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Show mm .v a w , . ft. - h UH ) .i f'Vir 'i: .' '.yv."' - B - THE CITIZEN, Lewfctaa, Utah December M, 'j INI HOLIDAY STAINS NEED ATTENTION CARD Removing Christmas Wains from fabrics such as Ink, candle wax, flue or choco late-ca- lls for prompt action Carbon tetrachloride Is best to remove ballpoint Ink. Soak garment In warm soap or detergent suds. wash and rinse 'JX mm bVrii JaSSjfiffW' wl l add to the ound 1 launder in. your list. Scrape excess candle wax off garment with a .tabe knife. Place stained spot between white blotters and press with hot Iron.' Then iub gently with turpentine and wash In warm suds. FOr g uo stain, soak fabric In warm suds until dissolved; launder In fresh warm suds. For chocolate or cocoa stain, wash In hot suds. Treat' remaining stain with solution of household bleach or hydrogen peroxide and launder again in hot suds. 1 YULET1DE BLESSINGS TO ONE AND ALL FROM THE WHITES OF UhiiaY Dufldm Supply ....... . .'v v; - - , r SECOND held them . 'V V ; r' I t k k J i in experton r ma some-deco- r cards spent another $80 million to mall them. HRIENDS ora aouLli precious ot this oocroJ season ' REHIsARSdL Members of the Clair HoOtagsworthi First grade class rehearse for toe annual Lewiston Grade schools Christmas proffam which was presented re-cenQy. The Citizen Photo Sainis in... fetf MU 7 " 'If USE Broken Christmas tree decorations can stm bo useful Cut cardboard Into s t ar- shapes and apply fresh, white shellac. Whie me SmJIi-- if Volume of kitchen, when the thing ese, today, too. Last enamel Is dry label each Jar In huge, easy-to-rea- d letters yetr Americans spent an after. Such tlmated $150 million on Christ- - , J 1875. aetajhat material, use a wd The few pennies we pay for today's Christmas card Is much less than the price for Smin In dear water.' If discoloration remains on white or b'eachfast STORY Strtcd Hany J s erlcan poem The Night fore Christmas. to stace the 4th ren-many preaching Christianity. Eve He came upon a gram of tury. The original St Nlcb--a around Turkish Bishop, a (das waa tree to offer human noted for Ms works of charsacrifice to their pagan gods. ity, who became the patron According to legend, Saint saint of children. Winifred hewed down the oak Martin Luther later substiand a tall fir appeared In its tuted die Christ Child or The miracle was hailed Christkindlein for St. NichoSaco. wide and from that las a sthe bearer of gifts In day on, it became the custom Germany. Later a German for the German famTies to colony led by William Penn gather about a tan evergreen sett'ed in Pennsylvania, and on Christmas Eve. y again Santa changed hie Martin Luther decorated name. The settlers had the first tree In the Uto cen- brought Christklndleln with but somehow it got tury. He placed candles on a them, small evergreen to symbolize transformed Into Kris Krin-flthe stars. Carolling started in the 13th The Dutch may have nickSanta mtury In Italy. St Francis named St Nicholas of Assisi encouraged villages CUos for short but his Imto display the nativity scene age as a fat little man with and act out the Christmas may cheeks and white beard story in. passion plays. Later comes from the famous Am carols wm composed to along with the play and custom of Mntig through CHRI8TMAS GIFT GIVING STRICTLY AMERICAN the streets got started. IDEA One of the most beautiful . Exchanging gifts on Christcustoms involving carolling la basically an Amis still observed In Austria ev- mas Day tradition. erican ery Christmas Eve. Beginn- "Many Europeans exchange ing with the family living the glfts on Now Years Day Instead. Christmas is strictly a religious day In most parti of Europe and is not celebrated with gaily, visiting and The gift-- giving cuftom dates back to the time of the Roman Emperors from 27 B.C. to 963 A. D. It was customary to send a gift to the Emperor at the tart of the new year to wish him good fortune first, the gift s to be a branch of bay or which the whole popu-Eilmfelt obliged to send. But, in time, the gifts became more elaborate and costy to win the Emperors favor. Later, the Romans began giving each other presents, and sending special greetings to friends ana relatives. Frof the Romans the custom spread to Europe. The ancient Ghlnese-..alcelebrated the New Year by exchanging gifts, and they are responsible for introducing two Christmas decorating e. . g. . v.- Bo- - - m. Santa recreated die Atlantic (Elfriatmas a- from the United States and became knoWn as Father 'Christmas in England and m France. Tern -- KIVIS0H DOUG OF RICHMOND naDhchmbelllto - gift-givin- most sincerely o very Christmas Customs evergreen farthest from the ' village tree. Carolling through the church, torcMiearing caroP. tmts ChiMma, the vTUge. At h11' Hanging stockings on t h ! toe prasesrion la Jotaedby ati fireplace mantel Hbw did the Inhabitants. Eventually these and ofherold Christ-ma- the entire village Is part os customs get startedT tlw .proyaalcn as it arrives The Christmas tree dates M lh. chych rtqy. back to the ninth century and Saint Nicholas has been Saint Winifred who was tra- tearing Jgifts. for good Utte velling around Northern Ger- boys and gWs on Christmas onJ so to our fritnJs at til's lioliJay lime wo wisL have been the first ,toddngs on the flrepKS rnanteL One story says it gtrted when St Nicholas came upon a poor man who couldn't afford a dowry for hie daughters. Noticing a stocking hung up near the Fre to dry, Saint Nicholas slipped some gold pieces Into it In some countries, Italy tor examp'e, the children put out their shoes instead of stockings. One of the more modern Christmas customs is sending Christmas greetings eagh year. In a little over a century they first got started hi England in IMS this vdy mw custom haa well estaUphgt In that yeahsir Henry Cole conumsskmed an artist named John Horsley to design a Christmas motive" for Mia became he was too tfcisy to write to bis Christmas. then, the sending of cards hks become versa1, although in lomA countries, greetings Are aenftfor the New Year, of Christmas. This ye ax, more than 3Mt Mllion Christmas cards will bo mailed In the United States alone, said Rust Craft Greeting Cards. This la an average of- - approximately! per person, CLASH'S GA1IAGE LEWISTON, UTAH cards -- so and Incor-- wte a special symbolism 9 their wrapped packages. Moot gifts were wrapped m red 'ana decorated with grid-lea- f seris. The seal might represent the Fu Doug mean-ettodie fir tree, long life1, or the n, which . meant ana humy Ufin occasion biggest giftgiving of the year. In .the United t Stjitu. accounting for fl ri ttut gifts an average faihlly bpys each year. This year, according to Hint Graft Greeting Cards, tneuvenge American family wlU buy JO gifts avenging ftLOO each, or a total per-dth- . af A staggering 16 billion la au, wlu be exchanged on Christmas monting sapl the company. Stftoj Themeaof gift v came to 'the undid Ml n M V QQ HDBBDMK II t ,May the joyous warmth of the season rest, with you always FROM RAY BRIGHT Mr isaJ upon arrived Now . York gtatiozam mas Una, so ridhir thia them - to idoN; be decided to oil thni fdr pm wripniagi, ' . DAB B DQJLIABDS H, |