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Show r - ; V mu;f-:m- Tuesday December 24 1957 iiihu M-- : Christmas Time And numerous indeed are the hearts to which Christmas brings a brief season of happiness and enjoyment How many families whose members have , been dis-pnand acatttred far and wide, in the restless struggle of life, are .then reunited, and meet once in that happy state of companionship and mutual good-wil- l, which is a source of such pure and unalloyed aelight,and'onf so incompatible with the cares and sorrows of the world, that the religious belief or the moat civilized nations, and the rude traditions of the roughest savages, alike number it among the first days of a ffiture state of existence, provided for the beast and happy! How many old recollections and how many dormant sympathies mas-tim- e awakens! Charles Dickens. ed in The twelve days of Christmas," embracing the period between Christmas Ev December 24 th, and Epiphaay, or Twelfth Night, January 6th, is known as Christmas-tid- e. Great aa the feast of Christmas is, nothing can be traced as to it origin: nobody knows who , first celebrated it, or or where, or how. We find that various communities of Christians kept the day on different dates, until about the middel of the fourth century when Pope Julius wl-n- Esam c2Acnm:t seivie established the festival at Rome, on' December 23th. utah FIA-CIIL- E DRESS PRICE SHOP UTAH 1957 Hove a happy Christmas on you will remmbr in days to coma. i A???1 - 7 ' X , ' m w ' ? ' I J 5 v J t ? ' w J Y trg f f.f C?: ARDEN MEADOW GOLD PRODUCTS j Price - f,. Utah |