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Show OREM-GENEVA TIMES 1 .V L.7.- Dear Santa, Please bring me a doctor set, a rifle that shoots, tennis balls, a sled, some candy and huts and a banana. I would like some house slippers slip-pers and a guitar. Thank you for the things you brought me last year. Roger Davis Dear Santa Claus, I have been a bood boy this year. I am almost three years old. I would like a steam shovel, truck, tractor. Thank you for the things you brought me last year. I woud like some candy, nuts, orange and gum. Thank you, Dennis Harward Dear Santa Claus, I have been a good boy this year. I am five years old. I would like a truck, tractor, service ser-vice station. Thank you for the things you brought me last year. I would like some candy, nuts, orange and gum. Love, Stephen Harward P.S. We will leave you a piece of pie and a glass of milk. Dear Santa, I want a trike, some candy and nuts, a doll, and a toy stove with pans and kettles. I would also like to have a fairy tale book. If you think I deserve it I would like a nurse set. I have been a good girl. Your friend, Karen Palmer Dear Santa Clause, My little boy's name is Alan Gillman and he's four and one-half one-half years old and he wants me to write to you and ask you if you will bring him some toys for Christmas. Christmas is a time when people express their feelings of goodwill toward each other. A corporation has feelings, too. Because it is people just people. In the oil business, it takes a lot of people working together as a team, to do all the jobs necessary to find oil, refine re-fine it into useful products, and deliver it where it's needed. This Christmas season, for example, will find men and women of Standard Oil Company of California working in many different places ... all over He has been a good boy and helps his mama and daddy a lot. He wants a gas station and two cars and a new wallet and a bow and arrows. Can you bring them? Please answer soon. Sincerely, Alan Gillman Dear Santa Clause, I don't want much for Christmas Christ-mas for myself but please don't forget the ten Case children. They have moved from where you found them last year. Their address is Rt. 1 Box 509. It makes me happy to see other people happy. Thank you, Gwendona May Pierce Dear Santa Claus, My name is Jackie Asay. I am six years old and I have been a good girl. For Christmas I would like a BIG BABY DOLL, and a doll house with some furniture and a car. Also, I would like a set of plastic dishes. And in my stocking I would like some nuts and a surprise, a banana and some candy. P.S. I hope everybody may have a very merry Christmas and Santa Clau may get around to all the boys and girls. Thank You, Jackie Asay We must go on thinking less about ourselves and more for one another; for so, and so only can we hope to make the world a better place and life a worthier worthi-er thing. King George VI Ordinarily, anything that is whispered or shouted isn't worth listening to. December 25, 1950 the world. They'll be exploring for oil in wilderness areas . . . riding tankers in rolling seas . . . keeping watch on desert pipelines. You'll find them, also, working work-ing in refineries, in offices, in our research re-search laboratories. And all through the year, the people of Standard everywhere work at the big job of helping provide you and our nation with the oil we must have to remain strong. It's the best way all of us know of saying "Merry Christmas' 365 days a year. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA plans ahead to serve you better' Christmas Season Evokes Spirit cf Trust, Faith Indicative ol the integrity and trustfulness prevailing throughout the world at Christmas time, people peo-ple of Holland often entrust gifts to total strangers requesting the passerby to leave the package on such-and-such a doorstep. Half-way across the globe, Negro families in Virginia long have observed ob-served the table-covered-with-a-sheet custom. The dining room table is covered with a sheet. Names of everyone in the household house-hold are written on slips of paper and pinned to the sheet. Gifts are sneaked under the sheet when everybody is supposed to be asleep, and even the youngest child refrains re-frains from "peeking' until the gifts are unveiled Christmas morning. JLJfr..Lr: EIGHT FOR THE ROLE . . . Daying Santa Claus for young victims of polio and cerebral palsy is