Once A Tear 8o that those who bring you THE MIR ROR may have an opportunity to ob serve Christmas, we will not publish an edition next Friday. All of us wish you a happy and meaning ful Yuletide, and a New Year filled with dreams come true. SIfnt-QIraopn filmutfif Th» NEW BERN I PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE HEART OP Rofional Li'-rary 4oo Johnson St, How Horn IlC I VOLUME 16 NEW BERN, N. C. 28560, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1973 J NUMBER 40 “A Chance to Test Santa Claus’s Generosity,” by Thomas Nast. From Harper^s Weekly, Dec. 30,1876.