Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1952 — Page 20

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■KKMANMIMaMNWmMMWMMMa Allegorical Parades Mark Mexican Yule •FHE PEOPLE in Mexico build elaborate floats for allegorical parades during the holiday season. For eight evenings before Christmas there is a religious procession, at the head of which the figures Os Joseph and Mary are borne, i On the ninth evening entrance is permitted and a religious ceremony conducted about the straw-filled manger of the Babe.

• <- - >V- ? i.* ; -2>l > I ' ■■ ■' K■. . Ohe best part of Christmas, we believe, is the good wishes extended... and the good a wishes received. And so, in all sincerity, we send to all our friends our best wishes for a cheerful Christmas abd a joyous New Year. FRICKLE’S PLACE \ ’ -■ V ; (-Jt '■ •- - '/ • ' ]■

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> True Christmas Spirit Is Found in Sharing FOR A REALLY satisfying and meaningful Christmas, share yours with the old and feeble, the ill and shut-in, the bereaved whose sorrows you might lighten. Unfortunately, all the flurry and preparation associated with Christmas are apt to make parents as well as children overlook the real significance of the coming birthday of Christ. !

God Bless Christmas “There are many things from which I might have derived good,, ay which I have not profited, I dare tay,” returned the nephew. “Christmas among the rest. But I am sure t have always thought of Christmas \ lune, when it has come around, as » good time; a kind, forgiving, iharitable, pleasant and, therefore, uncle, though ft had never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I say. God bless it!”— Charles Dickens. “A . Christmas Zafol.”

\ jFIWP 'Tjif 3b • 1 >' \ w cannot help but think / \ J \ Ai ■ > j’ l of our many friends who have made the past / ‘ J year so worthwhile. J*. To all of them, we wish a Merry Christmas and "'‘'"Jg a Happy New Year! w X' { f \ • ' ' ' -v" . ■ .• , • HAMMOND FRUITMARKET I . Iv.'r ? '-C t ;

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATUR, INDIANA

Christmas Game Snapdragon was a favorite Christmas game in England more than 200 years ago. it Is still played in modified form in England and America. The original game called for a Quantity of raisins to be deposited In a large bowl or dish. Brandy or] some other spirit was poured over the fruit and ignited. The bystanders then endeavored to grasp a raisin, by plunging their hands through the Dames. A carol, called “The Song of Snapdragon.” accompanied the tame.

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THE “STAR” which signaled ,4 the First Christmas” may be interpreted in many ways. In all such interpretations we must put ourselves aS nearly as possible into the social and psychological frame of mind of those whom we try to understand. The astronomer knows that through the ages the word “star” has been used to indicate almost any celestial phenomenon. We still speak of “falling stars” or "shooting stars” which we know quite well a're not stars at all. In more ancient times the comet was called a “hairy star” and was derived from the Latin word coma, meaning hair. The planets were the “wandering stars” as opposed to the “fixed stars”, and from the Greek word for wanderer we derive our word “planets.” , t .

— _ •■ ■ ■■ ■ t—--11J-O LjJiIIZ ud Chrislmt is a tree with bright lights and tinsel and the Star atop. It is a tumble of gifts, wrapped with pretty ribbon, beneath its green boughs. It is the light and faith in little children’s eyes on Christmas morning. It is the choking . feeling of joy in mother's heart as the packages are opened. It is the that wells mi dad’s eye and be tries to bide it with a grin. It is the remembrances of many other Christmases by grandmother and grandfather, undimmed by, golden time. ' \ .. It is the sermon of the Story of Bethlehem. The hymns of the choir, the candlelight sendee, the softness of children’s voices, the peace end goodwill that can come into men’s hearts. ' Christmas m the big tall tree in school, the only tree some Or, he children can call their own. It is the striped candy cane. It is the joyful music of chimes and church bells, the carob, *rom tbs record shop, the spirit of the season that makes strangers friends., It is the garland and the candle in the window, the cards on toe jsantel, the wreath on the door, the mistletoe bung for Sis. It is sincerity in a handshake, the wishes of glad tidings, the vocas meaning in the hello from neighbors. Christmas criss-cross ? ■ - -— r i r \ >| 1 3 rtEq ±d' - .-.vS \ • T ■ — V req pq II J 1,1 „ “ZL_Z±tl \ i-Vl — —T ■— C — '"I *I" mr — --SF- ’ □ b □ □ m~n □ Here n a Chmfinos paute tb«t wdl b« fit* foe ail the family wori. It a 4 simple. Fit the weeds.mte the nsht spaces. O«e letter V ■ jwen as • stwrtmf 89NMOO 3 9 3 V 9.N < petal. The c«mpieted patsle is at (owes rifht. Don’? pee*' IN3IK * * a - —39 OH O ’ \ 3A<n OHS r au . ton CHtlo vni ,MANt 3 - ’UH AA.T CUhO WHITt lunT ' f*" 4 * ..J M? ,00 ’ IIGHT ahgus tinsu i»n» I i 3 JtlllYS -ji . • & tnw c c S 9 * A 5 ? ' awaT » f ! OAHCII CHIMNtY oou »u. X c ‘ da|hu houoat J S 5 To I IU ** 1 |ACM >• • SamTa OONNM HAISES so GC D CAHDT UMTA FtOCKS F«A*CR ' aVMV V H Mfl CHtu goskl tidings w ©mH? AdVY *> . Answer Holiday 1 f Wishes < Once more it’s- a joyous occasion for us to send to our friends the *x' * ’Jr Greetings of the Season and to wish them a Cheerful Christmas...a New Year of success and good health. MJ . .IDEAL ? T‘ DAIRY PRODUCTS kfiftl' 1

The Star of Bethlehem could have been any of these. It could even have been a “new star” or nova which suddenly burst forth with a many-thousand-fold increase in brilliance, due tch some great stellar catastrophe. These are all explanations of what the "star” could have been. Had It been any of the abdve, it would have been seen by many peoples, and in literature would have been found references to the appearance of the object which attracted attention. But nowhere in the literature or in the folklore of any of the peoples noted as astute observers of celestial phenomena do these references exist. From this we are forced to conclude the appearance of the star was a sight given only to the Vftse Men to see.

■ A " : ;.\ — — - ; ' ■ ■ ’ . • ' r ' ' ' * - - Sleddmud at May we all experience the glorious feeling of peace and brotherly love this Christmas and throughout the New Year. L WEMHOFF MONUMENT CJwyhwas camei but ■; ■ ..A x / I J\w>\ J . - J WZ W 52 z ■ _ . ivaebj ■> 0 J ■ " i S MOOSE LODGE 113 1 i i - /i i Z- / f s\ x / I u tcO cb ' no w ' OO » CO’ 1 ' 6 •t\O A ' r '’’ vo^ e ' e .to**'" > ' be V^\ bO r.°° \ , i oU a .*'"' LUTES FLOWERS

TUESDAY, DEGOMOER 23, , -1