opera star LauriU Kelchior, shown reading a Caristmjs story to Thomas Precious and Patricia Fulio. Hawaiian Christmas Is Elaborate Affair Although many Hawaiians have seen ice only as frozen in mechanical mechani-cal refrigerators, the trees used by the islanders for Christmas decorations decora-tions are painted white to simulate snow. Christmas dinner is an elaborate affair,, enjoyed in the privacy of the home behind locked doors and drawn blinds. Any open-house hospitality hos-pitality is an economic impossibility; impossibili-ty; if the shades were not drawn and the doors not locked, homes would be invaded by hordes of strangers all expecting food and drink. Gift-giving is the order of the day as everyone exchanges inexpensive inex-pensive presents. Even the servants ser-vants in hotels expect and receive gifts from over-night guests. A New York boy went to live in Texas. One day in school the teacher asked him to tell about the Alamo. "That's pie with ice cream on it," he said. Santa Glaul Jiit ySui 2aMf' DnlieaA ojj Saint Assailing the Santa Claus myth as foolish fiction' and rival of the Holy Child, the Rev. John S. Martin, Mar-tin, editor of the Catholic Review, declared in a 1949 editorial that Santa the saint has been lost in Santa the sugar daddy and that the whole idea Is bad psychology and bad pedagogy. "Our children learn about the reindeer, but have never heard of the ox and the ass," Father Martin continued and recommended that we: "Leave the man in the red suit to those who have nothing better . . . for whom life must end In disillusion and despair." Father Martin's sentiments are reminiscent of Martin Luther's vigorous campaign against neglect of the central idea of Christmas, which is the birth of Jesus. So, German children have been taught that the Christkind brings the presents Christkind being depicted depict-ed as the messenger of the Infant Jesus sent earthward at Christmastime Christ-mastime to bring happiness to good children. The modern conception of Santa Claus is, of course, 99 per cent fictional fic-tional and strictly American. But the spirit of generosity and thoughlfulness as typified by Santa San-ta Claus is neither sugar daddy-ish nor essentially American. Unfortunately Unfortu-nately not all chldren who await Santa have learned from their mothers' lips the story of the Holy Child. Friend (to policeman, who had formerly been a salesman): How do you like your new job? Policeman: Swell. The pay is good, the hours O. K., and the customer is always wTong. Dear Santa, For Christmas I want a buggy and twin dolls and a highchair in my stocking I want candy and nuts. Michel Drake And the work of righteousness righteous-ness shall be peace; and the effect eff-ect of righteous quietness and assurance for ever. Isaiah Tcssts Better Improved Flavor Extra Nourishing Esritksdwith Vitcsins Stays Fresh Longer Everybody Needs A Good Book For Christmas Photo Albums Scrap Books . Beautiful Christmas Cards "YOU CAN GET IT AT" UTAH OFFICE SUPPLY 69 East Center Junior High Stages Annual Competitive Play "Big Brother." directed by Miss Iva Reynolds, was presented present-ed this week by a cast chosen competitively from the Lincoln Junior High school. The play evolves about the fact that Sally McGrath (Dorothy (Dor-othy Dee Olsen) has brokes a statue worth $250. Big Brother Sam (Leon Kennedy), a young police officer, refuses to pay for the statue much to the distress of Dru Templeton (Barbara Stewart), a former classmate. In order to raise the money, Sally and her friends Rita Templeton Tem-pleton (Gay Willoughby), Josie Plunkett (Arlene Hall), and Dot-tie Dot-tie Dean (Gwen Gorsyth) plan a raffle. Mrs. McGrath (Nancy Smith) decides to enter a jingle contest and win the money. Meantime, Sally's other brother, broth-er, Paul (Bill Smith and Tony Leroy (Garth Ungerman), wljose father "practically runs the town", also make financial ar rangements. When a radio is stolen, Hank and Benny (Merlin and Claude Rowley), from the boys' club at the police station, produi..: an eyewitness. This witness is a cleaning woman called Mrs. Whiffle (Patricia Holdaway), whose testimony causes Sam to arrest Paul. The happy ending comes when it is discovered that Mrs-Whiffle Mrs-Whiffle is the guilty party. Sam and Dru are on friendly terms once more, and the only problem prob-lem of the McGrath family is what rhymes with "Squiffy." Stage manager Blaine