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Show Pags Four CHRISTMAS. GREETINGS EDITION serve the "old clock" on New Years Eve by placing a black box surrounded by lighted candles on Old Clock As the living room table. A small clock is placed on top of this casYear Dows Out ket. The clock lays in state until midnight, then it is stopped, placTo observe the death of the old ed in the casket and buried in the year, many Mexican families ob garden. FOR A BRIGHT AND MERRY CHRISTMAS GO OUT TO ALL OF YOU. Olivefo Furniture & Hardware Co. 48 E. Main St RANGE FROM SANTA Happened on 1792 la America 'on Christmas Eve, there la a merry tinkle of alelgh hells as Santa Claus drives up in a sleigh drawn by eight reindeer. He drives from roof to roof, pausing just long enough to climb down each chimney. From a huge pack on bis back be fills the childrens stockings with toys and goodies. Gifts that are too large to be stuffed in the stockings are put on the Chrlstmaa tree or stacked the Union. 1801 Thursday, Decern... 22 SUM-ADVOCA- NEW YEARS DAY TO KNIGHT RUPPERT Underneath OUR SINCEREST WISHES OF GIFTS BRINGERS f.lsxiccns Bury tbs THE ed Buffalo N. Y. Orleans. 1815 General Jackson repelled 1913 Parcel 1814 American dragoons atwhen attacked New seizBritish they had who tacked the Britisji augurated. Britain. -- admitted to Kentucky Union of Ireland with MGIMS It This la Christmas In America but It is not always Santa who brings the gifts to children In other lands. children anxiously The Dutch await the arrival on Christmas of St Nicholas. He was the bishop of Myra, so he is dressed in the traditional bishops robes of black, wears a mitre, and carries a crozier. He rides a white horse and is accompanied by Black Peter, his page boy. Instead of hanging up their stockings to hold the gifts, the Dutch children place their wooden shoes in the chimney comer before going to bed. On the window sills they leave a bunch of hay for Slelpner," the bishops white horse. It is customary for St Nicho las to overturn chairs and leave the room in general confusion for Christmas morning. English children wait for a Santa Claus who closely resembles our own. They also find gifts tied to a green Christmas tree, but this cub tom has been in effect only since Queen Victoria was a young bride, She married Albert a German prince, and it was he who introduced this Christmas custom to England from Germany. ! It Is an angel who leaves the gifts in Czechoslovakia. She d&soends on a golden chord to accompany Santa. In Scandinavia gifts are distrib uted during the supper hour. They are brought by dwarfs and the children leave bowW of porridge on the doorstep for them. Santa comes riding on a goat instead of a rein' deer. ' The birds receive the largest number of gifts in Sweden. Each family places a sheaf of grain on a pole or on the fence posts for jthe birds Christmas dinner. children place their Spanish straw-fillesleeves on the window j sills so the Magi may feed their jhorses while they leave gifts. The older people fill an Urn of Fate from which the gifts are drawn on Christmas Day. Knight Ruppert, who is tbe German Kris Kringle, is repre-- I aented by a young girl wearing a golden crown and gowned in a flowing white robe. She car--i ries a small tree laden with gifts which she distributes. The children of Switzerland have 'their gifts brought to them by a radiant angel who rides in a sleigh drawn by six reindeer. She brings them goodies to eat as well as toys. And in Poland, at least before the Communists came in, the people 'called at the parish housa on Christmas morning where the priest presented them with "peace wafers, which symbolized peace bn earth, good will to men. The7 people exchanged Christmas wishes as the wafers were broken- and eaten before returning home. As Americans observe this Christmas in the comfort and luxury of modern civilization, who among them will pause for a thought of how their forebears kept the holy J 949 We wish you well this j M season.. A. H. DRAPER Accountant Silvagni Bldg. Rooms 9-1- From the Folks 0 Royal Baking Co. -, Price at the PRICE d ; ( j that 6.htidtmad vetg act Id with ui again ought to . i hting jog enough , hut we : want to gild the lllg hg wlihing evetgone a wondetul May this message of thankful appreciation for your goodwill come to you at a time when you too are enjoying the pleasant memories of friendships that: have lasted through long loyal years. j holidag. ' j j Price Lumber & wXvX T2S - o Price - Utah . season? An example of Christmas of the past in America is provided in a study of the history of the old village of Kaskaskia, first capital of Illinois, where the pioneers, braved the rigors of a new and unsettled world. Hardware Co. I Despite the hardships and discomfort which prevailed in the days of the early settlers of this land, there was hardly a cabin so humble but what its occupants found some way to keep Christmas. Price, Utah m 7 fMwa .A rju p 1 tvfi rj p Fv A- V - ,(A W' ' ' BETTER FOODS BUTTER : . ' ' , EGGS o , CHEESE . DISTRIBUTORS BORDEN'S ' ' ; . i .. OF FINE CHEESES AND DURKEE'S FAMOUS FOODS t t k i . P5: Q kv V: |
