Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1955 — Page 18

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CjkiYtßCMOd Bfcsta Th* evergreen bough. mlstleto* and holly used as Christmas decorations have been associated with ceremony and curious custom tor thousands of years. Ancient Romans raised an evergreen branch at the December festival of Saturnalia, honoring the god of sowing. Long before the Christian era, Tuetons and Scandinavians held the mistletoe sacred and hung it over their doorways as charms. They also worshipped the oak and their priestly Druids brought in a great Yule log at the feast of the winter solstice and lighted it from a brand of the log of the year before. In parts of Europe the first trees used tor Christines decorations were dormant branches of fruit trees. They were brought indoors several weeks before Christmas and forced into bloom by Christmas time. Holly, the subject of many superstitions, was also used because its prickly leaves were thought to represent the Saviour's crown and its red berries drops of blood. In parts of Sicily an olive tree to decorated today with oranges. In some countries Sowers are used instead of evergreens, in keeping with a story told all over medieval Europe that on the night of the Nativity the trees of the forest, though cloaked in ice and snow, burst into bloom and bore fruit All ever the world this Christmas each country will celebrate the occasion In Its traditional way.

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Yflodirvat jbiwr Onct *UJas Popular Custom 3or Cords .<■ Bating peas with a knife is contrary to Emily Post and doesn't seem to have much qualification tor observance aa a Christmas tradition, but for more than 25 years coeds at Pennsylvania State < University partook of a fork-leas meal each Yule season. The traditional medieval dinner, complete with everything from costumed lords and ladies to the legendary boar’s bead, dated back to 1819, finally had to bo cancelled when coed ranks swelled to almost 1,000. The affair, sponsored by the Women's Student Government Association, began with a formal I proceaainn through the dining hall. I Lord and Lady McAllister—the 1 dinner was held in McAllister Hall i —led the throng, which included j noble lords and ladies, heralds, a poet, • cardinal, pages, and two jesters bearing the boar's bead. AH these girls were appropriately costumed and sat upon a raised dais in the center of the hollybedecked room, which was Illuminated by candlelight. A choir furnished Christmas music, and the poet entertained the guests by reading Old English poetry from a scroll In accordI anco with medieval custom, no forks or napkins were allowed, although guests sometimes MCreted them to their pockets. The 1 menu consisted of roast pork, I mashed potatoes, peas, and a very rich plum pudding. Today's students eat a special Christmas dinner before going home for vacation—but it's served I "sissy'' style. They're allowed a full complement of table utensils. !' ' ' YlwJ Christmas Ualur Jo presents With so ipany gifts to wrap this time of the year, paper, cards, ribbons, seals and other package decorations can add up to quite a sum. By using a little imagination, these costs can be kept at a minimum. Ends of wallpaper rolls, whether left over from your own walls or bought as odd stock at your local paint store, are especially pretty for large packages. Even newspapers can be used to wrap large packages and the want-ad section |s more attractive than the other i pages. Small pieces of aluminum foil or shelf paper from the end of the roll are excellent for wrapping smaller packages. Or if you have a young child who fingerpaints, why not wrap gifts in some of his paintings. White tissue paper can be made quite appealing by spattering it with red or green ink or water with food coloring added. For seals, cut out colored pictures from magazines. Old Christmas cards or even small bits of wrapping paper and paste them on the package. Or you can paste them on a small piece of folded construction paper to make an enclosure card. Acorns, pine cones or oak leaves, painted or shellacked and tied on I top of the package will catch the eye of both young and old.

■ Cknistinas ■ ft IFF |i 11 Our sincerest wishes JN S1 (p tWahl I MI for a Christmas rich nr ,nfhcblCssin<3s • |ove f r,cn<,sh, p' 9 ci zo J r T H. FROHNAPFEL Chiropractor HISRRy GHRJ-STmflS rKv w%. 'V VW 1& 11 •? f > •« - z ®®iOr & *v f > . w., the happiness A . of Christmas abide in J Avpl your home and i.i \y 1 I your heart now and through- S i j , out the gladsome Holiday Season. j LUTES FLOWERS Winchester Street - ■ 1 iVhnstmas|| 1/ncc again / we arc happy | to wish all of you Ji the most wonderful, happiest Christmas ever! MAZELIN HEATING & APPLIANCES % Highway 27—North of Fairway Restaurant ,■ — ,11 - ■■■■■l.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1955