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PAGE SiX Don't Marry the Girl Day After Christmas If you believe the early monks, don't select the clay afler Christmas to Ret married, start a new job or put on that new suit. It's Chilrtermass day, commemorating the slaughter of the lloly Innocents by Herod, and in the early days was considered an occasion of the greatest ill-omen. Children, according to legend, were soundly whipped Childermass day to impress on their minds the story of the baby martyrs. So intense was the fear of this unfortunate festival that the coronation of England's King Edward IV was postponed in order to avoid the fatal date. White House Maintains Traditions 130 Years Ohi WASHINGTON - Santa Clau: makes his 139th visit to the Whiii House this Christmas, carrying on i tradition started December 25. 1800 when Kris Kringle called on litth Suzannah. granddaup'-.er of Fresi dent John Adams ' m Massachu setts. The White House in ,hose day: was in an unfinished state and th< great barnlike rootns were onli scantily furnished, providing a grea contrast to the beautifully appointer mansion of today. Yet the sami joyous spirit prevailed on tha Christmas morning, more than t century and a quarter ago, as thai found in the White House this Yule tide. From early years of our country, Presidents have set aside the heavy burden of state and made merry Christr.iiis with their familifg Christmas Tree Useful During Rest of Winter AMHERST. MASS.?In northern states where Christmas heralds the coming of cold winter weather. the tree that warms the living room December '23 is being put to work the balance of the winter outdoors According to Arnold M Davis, extension horticulturist at Massachusetts state college, Hi trees can make excellent "feeding -stations" for birds and offer then- cozy shelter on frost;; winter nights. Suet is often tied tc the branches The ireo is also used to protect clubbing pl.-.rCr. or thr branches con be ripped off and laid as a mulch over tow-growing 5 ljmti or bulbs. Northern beeK^spfrs fine the trccr handy as windbreaks. Utl YUUK CAR READY FOR WINTER We are now prepared io do first j class RADIATOR work. Brendall's Garage Depol Street Photic 114 2p BOONE. N. C. NEW RIVER DAIRY Grade A Pure Haw Milk TUBERCULOSIS ANI) BANGS DISEASE FREE CERTIFICATE NO. 773 Phone 130-J Boone Try BISMAREX for Acid Indigestion. Insist on Genuine Bismarex and refuse other so-called Antacid Powders recommenmended to be "just as good." Bismarex is sold in Watauga county only at BOONE DRUG CO. The REXALL Store CAROLINA PHARMACY DEPENDABLE DRUG SERVICE Phflnt 47 Boone, N. C. BOONE DRUG CO. , The REX ALL Store I RELIABLE / PRESCRIPTION t SERVICE G. K. MOOSE. Manager V How Other I Lands Mark Christmas I; A melting (nit of the icorld, Anteiico ; has created its Christmas trmillion\ from l countless customs brought across the sens 1 from fort-inn lands In these far-nuns ? places the Y uletidc symbols of bvn'?ne j . ones still endure Here are a few of them: f ENGLAND. Christmas to rural Englishmen means not only the observance oi j Christ's birth, but also a parting of ' the ways between the old year and : the new Preparations are started for the next year's farm work, which ! begins right after Christmas | Throughout the island such trap- i j pings as the holly and mistletoe re p i main undying traditions, nor is any , Christmas complete without the 3 Yule log burning On clear frosty ? nights the carol singers raise their 3 voices over the countryside To j ; many Englishmen's despair, such ? ^niprtmn r?ncln r-vi c- .It? ?K.-? rlirt ner are gaining a foothold. GERMANY: 5 ! Two years ago storm troopers in ? Berlin lit bonfires in the public | , squares as a revival of the pagan t custom of celebrating the winter ! solstice But this distraction will ; ! not stop the Christmas-loving Geri mans from decorating their trees in j every town and village, and joining I ir. the famed Christmas hymn, "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht." I ITALY: I Most Italian families celebrate : Christmas eve and spend the following day quietly in their homes Here it is a feast more for vgrown-upa than for children, whose merrymaking day comes 12 days later, on January 6. On Christmas eve families gather around the "ceppo" or