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Show THE PAYSON Payson, Utah CHRONICLE 84651 - CHRISTMAS ISSUE Thursday, December 25, 1969 Cards Express Sentiments Merry, Friendly, Reverent Friendly, merry, reverent, Christmas sentigrateful ments find expression in greeting cards at the holiday season. Just when the sending of greeting cards first began is a question that may never be settled, especially since it is always possible that early examples of printed Christmas greetings are waiting to be found among private books and papers. card is The considered by many to be the first published Christmas card. It was designed in Britain in 1843 by John Calcott Horsley, a artist of the period, for Sir Henry Cole, director of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Cole-Horsl- well-kno- ey The card bears the A Merry greeting, Christmas and a Happy New Year to You. It shows a Joyous family seated at Christmas dinner. A copy of the card, discovered in England in recent years by a representative of Hallmark, is now part of the Hallmark Historic Collection, housed at the greeting card companys headquarters In Kansas City, Mo. Louis Prang of Boston, an lithographer, published the best known early Christmas greetings in the U. S. He conducted art and now-univer- art-lovi- ng literary competitions for greeting card material, and published cards of outstandingly high quality. CHRISTMAS SEASON ... 61- - MAT PAGE 26 THE MIGHT CHRIST WAS HORN has been commemorated 1 artists throughout the ages. One of the first to shoa the Christ Child in a humble manger seehe was Renaissance Painter Bemrjino Luini, whose painting, Adoration of the Christ Child, is reproduced above. With the Holy Family is a shepherd, and in the background other shepherds are shown with their flocks, us the angels bring glad tidings of the birth of Christ. The painting, front the Samuel H. Kress Collection, is now ut the Isauc Delgado Museum of Art in Mew Orleans, La. , , , thanks to the support of friends old and new, everyday business is a special pleasure. Best wishes for the holiday season. Tischners Ford Sales & Service Marzipan Has Sweet Story kf It Vi our pleasure at this joyous time to wish all our friends and neighbors U is a S' ill very happy Holiday Season. Sweet is the history of marzipan, a confection that is usually thought of hs a Christmas being candy. Today, it made with the same kind of ingredients as those used hundreds of years ago. It consists of freshly ground almonds made into a paste, whole eggs or whites of eggs, sugar, syrup and flavoring. Sometimes honey is added. There are many legends concerning the word, marzipan, says the Candy, Chocolate and institute. Confectionery ' One old tale attributes it to the bread eaten by St. Mark in Marci panis, the desert the bread of Marcus. is-sti- Records show that Bartolo-m- e Scappi, secret cook to Pope Pius V, made marzipan with the ingredients now found in modern recipes for the candy. Sprina Lake Grocery & Service Here's wishing you a bright and merry Christmas and a Yuletide season sparUing with good cheer. Mecham Trailer Court Santaquin, Utah |