Spirit Of Christmas Rules
In 1963 Community Celebrations
It's Christmas time! Every
where, glad sights and sounds re
flect the spirit of the season, as
this community celebrates the
Joyous holiday.
The spirit of Christmas is seen,
in gaily decorated streets and
stares, in hones aglow with lig
and festive with evergreens,
churches where the manger seen
tils anew the wonderful old sto
ry of a holy Babe wno was bort
in Bethlehem nearly two thou
sand years ago
GRAYSON'S JEWELERY
The spirit of Christmas is
ieard, in bells ringing out from
itreet corner to steeple, in happy
/oices singing all the songs of
the season, from old familiar ca
■ols to the more solemn, but at
oe same time joyful, anthems,
cantatas and oratorios.
The spirit of Christmas is felt,
is last minute preparations for
he big celebration are made.
There are always, it seems, some
packages still to be wrapped,
some final trimmings to be put
in the tree, some part of tne
Christmas pageant or choral pro
ram that needs just cfcte more
chearsal, some extra touches to;
nake the Christmas feast abso-j
■itely perfect.
In the midst of the hustle and;
'Mistle, the spirit of Christmas;
■shines through in all its many!
meanings.
The spirit of Christmas means
'aughter and joy—best express
'd, perhaps, bv the faces of chil
>’-en, eager and smiling as they
vait for Santa, full of revnrent
•mnder as they hear the Christ
mas story and see the manger
scene.
The spirit of Christmas means
’Vng, with love wrapped into;
every package. And it means
sharing - the riches of thoughtful
consideration and genuine inter
est. as well as time and money—
with the aged, the ill, the needy
. and unfortunate.
1 The spirit of Christmas meatns
a warm renewal of family ties
and close friendships, and an en
joyment of traditions treasured
I trough the > the i
customs each family creates for
| ’tself, as well as the traditions
| gamorsd from the lore and le
gends of Christmas.
' Naming the Day
As a holy lay and a holiday,1
Christmas means both prayerfu
worship and festive merrymak
i ing. The holy meaning of the daj
QUILT COUNTflt' LANDSCAPE WITH SNOW is traditional vision a onrisrinus cuv.ioued
by most folks. Even in climes where snow never falls, dreams of a white Christmas
dance in the heads of young and old. With a little imagination, Christmas is always a
winter wonderland.
is expressed iti its name. I
The Latin name lor Christmas
translates as tno Feast or Birth-1
day of Our Lord. The English
Christmas means the Mass of:
Christ, a meaning which is close
ly paralleled by the Dutch “Ker
mis.” In Germany it's “Weih
iacht,” or sacred night.
The French -Noel” has several'
possible meanings news, birth-i
day or a “shout of joy.” Whatever
the exact origin, there’s no ques-!
tion that Noel tiow means Christ
mas.
How the Tree Grows
When the German Prince Al
fred married Queen Victoria, he
carried the custom of the Yule
tree to England, and from there
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"‘c «•/ spiritual joy
I your P<We' We extend ,u ym‘ and
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you may experience to the fullest
‘he wonders of this Holy Season.
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Mixed
it spread by imitation and immi-.
gration to the United States and |
Canada.
The German origin is appropri
ate, since it wis in Germt.ny that
the English missionary St. Boni-.
face, formerly a monk named
winfrid, first instituted the decor
ated fir tree, a tribute to the'
Christ Child, as a replacement!
for the sacrifices made to the
oak, which was sacred to the pa
gan god Odin.
When Caroling Began
With the joyful strains of "Si
lent Night,” “The First Noel"
and other beloved carols, today's
carolers carry on a meaningful
Christmas custom that originated!
centuries ago.
As early as the fourth century!
A.D., a musicial poem was sung I
in honor of St. Basil and his vie-1
tory in th efight for Christianity
over the Byzantine emperior Ju
lian. In Greece, legends of St.
Basil were later put to music and
sung at ChristmavS and the New
Year.
The first real Christmas carols,
however, were probably sun" in
the Italian mountain village of
Grecchio when St. Francis of As
sisi created the first manger
scene in 1223. He and his breth-J
rcn led the villagers in singing
hymns of praise to the Christ j
Christ Child.
Source of Giving
Giving gifts at the Yulefirie
season has many precedents. In
the years before Christy Romans
gave branches of laurel, olive!
myrtle to each other at the Sat
urnalia, a pagan festival that oc-|
burred about the same time as
the present date of Christmas. In
England and Northern Europe,,
Druid worshippers tied gifts on
Eubanks
Completes School
Douglas D. Eubanks, a sales
man on the_staff of Southwell
Motor Company, Kings Mountain,
has been certified as a graduate
of the retail salesmanship course
conducted in Winston-Salem re
cently by a staff instructor of
Ford Motor Company’s Atlanta
Marketing Institute.
Certification of course comple
tion was announced by L. C.
Brock, director of tile Ford Insti
tute.
The week - long course was
taught by It. E. Busch, Institute
instructor. Subjects range from
management and merchandising
courses for dealers and their de
partment managers to salesman
ship and specialized workshops
for staff members.
The Atlanta Marketing Insti
tute annually enrolls more than
2,500 sales specialists of Ford
'Motor Company products from a
ten-state area.
trees during the Yule festival
held at the winter solstice.
Roman emperors often de
manded Yule gifts of clothing,
gold and silver from their sub
jects, and so did the kings and
queens of medieval England. It
is said that Queen Elizabeth I
gained most of her wardrobe
through these compulsory gifts.
In later years the i.dea of giv
ing in a spirit of kind-hearted
generosity developed.
Lithographei
F athered Cards
To Louis Prang, a native of
Breslau, Germany, goes the cre
dit for being “father of the A-j
merican Christmas card.”
Prang, a lithographer who be
gan a greeting card business in
Roxbory, 'Mass., exhibited his
own cards at the Centennial Ex
position in Philadelphia in 1875.;
He then had the idea of holding
an annual competition to obtain
t1*" Kest of American art for
cards.
Hundreds of paintings were1
entered In Prang’s contest, for
prizes from two hundred to one
thousand dollars. Winners, with
two exceptions, were artists 'born
in the United States.
Women artists were well-repre
sented among the winners. Rosi
na Emmet was the mother of the
iate author and playwright, Ro
bert Emmet Sherwood. Others
were Dora Wheeler, Anne Iorse,
Lizbeth Humphrey and Florence
Taber.
The group of 20 Prang prize
cards owned by Norcross, Inc.,
greeting card publishers.
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Dear friends,
We take this means of
wishing you and yours a happy
Christmas Season.
The world needs Christmas.
Jhere isn't enough..never will
be enough..of the spirit of
doing for others. ' #/
May this Christmas bring
you joy, peace and contentment.
Sincerely,*
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Member By,NV,TATI0N 0 NATIONAL SELECTED MORTICIANS
ksIz a
earts are gladdened
and faith is
reaffirmed, as
we celebrate His
Holy birth in a
humble manger.
Now may all
blessings of Christmas
be with you.
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