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THE DAILY TAR HEEL FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1953 t Satlp at eel Christmas hotos eafures Issue CHAPEL HILL, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1953 PACE FOUR and West B erlin Holiday Is A Lot Like Home -A most By CHUCK FLINNER (Daily Tr Httl Stjfftr Flin ntr pnt last Christmas in Ber lin. Btlow are tomt of the things h rtmembtrs about a cold holi day in a cold war city.) Christmas in West Berlin i nuch like Christmas throughout : - United States. The streets are gaily decorated rut well lighted for the holiday ! -t iv it ics. The department store fronts are decorated with Christ mas displays that range from Santa Claus to the twinkling stars in the sky. Even the smaller stores help spread good cheer with their dis plays on a slightly smaller scale. The children, of course, are the key. Their faces are painted with the expressions of awe, anticipa tion and merriment. Their red cheeks glow in the cold air as they are pulled from shop to shop by their parents who are making the same last minute purchases American parents find themselves making. A glimpse at a child standing before a shop window with a pen sive expression makes one think of American children who are also dreaming of wagons, bicycles, dolls and other toys. Perhaps Berliners are not as fortunate as Americans, but their Vr LOOK SOUTH . . . U'LL NEVER FIND LOOK NORTH, LOOK HIGH & LOV A MORE EXCITING OR MEMORABLE GIFT FOR THAT VERY SPECIAL SOMEONE THAN IN STEVENS -SHEPHERD'S U Maul V . I, A j..,, , r,. i . mom A -J r i r V C xv .1 ,W 7. L " - : 1 r 4 i . t Li . - f ' , j i . A TRULY FABULOUS ARRAY OF FINE GIFTS FOR MEN OF DISCRIMINATING TASTE PrinCo Gardner Key Cases, Billfolds & Secretaries 2.95 to 12.50 J V V-acuum Cleaner Flashlights 3.50 aV Monogramed Handkerchief Sets (box of 3) 3.00 ' iiJ:.,..i', t r u: J i oooc ooc Imported Leather Traveling Tie Cases . 4.95 Leather Trimmed, Hand Hammered Metl Flasks 3.95 to 5.95 Pint and Fifth Size Bottle Guards 3.25 and 5.50 Vl Visor Valets (Car Visor Carrvalls). 3.95 Plaid Outing Kit with Thermos 4.95 Instant Coffee Maker Kits 9.95 Fine, Umbrellas with Imported Handles 6.95 & 8.50 Imported Leather Men's Toiletry Kits 8.95 GIFT STOCKING HINTS "I Bet You Can't" Mugs 2.50 "Old Mountain Dew" Jugs 1.50 Etched Bourbon Decanters 2.00 "Dennis the Menace" & Other Party Napkins 1.00 fomhinatinn Cork Sernw an d Bar Tocl 1 CO Hi Assorted Bar Accessories 1.00 up Coaster Sets 1.00 up Weighted Copper Ash Trays 1.00 THESE AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER WONDERFUL GIFT SUGGESTIONS . . . PLUS . . . OUR NORMALLY OUTSTAND ING SELECTION OF MEN'S CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS AND ACCESSORIES. - OPEN FRIDAY EVENINGS TILL 9 P.M. - S3ERB'I? SHBPHBRD Christmas spirit is certainly not injured. One of the unusual cus toms of the city is the giving of Christmas gifts to the policemen. Here in America we may be apt to take that cop on the corner for granted, but iri Berlin he is well thought of at Christmas time. One may see a tiny Volkswagen or a tremendous bu pull near the policeman who helps the driver get to work through the heavy West Berlin traffic every morning. Down comes a window and out pops a friendly arm bearing a gift for the traffic director. It may hold up traffic but no one seems to mind near Christmas. In the evening the policeman who usually walks home to save a few marks must take a cab in order to handle all of his presents. Such is not the case on the other side of Brandenburg Gate. Some of the homes may have meteor Christmas decorations in their win dows and beautiful Christmas can dles are sold on the streets, but there is lacking the real holiday spirit of the streets. The streets are the same a:; any other day drab. East Berliners are Germans, yes, but under a different economic situation. There can be no lavish decorations, no expensive Christ mas dinners, no thoughtful gifts to policemen or women. 5 -, 4 J On Christmas comes quiet. Eve Berlin be- NOW 30"x40" Was $12.95 $9.95 40vx40" NOW Was $14.95 $H95 FOISTERS CAMERA STORE As a little snow drifts down, the traffic decreases, the shops are closed, the buses have fewer com muters, and the people leave the streets for their homes. Christmas day is also quiet ex cept for the heavy flow of people to and from their churches. There is some visiting, as in America, but Berlin is reasonably quiet. Christ mas night the people appear on the streets again. They come to Kurfurstendamm, the main street, and look proudly in the shop win dows. They know that things which appear in tnose windows irom Fords to food are not only for sale but can be bought by Ber liners themselves. They