Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1963 — Page 26

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; —'f Jl'' IL • ■ <"-4sr 4 jgg~3cT A fyous Cfiristnws\ <Ata\j the Holy Family guide your path to a spiritually inspiring Christmas. And may all the days to come reflect the peace and joy of this blessed Holiday.' EASTERN INDIANA PRODUCTION CREDIT ASSOCIATION 216 S. 2nd St. Decatur, Ind.

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* OLD CUSTOM In ancient times, mistletoe was used to.insure tHe favorable outcome of crops. Later, its charm Was invoked to happily guide the destinies of young lovers. Through the centuries, long after the Druids, who popularized mistletoe with symbolic rites, were absorbed by other cultures, the custom of hanging the mistletoe persisted. First Stocking Filled By Accident In Britain, it is the custom for children to leave their toys under the tree until the afternoon of Christmas Day. Santa Claus (Father Christmas) makes his Christmas Eve visit, however, filling the stockings left by the children at the hearth or beside their bed. British legend says the stocking custom originated by accident. Once, St. Nicholas was making his descent down a chimney to leave some toys for a family of children and some gold coins fell from his pocket, dropping into a stocking hung by the hearth to dry. Since that time, Santa has always had something for every stocking.

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z ■ f M. - ■ r - SIGNS OF It’s almost Christmas. Ask anybody. Ask the housewife, dashing about in the kitchen, cooking up plenty of food and goodies for all the "company” i that is expected. Ask the average father. Christmas is practically here and he has done very little (or none at all) of his gift buying. He’s been visualizing the total cost of all the other packages that have been brought into the house and wonders if he won’t have to find a place to hide come January 1. Ask the children. They are “wound up” tight as an eight-day clock and it seems to them Christmas “will never get here.” Ask anybody. They’ll tell you Christmas is almost here. Regardless of whether all preparations are made, all cards addressed or mailed, or whatever, fust ask anybody . . . and you’ll know. Ask anybody. They’ll tell you why Christmas is almost here. It's a feeling that comes to virtually everyone at this time of year. It is difficult to describe accurately, but it is a mixture of joy and warmth, of happiness and friendship. Let's just call it the Christmas spirit—and hope that it is shared by all men, everywhere.

HEARTSGO HOME ' I'iiGirMßlH Christmas is that time of the year when most every heart turns homeward. The blinking lights of a Christmas tree in the window or the jingle jangle of Christmas bells is enough to send one’s thoughts winging across the years and over the mountains and seas to that “one best Christmas of all” so long, long ago. The sounds and the smells of Christmas are so easily captured . . . freshly-cut evergreen, a basket of fruits and nuts, cookies and pies, turkey roasting in the oven, the pop-pop-popping sound of logs burning low in a hearth fire. How easy today .for the crunching sound of boots in the snow to bring the memory of long ago when young hearts trudged across the crusty fields toward the light that beckoned through the church window, a, haven of warmth and peaceful reverence in the near-dawn of a Christmas morn. How easy to recall the sight of a family gathering about the tree, first for ampment of prayer and thanksgiving, and then the merry sounds, me .laughter, as one by one, each opened a gift from beneath the tree. ' This is a part of the Christmas, this turning homeward. If time and distance make the “rea[’ trip home impossible, the next-best thing is a trip down memory lane.

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Here’s How! That familiar salute or toast is heard often during the New Year celebration. Every nation has its own way of proposing a “toast to your health.” Here’s how it is done in various lands: Ireland—slants mah Scotland—hoot mon Italy—a la saluti ’ Sweden-Norway—skol Spain—salud France—a votre sante Germany—gesundheit Poland—na zdrowie China—nee hong gin England—cheerio Czechoslovakia—na zdar Hebrew—lachalm Greece—ygeia SECOND CHANCE If you should happen to let the New Year arrive without making a new set of resolutions, don’t give up. You’ll have other opportunities. You should be able to come up with some fine resolutions before February 18, which marks the start of the new year in China; March 21, Persia; April 1, Siamese; April 26, Mohammedan; or August 29, Alexandrine.

Don’t Waste Resolutions - We dbn’t help ourselves when we make up a list of New Year resolutions we cannot keep. We’d be -much better off if we made no resolutions at all. This is the advice of Dr. George I. Smith, professor of psychology at Rutgers (N.J. Newark College of Arts and Sciences). Dr. Smith says we should make resolutions aimed-at self improvement, rather than promising to do things which would require a sharp change in our habits or activities. Four Rules The State University psychologist offers the following rules for successful self improvement reso- i lutions: 1. Don’t resolve to do anything ' under the pressure of a calendar date or a friend’s nudge to do I “something to improve yourself.” I 2. Do take serious stock of your problems. Try to define the source of the trouble, not merely the symptom. If you are overweight and it is due to boredom or feeling sorry for yourself, solve the problem and weight loss will be easier. If necessary, get professional advice. 3. Once you have located the source of your difficulty, find out how important a change is to you. Is it a project you can really put yourself into? If you are not convinced you really want to overcome a situation as a personal goal, your resolution probably will be worthless. Other people’s prodding is a poor substitute for a personal cdmitment. 4. Finally, keep your goals reasonable. Many mental problems and lost resolutions are results of unreasonable, unattainable goals. IN DAYS OF OLD Researchers say' that early Greeks and Romans were quite particular about New Year toasts—who made them, who poured, and what was said. The right to make a toast at some gathering or ceremoqy was reserved for an official or other important personage. A toast to one's lover was popular in Rome, and it was custom to drink one glass for each letter of a sweetheart's name.

MERRY CHRISTMAS ■ •• I • "" / rtk KnAvvivW ’ U GLAD - TIDINGS OF | JOY AT CHRISTMAS 0 • ■ As we join hi giving Gad our thanks for His blessings, we also pause to say "Thanks" to you, too, our friends! E. F. GASS STORE * 'J <*

r from GERALD MORNINGSTAR ~~ HARRY (JACK) IRWIN CHARLES FUHRMAN GENE SCHINDLER HARRY HAMRICK Delbert wolfe at MORNINGSTAR AUTO SALES 957 N. 13th St. lUibkab jg 1 cheer... so we send our brightest tt fIZ/ wishes with a happy .... •' “Thank you” for allowing us to serve LkKAJL Shorty - Georgs - Stella BrpAK. yk. Boyd -Ed > Bob - Mark -s, Stiefel Grain Co.

’ MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1968