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MARY HAD A BABY - A Christmas musical ‘Mary Had A
Baby’ was presented by St. Matthew’s Pre-School Friday.
Left to right, kneeling, are Dusty Hord, who portrayed
Joseph; Wendey Neisler, who portrayed Mary; and back
row, from left, the three wise men, Alan Gibson, Matt Patter-
son and Brad Bridges; and the angel, Jessica Lynn.
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ST. MATTHEW’S PLAY - Pictured is the large cast of thew’s Lutheran Church under the direction of Pastor Har-
“Mary Had A Baby’’ performed by the Pre-School of St. Mat- wood Smith and Mrs. Joe Smith.
. Photos By
Lynne Lynn
Mary Had A
Presented By Students
The annual Christmas
musicale ‘‘Mary Had a
Baby” was presented by St.
Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Pre-School Friday.
Performing in the pageant,
which included carol singing
by the choir of angels and the
congregation, were Wendy
Neisler as Mary, Dusty Hord
as Joseph, Heid Beutel, Car-
rie Davenport, Anna Louise
Faust, Jessica Lynn and
A’me Maney as the angels,
Marylee Dilling, Jennifer
Patterson and Caroline Pitt-
man as shepherds; Brad
Brdiges, Alan Gibson and
Baby
men; Mindy . Belt,
Christopher Bennett and
Ashley Moss as the cows;
Zachary George, Wade Ran-
dall and Shakara Young as
the donkeys; Laura Bridges,
Stacy Elgin, Joshua
McDaniel, Carrie Stowe and
Ashley Wilson as the sheep;
and the angel choir, including
Christopher Cagle, Spencer
Cagle, Caleb Carroll, Jared
Chapman, Justin Etters,
Basit Gangoo, Adam Hall,
Leah Hall, Chuck Loftin,
Daniel Long, Bess McGinnis,
Daniel Miller, David Miller,
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ing brightly. The pudding had been
bound in a cloth and cooked in a
clothes copper; now it was decorated
with holly. Sixpence were hidden in
the pudding, to be discovered amid
much merriment during the eating of
this festive dish.
The kissing ball, or kissing bunch,
was also popular in Victorian times.
It consisted of a bunch of evergreens
and holly berries, with a cluster of
mistletoe suspended from it. The mis-
tletoe was all the permission needed
for a lad to bestow a kiss upon a pret-
ty maid. No wonder that the kissing
ball was the center of festivities at
holiday gatherings!
Games were equally popular. Dick-
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eens described them in his “Christmas
‘at Dingley Dell” with appreciation:
li <_.. Mr. Pickwick, blinded short-
ly afterwards with a silk handkerchief,
falling up against the wall, and scram-
bling into corners, and going through
all the mysteries of blind-man’s buff
‘with the utmost relish for the game,
until at last he caught one of the poor
‘relations, and then had to evade the
'blindman himself, which he did with
‘a nimbleness and agility that elicited
/the admiration and applause of all be-
‘holders. The poor relations caught the
‘people who they thought would like
iit, and when the game flagged, got
caught themselves. When they were
all tired of blind-man’s buff, there was
a great game at snapdragon, and when
‘fingers enough were burned with that,
-and all the raisins were gone, they sat
down by the huge fire of blazing logs
to a substantial supper, and a mighty
‘bowl of wassail.”
Christmas crackers were also fa-
vored during Victoria's reign. The
cracker was a twist of colored paper
that gave off a small explosive sound
when pulled. Within it were novelties
such as puzzles, games, printed mot-
toes or riddles, toys and other sur-
prises.
Customs such as these illustrate to
‘us'that during Victorian times, Christ-
mas was a merry time indeed.
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'' Damages were slight and
‘there were no injuries in a
two car wreck Thursday on
King Street, police reported.
A car operated by William
Fowler of Cowpens, S.C.
struck a 1971 Buick operated
by Michael Anthony Cook of
Lake Montonia Road.
Damages totaled $800.
Police also reported
malicious damage done to a
building at Kings Mountain
High School by vandals
throwing a brick through a
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