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\f3riny er.\ ?f s l^umje ^Sfi/i ta ^7o _ J\ni(jh / /viyyjtr/ In America on Christmas Eve, thee is a merry tinkle of sleigh bells 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 his back he .fills the chil- j dren's stockings with toys and i goodies.. Gifts that arc too large to,! be stuffed in the stockings are put ?on the Christmas tree or stacked ! underneath it. This is Christmas in America i ? but St is .not always Santa who brings the gifts to children in other lands; The Dutch childien anxiously await the arrival on Christmas of St. Nicholas. He was the bishop of Myra,* so he is dressed in the tradi tional bishop's robes of black, -w^ars a ' mitre, and carries a. crozi.er. ' He rides a white horse and i> ac- ! companied by Black Peter, his , page boy. Instead of hanging up their stockings to hold the gifts, the , Dutch children place their wooden j shoes in the chimney corner before going to bed. On the window sills I they leave a bunch of hay for ! "Sleipner," the bishop's white : l\orse. 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 I own. They also find gifts tied to a ! green Christmas tree, but this cus- ! torn has been in effect only since Queen Victoria was a young biide. ?She married Albert, a German prince, and it was he who intro duced this Christmas custom to 'England from Germany. It is an angel who leaves the gifts In Ciechoslovakla. She de i scends on a golden chord to | accompany Santa. In Scandinavia gifts are distrib uted during the supper hour. They are brought by dwarfs and the chil dren leave bowls of porridge on the doorstep for them. Santa comes riding on a goat instead of a rein deer. The birda recei\p the largest number of gifts In Sweden. Each family places a sheaf of grain on a pole or on the fence posts for the birds' Christmas dinner. Spanish children place their atraw-filled sleeve a on the window sills so the Magi may feed their horses while they leave gifts. The ' - 'Older- people till an Ura ol Fate from which the gifts are drawn an Christmas Day. Knight Ruppert, who H flu ' German Kris Krtngle, is repre sented by a young girl wearing ! ? eolden crown and gowned in [ a flowing white robe. She car | ries a intal tree Is don wi?h gifts whleh sho distributes. The children of Switzerland have their gifts brought to them by a radiant angel *vho .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 . M called at the parish house on Christmas morning where the priest presented them with "peace wafers," which symbolized peace on earth, good will to men. The . people exchanged Christmas wishes as the wafers were broken and eat en 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 season? An example of Christmas of the past in America is provided in a study of the history of the old vil lage of Kaskaskia, first capital of Illinois* where the pioneers braved the r?gov& of a new and unsettled world. Despite the hardships and dis comfort 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. OLD. MUD STORY . . . If teacLer . (ttrntion ?s . she . lactates three RV, v v she'd have a room rail of gestoses. flSc- -'I'TMwp sgeless Cleanest: V Mem classic ? Twsa the Night ' I t??Wr? _* 1 I ||}sj All-Stars Add Hart, Sitko For Saturday i __ v'x " i Two AH- American football play ers from the nation's top ranking 1949 team kre scheduled to play r with the College All-St%Ts against, the Charlotte Clippers in Charlotte Memorial Stadium Saturday after- ; noon. Leon Hart, mighty end who ylsoi doubles in a ball-carrying roie from his flank position and from the, full back slot, and Emil Sitko, fullback, are to j?in the All-Stars for the classic it was announced Thursday. . The College team, coached by Wake Forest's, Peahead Walker and South Carolina's Rex Enrighl, will be gunning to take the "tubber" game of tht series with a formida ble array ol talent, mostly from southern college teams. The profes sional Clippers took Vast year's thril ler 30 to 21 to knot the tally after the 1947 All-Stars downed the pros 21-13 for their first loss in 13 consec utive games, ' ? . Lpd; by Little Ail- America Casey Jones, the Clippers came from be hind a 21 to 6 deficit late in ? ':?? third quarter to down a tale:..-?<! team of University of Georgia ? ? iors 29-21 last Sunday. Addition of Hart, winner of ? Heisman trophy as the playe'r-of r year in the nation, and Sitko to : ? All-Star lineup ranks the Collegia as favorites in many quarters the ihird annual classic but follo\ ers of the Clippers are quick topoi out the remarkable record of t. i' C^arolinas I' i nc vharlo.ie i?Nun ran'.,* a>- ; >ssihly i>e iiidepi'nd.' ent professional team iu the oo.iri try. l?ame time S;v;un)<?\ us V i. m? and a croW'tl >i ov?v ' ? KM) , ptilfll Mo.v.ihan tfu?v 1-nu iJts ot ;H* <i.i* limit's f trimv? are now m fai "i4r vOi <S"! a;u) f irmed tiva uagett i i'on -?v.'.Vi .on ?)?> rictii. Christmas Specials! Ladies' $29.75 Watches Gents* Watches Christmas Single Strand Also available in 2 strand or 3-strand Ladies' BIRTHSTONE IDEAL GIFT! CREAM, SUGAR. 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