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Show f 1 1 "' 1 i -im-n mmmm l i..i..)i,ljl.jJWift,u,l,i, ,,. ,, . 1 4 : I - I ' " I ! t . r fr ' ' t: i 5 ' ' ' ' ' . M. 1 ' y -., I ' " ' ' V. I ' -k" ,i f i Margaret Oler, home economist and home energy advisor ad-visor for Utah Power and Light Company gave Panguitch senior citizens a demonstration of "San- Panguitch Senior Citizens and guests were treated to Christmas in October even before Halloween or Thanksgiving arrive on the scene. On Friday, Oct. 3 at the noon meal in the seniors center in Panguitch, Margaret Oler gave a pre-Christmas pre-Christmas presentation. She is the home energy advisor for the Talluride Division from the Richfield Rich-field Utah Power and Light Office. Her presentation was called "Santa The Legend." She brought a variety of displays including six different Santas, trees, wreaths, baskets, and various musical instruments. in-struments. Oler pointed out at the beginning of her presentation that as families grow and members get older, planning for Christmas must of necessity grow more complicated and costly as families age and increase in-crease members in number. Noting that all children become "angels" at Christmastime, Oler pointed out that the name Kris Kringle meant Christ Child, and was a product of Pennsylvania Dutch thinking. Her Santas take many forms, she said, from St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra who was a kindly and generous man to a man called Black Peter who worked for St. Nicholas and who was the devil himself according ac-cording to the folklore of the times. Santa in his progression to the present day Santa was at one time known as Father Ice who had the ability to turn recalcitrant children into blocks of ice. A medieval Santa brought the belief that he could fly because he was part of a legend that included Odin the Norse god with the long ta The Legend", explaining the many kinds of Santas that have come down through history. Annual exhibit provided other tips for making Christmas gifts. ! 'Christmas in October' Program Given Seniors white hair who rode a horse through the sky. Since Santas had white hair, the ability for him to fly went unquestioned. A Victorian Father Christmas came on the scene in England and combined the attributes of St. Nicholas, the Roman god Saturn (who brought food, wine, and good fortune), and the Norse god Odin with his skybound chariot. Santa went through a phase of being a leather clad frontiersman and a stars-and-stripes-clad civil war Santa acceptable on both sides. In 1822, Clement Moore wrote the world famous," T'was the Night Before Christmas...". It wasn't until 1863 that President Abraham Lincoln Lin-coln commissioned Thomas Nast to create an American Santa Claus, his caricature of "a fat jolly old elf, that I laughed when I saw him in spite of myself...". She said that Santas have been used to sell every kind of merchandise mer-chandise in the world, that we have all become jaded with the commercialism com-mercialism of what once was a truly happy simple gift giving time and a time to honor the birth of the Christ Child. Oler said that the wreath on Santa's head symbolized the thorns on Jesus' head as he was being led to ; Calvary. She said it also meant "no j beginning and no end." Several facts that were pointed out was that the cost of each kilowatt j hour of electricity has gone up only j two and one-half times since 1946. i She said that only the use of so many ' more appliances make it seem as ; though the cost of power has skyrocketed, she said that in 1946 the average home had a washer, refrigerator, radio, vacuum, lights, ' and sometimes an electric stove. In 1986 almost every household J has between 70 and 100 plug-in appliances. ap-pliances. Among these are many I more and brighter lights, I microwave ovens, two or more TVs, often color, VCRs, heaters, stoves, j extra refrigerators and freezers, j periodically used power tools, musical instruments, his and hers hair dryers, electric razors, electric skillets, and many more. In contrast j she said, the cost of automobiles has 1 gone up eight times, hamburger meat six times, doctors five to eight times and hospitals more than 30 times. She also said that teenagers are the biggest users of electricity in the home. -.y , |
