VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 10.;
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, December 2o, DIM
ESTABLISHED 1899
Everyone Wants
To See Just One
'Good Ole'Yule
"How I would long to sec just
one more ‘old-fashioned Christ
mas.”
These are familiar words at (his
time of the year. Before the Yule
tide season is over, some member
of the family, grandfather or
grandmother, probably, is certain
to pass that remark, as they have
done each Christmas of the past.
And yet, if we search back into
the records ... to the tui n of the
century, say . . . we find that, even
then, someone was wishing for
"an old-fashioned Christmas." It
is then that we realize that the
celebration of the birth of Christ
has not changed greatly with the
passage cf centuries. Basically,
Christmas is the same, year after
year. II is only the world and the
people who are not the same.
He may not admit it, but when
grandfather first began to gaisc
a family, he overheard his elders
musing over the changing Christ
mas customs and heralding the
approach to “complete commer
cialism” of the Yuletide celebra
tion. Even then they were worried.
No one can deny that Christmas
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Plum Pudding
Came Long Way
Plum pudding—the ancier.t En
glish delicacy traditionally served
wall Christmas feasts—has come
a long way since it entered the
culinary lists hundreds of years
ago as Yule -dough.
\ ule-dough was composed of
j chopped meat paste spices, to
1 symbol ire the gifts of the Magi,
| and flour, regarded as embodying
, the spirit immamont in the wheat.
has been gidlitly “commercialized"
since the days of early America.
Yet. so has the entire nation. In
the days of our ancestors there
were none of the vast trading cen
ters and commercial marts that
we know today. Our very way of
life has been greatly changed with
! modernization. Our holidays, and
j Christmas is the principal one,
have managed to keep abreast.
I Still. without reservation,
Christmas is basically unchanged
in its true meaning as a celebra
tion of the birth of the Christ
| Child redeemer, come to save the
| world. No matter how great or
] how small the presents piled bo
j neath the tree, each Christian
; heart never ceases to remember
‘ that Christmas is Christ’s day.
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To tha casual observer, It Is Just another typical night in Bethlehem,
sleepy town ol many generations. Excepting, of course, that the popu
lation is more than double, for all the descendants of David have come
to register as ordered by Herod. For many, there Is no room.
And yet, there is more about this nightl And there are some whose
faith and wisdom give them eyes to see. Near the hour of midnight,
a darkened sky suddenly shimmers with a light of ethereal beauty,
and angels appear to sing a great psalm:
“CHory in the highest,
And on earth, peace to men of good will."
A new star fires itself to brilliance near the edge of town, bathing
In its light the stable where a Galilean carpenter named Joseph has
taken refuge with his bride, a queenly young girl named Mary. For
them, there had been no room.
The star rests above the humble shelter, sending down golden rays
that illuminate the area in a strange, unearthly manner.
In the distance appear a group of Magi, wise men of Persia. They
have followed the now resting star and are heavily laden with gifts of
gold—presents for a new-born king. Along the roads hear the shouts
of the citizens, led by angels, who come to adore.
There in the stable, wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a
manger, the Christ-child awaits. '
Traditional Tree
Came From Egypt
The Christinas tree, now almost
a universal symbol, probably
came to America from Germany,
although tradition has it that
I Christmas trees originated in
1 Egypt, The piim tree i supposed
i to put fo; Hi branch every month,
| and a spray of this tree, with 12
shoots on it, was used in Egypt.
German writers i.‘n.-.,t,uri the i
tree as early as 1605. The German
prince Albert, consort of Queen
Victoria, introduced the Christ
mas tree in England when he had
a tree for his daughter.
I YKAR-AROUNU GIFT I
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Those who have had trouble
shopping and would save the
day att the last minute will
find The F;ntcrp!’i$e;a suitable
and acceptable gift for rela
tives and friends.
The publishers will forward
immediately a gift card with
the donor’s signature, and
follow through all next year
with the paper.
