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Show TftE PAYSON Yuletide Spirit Stays All Year Nearly every community has its special way of observing Christmas and in some towns and cities, the spirit of Christmas prevails, literally, the year around. In Waterbury, Conn., an reminder of the first Noel is the of the Town of Bethlehem on nearby Pine all-ye- ar Hill. Bethle- -' This hem was constructed to scale after research and study of photos showing the Biblical country. The cave or manger where Christ was born, inns like the one where there was no room, and the Roman legation where the tax collection decreed by Augustus Caesar was to be paid are among the buildings represented. "Poetic license has been used to include some buildings which were not, or may not have been, located in Bethlehem, such as "Davids Home and Herods Grand Palace. non-sectari- an Payson, Utah "Bethlehems in the United States include Bethlehem, Pa., and Bethle-heInd. The Pennsylvania Bethlehem emphasizes the religious meaning of Christmas during its annual celebration. A star erected on a nearby mountain top is lighted f 4- spectacle. Towns towns have a special interest in Christmas. Arizona, Florida and Kentucky actually have towns named Christmas. Then there are Christmas Cove, Me.; Nazareth, Pa.; Bright Star, Holly Grove and Holly Springs, Ark.; Lighting Displays Beautiful lighting displays as well as Noel, Mo.; Noel, Va.; for Christmas are famous in Mistletoe, Ky.; Wiseman, Alaska; and Santa Claus, Ind. many U.S. cities. Yule-nam- ; ' ;rv -- - We can make our Christmas much happier if we make it a point to try to make the Christmas spirit a real thing in our lives. We tan begin our search for the Christmas spirit by noting the real happiness in the eyes of children. We can find it in the simple act of doing something for1 the less fortunate than ourselves the sick, the shut-ins- , the lonely and the poor. We are most certain to find it if we turn our thoughts and our steps toward the church by the side of the road. Here, we will find the unescapable meaning of Christmas and the entire season the birth of Jesus a message of lope and , Yuletide . Star Is Beacon ISSUE Thursday, December 25, 1969 "M - Colored lights outline the buildings of the Country Club Plaza district in Kansas City, Mo., at Christmas time. Denver, Colo., illuminates its Civic Center during the holidays with many thousands of lights. throughout the holiday season. Yule - CHRISTMAS CHRONICtE 84651 FIND:TUE 7?H In Altadena, a suburb of Crowned by a Cross, Pine Hill has proved an ideal loca- Pasadena, Calif., a mile-lon- g tion for the project, since its avenue bordered by deodar Christmas shape is similar to the lime- cedars becomes stone cliff where Bethlehem in Tree Lane at the holiday season. The deodars are illumJudea was built. inated by thousands of multiOther Bethlehems colored bulbs for the annual Well-kno- - ed Near Palmer Lake, Colo., an electrically lighted star on a mountain top is a Christmas-seaso- n beacon for motorists on highways many miles away. peace for all the world. Science Seeks Source Of The Star Since St. Matthew first described the star of Bethlehem, its mystery has fascinated mankind. Was it a miracle? Or was it a star or other celestial object? Astronomers, while seeking to identify the star, emphasize that it may have been indeed a miracle that cant be explained in terms of natural phenomena. However, research has provided material for that the star may have been a natural occurrence. brighter-than-usu- . al con-jectu- ; . ; re One Discovery . Heres a very special delivery of warm wishes for a merry Christmas. Dee's Service Center Clifton Dee B rereton, Owner-Manag- er A Danish astronomer, Tycho Brahe, discovered a new and brilliant star in the constella- tion Cassiopeia in 1572, ac- cording to the Encyclopedia Americana. Since that discovery, The Americana says, it has been suggested that this might be an especially brilliant star vis- ible only at long intervals. A reported appearance of a bright star in that part of the heavens about the middle of the 13th century, coupled with a vague account of a similar appearance a little more than 300 years earlier, led to the thought that these might possibly be former appearances of the star of 1572. . If, as this might indicate, the star appeared at intervals of 310 to 315 years, three ind tervals of years from the time it was first reported would carry it back to about the time of the birth of Christ. ; : r ; 300-od- Another Theory CHRISTMAS BREEW6S We re taking this opportunity to say "Hello" and to thank our customers for their patronage. Have a merry Christmas! Polar Queen Johannes Kepler, a German astronomer, made discoveries that led to still another theory about the star of Bethlehem. In 1604, he observed a configuration, or close grouping, of the planets Jupiter, Saturn and Mars. He determined that such a configuration occurred each 805 years, and calculations established that the same group ing might have appeared in 6 B.C. which, some research indicates, may have been the correct year of Christs birth. CHK1STMAS 1492 First Christmas in the New World was celebrated in 1492 by Christopher Columbus and his crew, who were dinner guests of an Indian chief, ruler of the island of Haiti. Mayor Howard Armstrong and City of Santaquin |