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CHRISTMAS FEAST . . . Tbe
toys have been opened and
church services are oVer. Now,
It's time for that Christmas feast
and a turkey drumstick. |
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Egyptians Made
Elaborate Dolls
For Children
No one knows for sui'e who made
the first doll, but it can be assumed
the earliest figures were sacred
gods and ancestor images. These
doll-like forms were Tiot toys for
? the delight of children, but solemn
religious figures that preserved the
tribe from harm.
Then, somehow, somewhere, a
change took place. Dolls becamc'
a toy for girls and the most popu
lar Christmas toy of them all.
Dolls have been discovered in
Egyptian .tombs and ruins, some
even had' real hair; some w ere
ivory, carved by craftsmen for a
king's daughter; others were made
of straw by an overworked mother
in a peasant's hut.
In ancient Greece dolls were
played with and cherished by little
girls until they were ready to be
married. Then (their dolls were
taken to the shrine of a favorite
goddess) and. often with tears,
presented to her. The Roman chil
dren played with dolls, too. but
after the fall of the Empire there
came a long period in which there
ia no record of dolls.
Not until the thirteenth century
when dolls were made in Nurem
berg and dressed in the fashions
of the times did little girls again
play with doUs. They ^rere here *o
.stay.
By and by in Europe, the French
fashion dolls became all the rage,
not for children to play with but as
models from which fine ladies
could pattern their own modish
costumes
In America, the Indian children
had dolls of their own made of
rawhidp and feathers and wood.
Pioneer children had dolls moch
like these, and some were made of
braided cornhusks. or nuts, or
Corncobs, or rags, and were dearly
loved in spite of their plainness.
Much later, lifelike dolls were
imported from Germany, where
the doll industry had reached
enormous proportions These doils
had fln? china head? with care
fully pai red fates o ml kid bodies
that were jointed at tht: amis and
legs. Later there came (hi>
Japanese-made dolls; which were.,
inexpensive coin :h fur Imost any
child to own 1 he, A iv.eri can
made dolls be ;;m to ap'pcac? the
social dolls, the kewpios, billi- '
kens. Buster Bn'wns. tedciy. . be., is.
I Patsy doll.-, .nut Still ley TVmples
j and phonograph dolls, with .nil- the
| host of oth '.rs. that have followed
and which are -til) to come. For
dc.'.js ahvavs will be part of ehild
hood and part of Cnristmdsvs as
08 -there; are little girls ni 1
boys to play with them, and par
ents anjd fond kinfolk to Ouy,
'Bethlehem Rites
Feature March
To Nativity Cave
CHRISTMAS is observed in Beth
?leh'ehi on December 25 by the
Roman Catholics and Protestants,
on January 6. by the Greek Ortho
dox and affiliated churches, and oh
January 18 by the Armenians.
All Be.hlehem. however, turns
out on December 24 for the arrival
of the Patriarch of Jerusalem?
Cardinal of the Holy Land ? who
eacb.year brings an ancient effigy
of the Infant Jesus to Bethlehem
which he lays in the manger with
in the cave where Christ was born.
Dramatically the procession ap- .
proaches: heralded by a single
horseman, his banner streaming
aloft, \ cbrps ,qf native police
tpoUnted upon fiery Arabian horses
follow and then another single
horseman upon a prancing black
steed carrying the cross on high;
the Patriarch in his cardinal and
ermine, mitred bishops, clergy in
embroidered vestments and white
robed acolytes? swinging golden
censers ? precede the jeweled pa
vilon of the holy Child. Magnificent
corteges of government officials,
foreign embassies, bands, religious
organizations follow, and finally.
American made automobiles min
gle with native two-wheeled car
riages.
The procession enters the Church
of the Nativity. The public is not
permitted to witness the actual
placing of the effigy, as that part
of the Church ? built above the
Cave of the Nativity? is under the
jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox
church.
The grotto-like Cave of the Na
tivity in no way conforms to the
modern conception of a "stable,"
in biblical times, however, shelter*
for man and beast were hewn in
to rocky ledges ? thus, the Stable
of Bethlehem,
On Christmas Eve. members of
ell denominations assemble to si,nR
carols above the birthplace of the
Holy Child bofore midnight ' mass
is solemnized in the Church of the
Nativity.
Yule Tree Business
Figured in Millions
CHRISTMAS TREES arc a multi
million dollar business.
Throughout the nation, some 15
million trees are supplied to the
holiday demand. Prices range
from to $5. and that adds up to
real money.
A Christmas tree, in the lake
states, is usually a balsam or a
spruce. The same is true in New.
England and the Appalachian sec
tion. Elsewhere in the. country, vir
tually all kinds of evergreens are
used
The lodgepolc pine .ind .Douglas
fir are frequently used iti Colorado.