Christmas Holiday
Once Moved From
Date To Date
Christmas was once a movable
feast. The eastern branches of the
Christian ch'ird) usually celebrat
ed it in April or Mav, Western
Europe sometime in January.
In 337 A. D, St. Cyril, bishop
of Jerusalem, set out to make the
date universal. With the permis
sion of Pope Junius I, he appoint
ed a commission to determine, if
possible, the precise date of
Christ’s nativity. The theologians
of the Church finally agreed upon
December 25, and since the year
354 tin.' date has been celebiated.
Members of the Greek, Russian
and Ukrainian Orthodox churches
m the 20th century observed the
date of January 7.
Jesus' Birthplace
In Old Bethlehem
Still Worship Site
The scene of the Redeemers
birth at Bethlehem is the site of a
full day's worship and prayer each
Christmas Eve. The faithful come
from all parts of the world to
join their voices in adoration and
to see the solemn reenactment of
the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
Discontinued for six years dur
ing World War II, the pontifieial
mass and ceremony was renewed
in As the stars on the hill
side and the pale moon wrapped
the town of Bethlehem in mi aura
of holiness, the voices o! the hum
bin echoed *in prayer from the
little Church of St. Catherine,
built on the hallowed rock of the
most sacred spot of the Christian
World.
The mass was celebrated at 10
p. m., the voices of the choir boys
| ringing out over the surrounding
hills. At the stroke of 12 the great
bells of thi' tower of tin nativity
rang out, loud and cleat
The vicar, holding an image of
the Christ Child, joined a proces
sion of priests, acolytes and choir
boys. By flickering candlelight the
procession filed over the stone
steps leading to the giotto ol the
nativity. The vicar plat ed the tiny
representation of Christ on the
sacred spot where, many years be
fore, the Redeemer came.
Christmas Carols
Are Centuries Old
--
For evntunrs Christmas Caro!.1
have hrraldrd 1. hr Yulrtidc season
around Ihr Christian world. Many
of thorn, slightly altrrcd by chan*'
Santa's little helper rame down
to os from Si andanavia.
Many years before l.eif Erikson
touched American shores, the
children of the North believed
that a little elf with long white
whiskers Jul Tnmten saw that
the earth was abundant with pood
food and that the animals' and
bit ds were taken eat e of.
After the paean Vikings wee
Christianised, little Jule became
the giver of presents just as San
ta today. It became a custom tot
I children to leave a bow! of por
j ridge on the kitchen table for the
I little ell. who would leave pro
i
I ents in exchange.
| T avelers picked up the lei,end
‘ of Jul Tnmten and carried it
around the world. To ns, he ifc the
j busy, jnllv, led litt le elf who
works happily in Simla's wm k
I shop.
j me times and customs, have bt ■ o
handed down 1: em one generat ion
to another.
A pleat number probably were
lost because they were popular in
generation: not adeiplatel.s cover
ed I>v a written liistoi y.
| Christmas Carols are of two
main types religions and eonviv
i d. The religion: offi : prni.s. to
' the newborn and celebrate the
I birth of Christ The convivial
I alt mirth and the traditional te is!
ing.
| The latter is almost an inveti
I t ion of our modern n r ill at imi,
and few “popular” Yuletidc one, ,
manage to return year alter year.
“Jingle Bells' is one notable ex
(■option.
“Silent Night,” "It Came Upon
the Midnight Clear' and “O emnr
i A11 Ye Faithful ' seem di st med In
last, forever.
3as?l:ca One Of
OMe?t Churches
. The Ilasiliea of the Nativity at
Bethlehem is one of the oldest
churches in Christendom, having
been built 1,620 years ayo.
As it stands today it represents
the original buildiny as ereeted by
die Kmperot Constantine and rcs
1or. tr 'is and additions made un
dor .lusUni.it..
It is surrounded by three con
vents of separate faiths, Greek.
Latin and Armenian. All three
have the privilege of Worshiping
in the Grotto of the Nativity, and
suprisingly enough, all three cele
brate Christmas on separate occa
sums.
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