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Show FRIDAY, DECZ1IBZ3 24. IMS LEU FRIZ PRESS, LEHI, UTAH Santa Pictured By Thomas Nast f M ANT unusual and picturesque tales have been told about the modern usage of Christmas flowers. JUUUMiga they are legendary, the carefully stun bits of folklore vide a colorful background for pres ent aay flower decorations which are used during the Christmas' their recent Introduction. In the beginning of the last century the pouuetua was Introduced by 3. R. Poinsett, an American politician and aipiomat For years evergreens have Unir. COOO JOB . . . Bow weald jea lshed in homes at Christmastide to Hke the Job deUverfnf fezes ef create a woodsy, outdoor atmos BlstletAa taring the Christmas phere, in the aged line "hang up the easea? Nice werk If yea caa Holly, with ill red berriei. dark holly, the box and the bay" it Is fet ft. green leaves and needle-likntv. significant to note that two of the la a symbol of friend. plants mentioned, box and bay, are and ahip good will when December mentioned in Holy Scriptures as arrives. ' i Thomas Nast. the famous cartoonist who created our eoncention of Uncle Sam. the EenuhUean phant and the Democratic donkey. u also credited with giving America its first modem Dictorializatkm of Santa daua. Nast first sketched his notion of Santa Claus in 1871. This Santa waa a rollicking, chubby old man amok. log a pipe and dressed In what looked like a night shirt with fur collar and cuffa. Since mat fav h has grown taller and rounder, has aeveloped a fun white beard and mustache and has acauired th ditiooal red suit bordered in ermine. I 4! '- m LArS '-- - "MX tr. 1 e light-hearte- Columbus Unlucky On Christmas Eve America'! first Christmas was celebrated by Christopher Columbus. It happened on Chriitmai eve ez ine memorable year 1492. Columbua waa planning to observe the Feast of the Nativity with the waian cnieftain, Guacanagari, who nuea over the Island of Haiti Already he had received fine presents zrom uie chief who he believed to be great Khan of Cipagno, that fabulous realm of the Orient Colum- :bus mistakenly thought he had iouna. But Columbua plana went wrong. He was ao tired from long watches wane uie santa Maria cruised the laland channels that he retired to his cabin for a nap. While he was sleeping, the next in command also aecwea to take a rest and went be-iJow. The helmsman, as tired as the .others, decided that he deserved a ,Ten as much as they and turned the tiller over to a cabin boy. ! Abandon Ship. The worst happened. Within (few minutes the Santa Maria was ast on a reef. The rolling surfi the ship higher and higher, upon the reef and opened her seams. Boon she fell over on her side and toe water poured Into her hull. Co- -j tambua and the crew were forced to tek refuge on his other ship, the.l Kma. Early next mnmin rM,,v... tnt word of the wreck to Chief Ctaacanagari Promptly the chief a m . ant - k "icooagc to JOIUmDUS 8S3UT- mg him that he would give him all assistance d According to legend, though, holly originally was used as an in. strument of cruelty. The crown of thoma which Christ wore was fashioned from holly. Prior to the PiM. fixion the plant bore white berries out arter the Crucifixion the berries turned a bloody crimson. Mistletoe, a close associate of holly, Is said to have been the wood from which Christ's cross was made. One of the most beautiful legends oven around Christmas flowers riim starcrowned story JAs theoi wonderful, uinstmas moves once 0 ' ff more through our Hvp. triprp i no "HO lv n who is not conscious of the jjy, mexpressible aivinity of the season It is a time to be gen-erous a tme eep happiness, a time tor neighborliness and good will towards alL 2 fr " fc Cnrisfmas HOWARDS wa trust he will leavs 4 possiDie. ! When Santo sneaks to, 9 The noble chieftain was better than his word. He assembled a treat flotilla of canoes and des- Kii.uea mem xo trie Santa Maria to bring an Its valuables ashore. Amid ttt cargo the natives saw many " maae tneir eyes wide with envy. Yet so strong open was then- - friendship for the white men nd so careful Ouacanagari's that not a single article wm stolen. !,'"-Christinas Banquet After the last article had been "ought ashore, Guacanagarl had mother plan. His guests had missed Christmas, but there was no reason why Columbus and the men should not enjoy the finest banquet he and bis followers could provide, t There was game from the woods, lobster and fish from the sea; and all aorta of tropical fruits and m . A thnnaant -- uancea . vuiumgur nonor uauvea feast-taafter the g and the climax of the ceremonies came when the chief out a coronet of gold and brought placed ft wuiumoua- - neao. There were 01 ow the crew. . r. thriving on the mountain! of Danon in the Holy Land. Because of Its symmetrical leaves. bay has been used for throughout the ages. The Greeks used it on their coins and the Ro mans, too, favored it as a beautiful showjiece. Today bay shrubbery graces xne entrances to manv Amm ican nomes at yuletide. Cedar, which furnishes Christmas, likewise existed in Le banon. The DeODle Of Lebanon re. a Radio sack brimful of all G DRY CLEAING and LAUNDRY Appliance Phone American Fork 340-- W good things for you. 1 ' vege-table- Peterson Implement s. If i It's, good to have a slogan but a it is better to perform. As me Spirit of Christmas unfolds itself over the countryside, we add our and best greetings wishes of the seasoa llVIff iS WE is HOPE-YOU- i 1948 Wishing you the S I merriest Christ A Christmas of joy and content-- . ment; of peace, good cheer and mas possible. happiness-t- hat HOLIDAY OVERFLOWS That means you, WITH YULETIDE you si ...and "M A Ap for iyus is our wish and yours this Yuleu'dc season. you! WW i HAPPINESS. LEHI AUTOCUNICs 5'a LARSEN BROS. GROCERY Rl TAT El AN 1 |