Oi Ihe Pacific eOast. it. is prih
cipaliy Dotiglt-. fir.
In Maryland. Virginia and \V .<> !i -
i..gton, D. C;. a scrub pine tal>es a
trimming.
In other localitus. white pirn
southern pine, hnrr.jock'. red and
white cedar and rtawoi .<1 are tlx d
The business, of; 'harvesting ' llu -
anntial crop begins in the (;<!!.
when cutters go into the \w ><( -
after trees. It continues as f'n.rk
ers bring huge lbad.s to n.t ?tropo''.1
tan markets.
Many land owners manage the, t
sw'amps to make them yield a ci >?|J
of trees, year after viar Thn
"operations are ;> neither sou rep ?>!
Yule trees. '
Farmers have discovered, tha'
they can get a cash crop ? (ron,
eroded acres by harvesting Christ
mas .tri-oV U> or 15 years aftei th'e>
,ri e. planted'
Santa's Little Helper
Was Scandinavian Elf
Where did Santa'? Little Helper
(linn.- from.'1
lit rhe Viking agi n Scandinavia,
I?.rv before l-eif Eriksen. discov
er?<i America, the little North
Children r believed that a little elf
with lung white whiskers ? Jul
Tomton? lived in the stable. He
saw that the ea'rth was abundant
ith good food and that the ani
mals and birds were taken care
<?f After the pagan Vikings be
came Christianized, little Jul Tom
ten became the giver of presents
-like our Santa Claus today. The
children left a bowl Of porridge
? n the kitchen table for which
Jut TomU-n would exchange gifts
{, r the good boys and girls Trav
elers brought back the legend of
Tort.ton and he has come down
r uis as the btisy jolly, good little
f who works in Santa's work
?.hop
THROUGH THE HOOP . .
Flippy, a trained porpol*e at
Marine Studios, Fla , jet* into
the tmllflav npirlt by leaping
through s Chrlslma* wreath sus
pended aver the water of his
task.
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THE .'STAR- which signaled
"the First Christmas" may be
interpreted in many ways. In all
such interpretations we must put
ourselves as nearly as possible in
to the social find psychological
frame ct n.isul of those .whom we
try to' understand The astronomer
knows that thmuth the .;ircs the
Word "star" has been used to in- j
dicate almost any celestial" phe
nomenon. We still speak of "fall
ing star's" or "shooting stars"
which we know quite well are not
-stars at all. In more ancient times
the comet was called a "hairy
star" .and was derived from th^
Latin word coma, meaning hair.
The' planets were the "wandering
stars" as opposed to the "fixed
stars," and from the Greek word
for wanderer we derive our word !
"planets, ?.
The Cacao tree can. be profitab
ly cultivated only within 20 de
grees north or south of the equa
tor, according to the Encyclope
dia Britannica. . "
?
The Star of - Bethle.l?ein cot. Id
have been any of these It cflUld
even have ' been' a "nwv jtiif; or.
nova which- si iS fenly burst fort;v
with a mafVv ?thousand-fold , in
crease i'> b' ill >i *1 ??. due to
great sli-iiiii a ;? ia>ti '>| 'he 1 <?
are all .cxntiiiuti^ni .i l u.i*
"siai" ie>ild h..V<; been Had it'
been any ol the above. "It; would .
have been seen 'by . iviaiiy peoples,
and in literatun would have been
found references to the appearance
-of the objfcct \\hich' attracted at
tention. But nowhere in the litera
ture or in the folklore of any of the '
peoples noted as astute observers
. pf celestial phenomena . do these
references exists
From this we are forced to con
-elude the appearance of the star
was a sight given only to the Wise
Men to see.
TVlaska's northernmost light
house. Point Hope Light, is main
tained for ships during summer
months and for sled travelers
during the winter. 'v:
Ben T. Goforth ? Plumbing
Phone 900
'Hansel and Gretel'
Join the Procession
The original score of "'Hansel
a'ltd G -otcl" was conijMJsetl by
K?)Rl<pbert, Jtujchperilinck a>, a
Christmas piece. |
The musical fairy tale created
a ' < n.satum |
Muce HumperditiCk' was oii c. of
Wagner's nwt intimate- assistants, i
his harmonics liave bw'n iii.bbed
nursery r h v hi e s Wagnerian
. i vie" and since fairy ? talcs and ?
?nirjery rhymes are appropriate at (
Chrisiinlis,: "Haiwcl at hi (iretel" j
Mi..- jmhvd the prot essi.nn of u.ull
tfj/nal Christmas music .?
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th<- spirit of Christinas.
1 lirislmas remains, tlirrr wc lm?I tli.it
pracc and lirotlicrly ibvc can never
l>e forced from tin- hearts of men
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