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PAE14, WEDNESDAy DECEMBER 19, 1979, WI-UTBY FREE pRESS CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENJ'T MERRyCHRISTrMAS TrO YOÃ" Chesinuts roasting on an opmn fire; Jack Frost nipping at jour nase, Yuletide carols being sung by a choir And folkis dressed up like [skias. Everybçdy lOews a turhep and some mistetoe H4elp to make the season briglit - Tii, lots with their epes ail a*glow WilI find it4ard ta sleep toniglit. 1hey know that Santas on his way; lies Ioaded lots Of tops and goodies on his sleigh, And evry mother's child is gonha spp - ro see f reinâleer really lonow how to fly. And so, I'm offering this simple phrase ro kids fromt one ta 'ninety-two, Altho' it's been sa id many times, manp waps - Merry Christmas ta pou. The flrst Neel1h. angel did say Was b certain POo« ShePherds in fields as'thuy laye In fields where they lay a-keeping their sheep On a cold wintees niglit tht! was so deep. Refrain: Nael, Nel, RosiNoeI, Smi is the King of Israel. They bkd up and saw a star, Shining in the east, beyond themn afar, And to the earth iti gave great ligit, And so it continiued bofli dalyand night. Ad bytheight f Wsaine str.* Ilire sisemen came front country far; To sesi for a King was their intent And to follow the star whetever it went lbis star drew nigli to the northwest, Near Bethlehem 'it tool its rest, And there it did bath stop and stay, Right over the place where Jesus lay. Then eterd in those wise men three, Fell reverently upon their knee, And affered there in His presence Their gald and myrth and frankincense. Then let us ail one accord Sing praises ta aur heavenly Lord, mhat bath*made heaven and earth of naught And with His blood manhind hath brdàght. SILVER BELLS City sdwaqwv lumedwaBsdrussed in hoiday sye In 1 i e i t h » , e s à eW i n , g o f Cli d t u a s , Chili4, Ihiug, pope paieg meetin Saule alsu nise And on 'mee slrwetcoer lpbares: Silve buIls, muer bells, Ils Chriula.n tine in te Cipy. Ruug-aing,-barthonling.dn- SOM R wIl le CitistNasDy. StalaSI of sires liglits ovemstp lagbtl lUisi aàlrightred and'grues;" AS> lte sitoppurs ý mthome wii hie treasu rus, Huer thé sR. cruncli, saes k Ii boncit. Tis os Sanbtasbit scene And above, aNtis boisile pou lier: Salur W l ie luis, Il's Christmnas tinte in th. Cipy. Ring.a.hng, liesIlium n'i, Soon it will be Christmas Day. Mistletoe, Anyone? Most likely there is a sprig of mistletoe hung from a chandelier or over a doorway. This is a curjous custom, and one that has been kept alive over cen- turies. Although the mistle- toe's use now is simply traditional, in earljer cen- turies il had very specific meaning and it was even Virgil was one of the first to refer to mistletoe. In, his. tale of'Aeneas 's venture to the underworld, il was a bough Of mistletoe which Aeneas plucked from the oak to safeguard him on his journey. This bough was called the Golden Bough, for as the bernies mature they assume a yellow linge which the ancieras thoughtî symbolized gold. Every Christmas season there are boughs of holly. There are trees, candies and ail sorts of trim. But nothing has more intriguing appeal than the mistletoe. i THEý<FlRslrýý NOE L