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Show f Tuesday, December 25, fare Three THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE 1956 Christmas In Far Away Lands England On Christmas Eve the yule log is brought inside and placed in the big fireplace. According to custom, each person in the family must sit upon the log and salute it before it is lighted to assure good luck for the on Christmas Eve, the little children of Holland stuff their clean wooden shoes with hay and carrots and place them on the window sills. A dish of water is set alongside them. The children are up early on' Christmas morning to see what St. Nick has left them, and they are always pleasantly surprised to see that St. Nick has rplaced the hay and carrots with small gifts, toys and many other surprises. church on Christmas morning, groups of men grotesquely dressed are seen parading and sing'ng frpm house to house. In the afternopn there are family gatherings when friends visit each other and there is skating on the After dikes. - j The price of greatness is re- sponsibility. Self-lov- e solid body. is more opaque than a household in the new year. Religious services predominate in the English Christmas celebrations. Processions of carolers gather under the lofty arches of great cathedrals at midnight on Christmas Eve to sing the old and cherished hymns and carols. Christmas mummers are today enacting the same traditional plays which have been presented for the past several hundred years. Many of these plays, purely regional in character, bespeak Norman, Saxon, Viking and ancient British origins. Some gifts come in big packages And other gifts are small , But some of the very nicest are Things you can't see at all . Good health , good cheer and Friendship are the richest Mexico A week before Christmas, street d relivendors display in their booths and gious figures stalls, and tapestries of religious design are used as banners. Shepherds, following an old tradition, dress in grotesque clothes and go dancing and singing from house to house. A pretty custom of this country is the game of the pinata in which the children find great joy. The pinata is an elaborate and colorful earthenware bowl resembling a face or an animal, filled with fresh fruits, peanuts, candy and good luck charms. When all is ready, the children gather around in a circle and one after another is blindfolded and has his turn at breaking the pinata is finally broken then the scramble begins, and each child can keep whatever he manages to find. hand-carve- UNITED MOTORS UTAH PRICE treasure . We hope you have them , every one , For your Christmas pleasure . SUNNIE Holland to provide food and r In order der for St. Nicks good white horse wa- PRICE STUDIO UTAH CARBOtJ MEDICAL GRILL UTAH PERMANENT! HOSPITAL - DRAGERTON ' f ' ' UTAH CAFE PRICE, UTAH DANIEL UM J xs |