Christmas log blazes. At nine p. m. L\ IT MA- Chit,In n ?,/ the hat- j iari .11/is at Ckriythtas 'I'imc, /irny- * ' r'jig hcjare a uny title thrine. begins the "cenone," or big supper, j at which no meat may be served 1 Gifts for children, which come on J Epiphany, are brought not by Santa l Claus but by an ugly witch whose j i name is "Befana."" | FRANCE: Exchange of gifts comes not on Christmas but mostly on New Year's day, which in France is the big family day for reunions of cousins, aunts and uncles. Santa Claus is "Pere Noel," who leaves his gifts in wooden shoes. Christmas eve is not spent at home but in revelry and feasting. BELGIUM: Neither Santa Claus nor Pere Noel visit children here?but St. Nicholas makes the rounds, surprisingly, on December 6! A quaint Belgian custom is the putting up the chimney of a few carrots for the little donkey on which St. Nicholas makes his .visits. RUSSIA: This anti-Christian nation forbids celebration of the Yuletide but no longer compels foreign residents to import their own Christmas trees. Making an about-face, the Soviet i government uses this emblem of | childhood for its New Year's celebrations when Dadia Mora*, or Tin j cle Frost, appears with gifts for ; ' good children. I J POLAND: This Christmas celebration lasts j until February 2 and is preceded ' by fasting which is not broken until ' the first star apears on Christmas 1 eve. In all homes the tablecloth is placed over a layer of fragrant hay j in commemoratifin of the manger. 1 HUNGARY: \ St. Nicholas leaves boxes of candy 1 for children early in December, aft- i er which the youngsters must be qn j I their good behavior. They write let- 1 [ ters to the angels, who, they be- 1 lieve, bring the presents. If they I find bits of tinsel on the floor, they J | claim this is angel's hair and proof ' that the angels are everywhere, ob- i serving which boys and girls are } good. t HOLY LAND: \ Where it all began nearly 20 cen- ; turies ago, worshipers reverently j hail each Christmas at the church of Nativity which is built over ' Christ's traditional birthplace. It has i remained unchanged more than , 1,500 years. There pilgrims gather < from all over the world to intone ' "Glory to the New-Born King." I WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVERY THU ypgie^iipf^p ft? * Sr Boone Drug Company' ?r :r. ?r. ^niioiiuas guts are mo; StC usual ... a thrilling ?\rr? for every person . . . youi the items in this ad . . . m our store. gj? LOVELY GIFT ST Something to please the mos Attractively packaged in ho MONOGRAMMED TO YOU ^ I " ^ P FOR HER: if TOILET SETS in all the le: *rj Cara Nome Yfi Cotv Hcubigant CTift * * * ? iviax r actor | BOONE ^ Phone 17 S H? SLf Gifts of Jewelry are "first ch 3jT holiday mood better than any m malSCB? !And hundreds of other items Walke ACROSS FROM THE POST RSDAY? BOONE. N C. s stocks of useful re complete than ly of lovely things / ng and old. Check / shop for more at tfasUdious tas,e FOR HIM: liday boxes . . . and R ORDER- * MEN1 SRTS Pinaud Coty ^ Monnen iding brands 98c and up Ricliard Hudnut These fnnious confcctio Pickwick makers in boxes gorget 18th Century at no extra cost to you. Colonial we will reserve your el % TT"~>k. "BT? IT T" ? ^>-Ni >~v . , URUb (JOfl The REXALL Store ' ?umts lhe4c ^pwJe&ni} ^ oice" for Christmas. They are quite naturally treas thing else you could give. Our gift selection is compl ?Watches ?Pens ?Penc ?Diamond Rings ?Shaving Sets ?Manicure Sets ?Necklaces ?Toilet Sets ?Lighters ?Books ?Leather Gooc ?Bibles ?Silverware which make ideal gifts. Prices range from the low r's Jewelry OFFICE BOC DECEMBER !4, 1339 | oil 1 fofetw/uit j m \" jfou, h/ttssf. Jy Williams j[S Military Sets "ffl Electric Shavers ji/fa t No Christmas V Would Be Complete Without jCT WHITMAN'S jj| CHOCOLATES & ns are here, fresh from the >usly decorated for Christmas ?.T?T "*= iviuivc* your selection now . . iciec?or send anywhere! i|* dPANY I Boone, N. C. CHRISTMAS M CARDS & An unusually fine as- *tS ?. sortment of Christmas r Greeting Cards, Holi- frK$ day Wrapping, Decorations, Tinsel, etc. ured longer and express the ?rjfy ete and priced for everybody Us $8 ./shop/ m \emmyf % 'est to the best goods made. {r?\* Store 9 )NE, NORTH CAROLINA
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