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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER CLASSIFIED Christmas In Many Lands Early Christians did not celebrate the birthday of Christ It was not uDtil the fourth century that December 25 came to be accepted as the presumed anniversary of the great event In that year Pope Gregory V set this day officially. His intention was partly to absorb the old pagan festival of the returning sun (the winter solstice on December 22) in a Christian feast A number of pagan celebrations were overlapped in this manner during the first centuries of Christianity. It is for this reason that the remnants of ancient rites and customs have become inter--1 mingled with genuine Christian prac- tices and symbolism. The Yule rites of the Scandinavian, Germanic and British nations blended with the new Christian holy day in northern Europe. In Italy, France, Spain and other nations descended from Roman colonies, the rowdy festival spirit and customs of pagan Rome hung on to some extent, and merged with the observation of Christmas. In the main, however, the birth of Christ was a religious holiday joyous, but restrained in mood, in the early centuries of the Christian era. Gradually, however, in the Middle ages, the feast became more robust, as peasants and lords made merry in the baronial halls. Nativity Plays. On the other hand, the Nativity plays were purely Christian in origin having arisen spontaneously in many parts of Europe in the early Middle ages. In one form or another they have been enacted all over the world, with additions and embellishments. There are puppet versions, elaborate pageants, music scores, all treating of the birth of Christ. In Spanish countries the Posadas is the n'ame given to a combination procession and party with religious overtones, that covers the nine days preceding Christmas itself. The Polish Christmas play is an intermingling of the Nativity story with elements of Polish history and legend. The Santa Claus tradition represents the combining of a number of widely differing relics of old supersti- tion and beliefs. The northern Europeans J. in pre - Christian .,i times believed in a j spirit of woods and fields who had to be placated now and then, or he would ruin the harvests. This being was known in Norway as the Nisse, and by various names in other Scandinavian countries. It is still a custom in rural regions for children to set out porridge and beer on Christmas eve to please the Nisse. In Britain the character known as Father Christmas is supposed to be a Christian version of this ancient spirit of the fields. The Dutch Sinter Klass, or St Nicholas, is still recognizable as the good bishop of Myra in Dutch plays, but he too is being absorbed in the more popular d version of Santa Claus, the fat little man with the big bag of presents. This idea of Santa Claus is a south German interpretation. In other parts of Germany the dispenser of gifts is Dame Bertha. The custom of hanging up stockings comes from Italy. Switzerland has developed the custom of parading from house to house and singing carols in a picturesque way. Costumes are re- department INSTRUCTION Broadway Stardust'. MISCELLANEOUS The fountain pen firm which inpen soon troduced the under-wate- r WE BUT AND SELL Office Furniture, Files, Typewriters, Ad perwill bring out an under-wate- r Safes. Cash Registers. Machines. tag SALT LAKE DESK EXCHANGE fume so you will smell sweet while Salt Lake City Utah 15 West Broadway since swimming. Greatest invention soap. . . . Bess Myerson (Miss America of 1945) is organizing a band. They will follow Tex Benekes crew at the 400 in January. Buy U. S. Savings Bonds! . . . 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In front of them are members of the German defense council. Mackensen was commander of the Nazi 11th army and Meltzer, occupation chief in Rome. The trial is being conducted at Rome. mm Cure of alcoholism isnt as simple as the movies make out. Many such sanitariums around Hwood now charge as high as $100 daily. . . For a little number called Mother Wore Tights, Betty Gra-bl- e wears mink tights mink, not pink. . . . Realty experts are amused at the 10 per cent raise (the newspapers are giving them) when rent controls die they expect the average tilt to be at least 20. May go as tall as 60. . . . D. Smart, the mag publisher, will offer Elliott Roosevelt when $20,000 for a good interview he returns from Moscow. Elliott is cleaning up a mint, mainly because he became good copy following all those press attacks on him for over a year. . . . Street Scene: Secy of State Byrnes saving a woman from being hit by a bus at 50th and Madison. The other night in the House of Dixon the swellodic Joe Mooney quartet started playing its humorous arrangement of Just Gigolo. ... A pleasant-look-ln- g ... ... mountains, ... contest between the ancient "abacalculating cus, operated by a Japanese, and the latest present-da- y e machine, staged at Ernie Pyle theatre, Tokyo, proved the machine the fastest. The abacus averaged about 30 seconds faster on all problems. Left panel pictures Pvt. Thomas N. Wood, Dear-inMo., as he operates calculator, while on the right is shown Kiyoshi Matsuzaki working his abacus. ANCIENT MACHINE WINS A old-tim- g, CHRISTMAS IN ARIZONA . . . Decorating giant Sahuaro cacti in the famed Valley of the Sun, these cowgirls make the cacti do Christmas tree duty. PRACTICE . . . These four University of Washington snowHuskies work out their blocking practice by pushing this huge ball down the football field. It was the first time in many years that Huskies snow covered the Seattle field during the football season. 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A small layer of hay is spread under the table cloth to show humility for' Christs birth in a stable. So every country and every district often has its own special ways of keeping Christmas. The United States, being composed of people from everywhere, has received customs from every people, and has adopted those it liked, and altered them to fit the American style. So it has been with Santa Claus, the Christmas tree, holly and mistletoe, the Christmas plays and carols, the luscious menus everything has been gladly taken over, with thanks to the many nations and peoples that have bequeathed them to us. Blanche Midtown Vignette: Yurka, a fine actress, got her first stage assignment in ages recently, and therein lies this paragraph. . . . Blanche wearied of playing frowzy character roles in the films and returned to Broadway open to offers. . . . None came until Eve Wygod (owner of a beauty parlor) persuaded La Yurka to let herself So wot? be glamourized. . . . 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