replaces Santa Claus. _ "The Yugoslavian trend js to combine Christmas and New Year holidays, and cele- brate them together with Grandfather Frost Day, Infant Jesus himself, but his er for Christmas Santa's ringing out jolliest "good wishes to alll MALMOKNT FARMS NEIL and NOREEN MALCOLM and FAMILY - Cilwigtmes Coretlings "Spirits are light! There's much B happy cheer and merriment as we Fe auld the celebration of Christmas. W. Frank Real FEstate And Staff Religious Cards Take Lead In Popularity "Sorry, we don't have any more Christmas cards, only some religious ones." These words, supposedly spoken by a saleswoman to a last-minute shopper for greeting cards a good many years ago, wouldn't be mean- ingful now. During recent Yule seasons, greetings with a religious message have led the way in 'popularity. The wryly-humor- ous idea that anyone looking for cards wants some that show only the convivial side of Christmas was never very funny, and now it definitely isn't true. Early cards pictured danc- ers and skaters, holly and mistletoe, robins and other bird$, beautiful women and charming children and flow- ers by the score. } At Christmas, a special prayer: May mahkind be blessed with "Peace on Earth." And a special wish: May your personal Christmas be a most happy one. JOE PODRES ol CARPENTER and BUILDER Such themes still appear, but they take second place to religious messages--espe- cially, "Peace on earth, good will toward men." v "in on a happy and healthy Christmas season. We're grateful for your many kind favors. Thanks to all. GREENWOOD T.V. v STOUFFVILLE -- PORT PERRY A BEES GET BUSY On Christmas Eve, bees hum holiday carols and melo- dies, says legend.