Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1951 — Page 10

r' r - ■- — ...... mi ■■ ,i in i , ' l" ] : As Ji Cfteetina 0 ' J w W i From all t>( up, to all out friends * / TJiia greeting is extended... * F°t a very Merry Christmas TffdKx And a New Year tli.it is splendid. - ‘ - ’ S'' 1 - 3 i' .| ' Cal Peterson - Art Hall ?| I Jim Lett -~ Jack Heller -J h/rJ*SI , |/\ V 4vx Peterson & Heller i Clothiers '' "' - A ""'• ' 1 h A i ,M \ &*> ' g,. f “ A > A ?&d O fcv< i Jri\ ? \ vtJ^***^ 1 M fWB ■ |.W vWishesh v -'L ML* uS L 1 / If r A 'i Our Christmas wish for all is ' , ra i 1 • th at Holiday Season ‘ W \ may hold the promise U W » % | peace and prosperity V > <j-- .-V for the cbm'mg year. \1 . r <\ 1 M Xlj COLE 1 V MEAT MKT. zx/J *w- a IK ' - '?v IMIS I L r I QxW _ _ ■ 4gi_xS— > . I i I N V s May the Spirit of happiness and good will that fills this setson live in yOUr home and bless your Wed ones for V Yk | the many years to tbftie. A Merry X Ik £ Christinas and a Happ| New Year to all. \ v i s* Cuiiigan Soft Waler Service ? ill Phbne 3-3214 | 111 Decatur, Indiana I C. Ziner k A J. Elberson ...J ISt -rx. /# i /t! : X l->/S 1 ’ - e V(( .;■ ■ * ' VsL ' ■ ■ ' K> i. |.. - 8 .... - .> .

Hark! The Herald ' An§eh Sirt§! Bg/‘ "y 1 ••‘yy;*' ’ v ■• •\' 'g'- 3?W IK" :W -. >• rt wjßPw Smaller town Began Lhjhfing Outdoor Trees Although the White House and Rockefeller Center outdoor tree decorations have become famous in recent years, the practice of lighting outdoor trees began in smaller towns and cities long bfe- . fore these two displays became an, annual affair. ' Four widely Separated communities lighted up as early as 1913. Two of them. McDonald and Germantown. were in Pennsylvania. ' \ ■ • • ;„W : ' Salem, Ore., decorated a large. Sitka spruce. Riverside, Calif., illuminated a large evergreen, an Aracuria.--, -* National Christmas tree was in ’1924 and was sponsored by the American Forestry association. For the two years the lighting of the White House has been televised. i LoSr Santa’s little helper came down to us from Scandinavia. r Many years before Ljeif Eriksen touched American shores, the children of the North believed that a > little elf with long white whiskers —Jul Tomten—saw that the' earth was abundant with good food and that the animals and birds were taken care of. • After the pagan Vikings Christianized, little Jul became the giver of presents—just as Santa today. It became a custom for children to leave a bowl of porridge on the kitchen table for the little elf, who' would. leave presents in exchange. j Travelers picked up the legend of Jul Tomten and carried it around the world. To us, he is the busy, jolly, . good little elf who works happily in Santa’s workshop. 'Silent Night 1 Is Most Beloved Carol Os all the songs that return to bring warmth to the Yuletide season, no carol is so universally known as "Silent Certainly no other—is as loved and sung as this simple German song. For years its origin was unknown, except that it supposedly dated back for many centuries. Recent investigations, however, disclosed that it was produced in 1818 x The poem was originally written by Joseph Mohr, an assistant priest in Oberndorf in South Germany. The melody was Composed by a schoolmaster, Franz Gruber. Both the poet and the composer were part of the choir that sang the now famous carol that Christmas Eve In the Oberndorf church. The beloved song was sung first to the accompaniment of a guitar/ for the church organ was out order that Eve in 1818. It has since been sung to the tune of almost every musical Instrument in the world, in the languages of many men. — Plum Piidding Came Far Since Ancient Origin Plum pudding—the ancient English delicacy traditionally served with Christmas feasts—has come a long way since it entered the culinary lists hundreds of years ago as Yule-dough. - ’ YuJfe-dbugh was composed of chopped meat paste, spices, to symbolize the* gifts of the Magi, and flour, regarded as embodying the spirit immanent in the wheat

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| Tbt rosemary shrub, symbol of fidelity and constancy, was once supposed to possess many occult virtues. Hamlet’s Ophelia said, rosemary, that’s for remembrance.’* The fact that Rosemary blooms at Christmas has introduced it into celebration of this feast, Rosemary, according to one legend, opened to Me the VH-gin Mabp fni her child from the soldiers of Herod, a legend shared with the juniptd and other trees. \ . Another [legend says that, during the flight to Egypt, Mary threw her blue cloak over a bush of rosemary when shi lay down to rest. Ever since, in her honor, the flowers have been the heavenly blue of the' mantle.

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United States Top Buyer and Supplier In Tree Industry The United States is the world’s leading source of supply as well as the top buyer in me Christmas tree industry—a better than $50,000,000 business. H' ' The majority of our Christmas trees come from New England, New York and Pennsylvania,' the north Middlewest, and the Northwest Pacific regions, In recent years, New Jersey has annually marketed around 100,000 trees for local use. J dost of the trees for Christmas es are cqt early In the fall and the trees are kept green with plenty Os water until shipped to distribution fcenttrs. Some mass producers, however, tut trets early in the new yett, and treat them with preservative! and coloring solutions for stored chilled warehouses.

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