walk the festive streets gazing at the crowd, and being happy. But all in Berlin is not quite per fect. There is the refugee problem, the housing shortage, fear of com munism, and some vacant lots still piled with World War II rubble. Perhaps the most impressive Christmas display of all is indica tive of both what has been done and what remains to be done. High in the ruins of Kaiser-Wil-helm Kirche once a beautiful church in the heart of Berlin, stands a single lighted Christmas tree. It stands where once there were stained glass windows. It can be seen either from Kurfursten damm or from the other side of the Church where there wa;j for- merlywanaye. v y . Christmas in Berlin is memora ble. ; . : IB 1957 DODGE 4 dr. hd. top V8 Fully equipped, extra clean $2 095' 1957 PLY. 4 dr. automatic trans. Radio & heater $l895' 1954 FORD 4 dr. V.8 Customline A car you must see to appre ciateExtra, extra clean $895' 1 952 CHEV. 2 dr. A real good buy was $495.00-now $395 00 1954 WILLYS Station Wagon, Overdrive- 6 cyl.-Low price $745.00 A complete line of 1959 model cars for a wonderful Christmas gift for the whole fam ily.. I YATES MOTOR CO. YOUR Dodge-Plymouth Dealer X 1 ' - S I 7 t 11 11 p i 1 Jin -1 t - 4 4 l; Girl's Res Lett ulted ait Every Christmas newspaper all over the United States reprints an editorial written in response to a simple letter to the editor. Francis P. Church, according to what has almost become a legend, didn't want to write the editorial. Finally it was assigned to him, and his effort has made him famous. Below is the letter and editorial which have become as much a part of Christmau as carols and tinsels. "Dear Editor: I am eight years bid. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, 'If you see it in The Sun it's so.' Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? "Virginia O'Hanlon. "US West Ninety-fifth Street." Virginia, your . little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They' do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Vir ginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as . compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasp ing the whole of truth and knowl edge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound . and give to - our life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how . dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no Vir ginias. There would be no child like faith then, no poetry, no romance, to make tolerable this existence. We should have no en joyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. . Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fair ies! You might get your papa to en CHRISTMAS DECORATION AT KEISER WILHELM KIRCHE ; - : v ' . . ' . . , , . ' Photo by Chuck Flinner er I o Newspaper In Christmas E hire . men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to' catch Santa Claus, but even ' if they did not see Santa CIus com- ing down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither chil dren nor men can see. Did yoli ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. No body can conceive or imagine ' all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which' not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, . love, romance can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. . No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thou sand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. Episcopalians Plan Party Tonight At 8 A community Christmas party will be held at 8 tonight at the parish house of the Episcopal Chapel of the Cross under the auspices of the Chapel Hill Fellow ship for School Integration. It will feature Christmas songs and danc es. All residents of Chapel Ilill and Carrboro are invited. Among those who will provide entertainment are a choir led by Mrs. Vivian Foushee in "When the Lord of Love Was Born" and "There's a Song in the Air"; and Reverend Loren Mead, who will read a Christmas story; a group of fifth grade children, led by Mrs. Charlotte Huse, who will sing "Frere Jacques" and "n Est Ne, le Divin Infant"; Joseph Lightsey, giving "Twas the Night Before Christmas"; a group of dancers directed by Miss Lucille Caldwell; another dance recital given by children trained by, Mrs. Joseph Straley; a choir from the Episco pal Church, which will sing a French Noel and 'Good Christian Men Rejoice"; and a choir direct Cl by -Mrs, Jaffies. RQtersQ3tr JOLLT ULU Cur ... yes, Virginia SEASON'S GREETINGS TO OUR CUSTOMERS Come by before going home for the holidays and get your car checked. Our garage can put your car in SAFE driving condition for the holidays ahead. DAVIS AM Chapel Hill By Pass Next To Tradewinds
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