Gray and student directors Ardis Westwood and Laurene Olsen assisted in the production. Programs were made by the art and typing departments. CAP-TIVATING SIMIAN . . . Bonnet, little monk from India, admires himself In mirror held by Pat Moore, New York City. Monkey's name derives from fact his hair structure has natural nat-ural part in center and resembles re-sembles mp wnen runy frown. IPSO! mVil Provo jam V ii ; , ' jfi -1 J PLEASANT as it is to dream of a "White Christmas" with its carols car-ols and gifts, feasting and merrymaking, merry-making, the sparkling eyes of children chil-dren delighting in Santa Claus and the wonderful Christmas trees, these things never can symbolize the tremendous significance of the day. The birth of the Saviour was the greatest event in the history of the world. In spite of all the back-slidings, back-slidings, Christian peoples have pressed forward steadily. However vicious and corrupt, the world today is far better than the world of pagan times; familiarity fa-miliarity with the cross and crucifixion cruci-fixion has abolished legal tortures and much cruelty and, if given a chance, might shame us into banishing ban-ishing the curse of international viclousness for the sake of Him who became the Saviour of Mankind. 0 tke MViacU Piayl Brazilian Christmas festivities embrace an aggregation of modern mod-ern observances entwined with ancient traditions brought over from the mother country of Portugal. Portu-gal. . The Christmas season in Brazil begins on Christmas Eve and ends with Epiphany on January 6. And because it is really summertime (south of the equator) festivities and entertainments appropriate to summertime hold sway throughout . the season. I Miracle plays have always been j performed in adoration of the Holy Child. From olden times, the plays have had all the dramatic fervor of a religious performance together with the gracious hospitality of a social function. The scene is at once solemn and fantastic, with costumes bedecked with feathers, spangles, jewels and what-not sparkling in a setting of luxurious tropical foliage and blossoms. Out of the great variety of miracle mira-cle plays, all on different themes, of which many are in the form of elaborate dances meticulously performed per-formed and accompanied by the music of an orchestra, the dance of the Four Parts of the World may be cited as a typical example. exam-ple. The roles are enacted by girls dressed for the part and, in succession, suc-cession, Europe, Asia, Africa and America l declaim. The discussion finally jhvolves their respective rights to make oblation to the Christ Child. Eventually, Father Time appears and settles the dispute dis-pute to the satisfaction of all concerned. con-cerned. HARD TO GET . . . Mary Jane Ng (yep, that's Ng) is only 14 months old, and as a resnlt is playing hard to get with Santa. She was at a Christmas party held for 450 underprivileged Bowery children In New Tork. Make the Covering Gay When Wrapping Up Gifts ttALF OF THE GIFT is the wrap-ping wrap-ping let's make the covering as gay as the gift inside. For the girl who likes to sew, material for a dress in a fabric-wrapped fabric-wrapped box, rick-rack for the ribbon rib-bon and spools of thread with big buttons for the decoration create an unusual package. If you give yarn for a sweater, use one skein for the big bow. Disguise a flat box of letter paper as a desk pad. Use a real blotter on top with corners of metallic paper. Why not use a necktie knot in decorating the box containino Fasten the ends of the ribbon under tne lid about y4 way down; bring to center; tie the knot and shape the ends tie fashion. Use a dark blue wine or green ribbon about one and one-half inches wide. These are attractive used on a striped or plaid paper. Or the package might resemble a tiny suitcase wrapped in paper with the ends bound in decorative tape. Add a handle and identifica tion tag. The one thing and only one thing that can melt this human world of ours into a family which will be characterized by brotherhood and the Golden Rule and the spirit of the Good Samaritan, is the love of God. That is the meaning and message mess-age of Christmas. Dr. Daniel L. Marsh The world belongs to thw enthusiast en-thusiast who keeps cool. --William McFee O. H. Anderson HAVE YOUR CLOTHES CLEANED AND PRESSED NOW FOR i - v - - V - . 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