The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-12-24, Page 21SANTA VISITED DASHWOOD — When Santa Claus visited Dashwood Saturday afternoon he was
greeted by a hall full of happy children singing Jingle Bells just as lustily as you could please. The jolly
old man is seen here handing candy to Lisa Miller and Trevor Boyle, With the youngsters is Jane
Guenther. This was just part of a very long lineup waiting to see the Christmas elf, T-A photo
Answers are many
4t this joyous time of year when every heart is kindled with the
warmth of good cheer ... when sweet carols sound in the crisp
night air and the church bells in the steeple ring out with the wonder
and glory of Christmas ... we pause to share in the fine tradition of
extending greetings to all of our friends. May you and your family
enjoy all the blessings of this happy holiday season ...
peace, good will and abiding love. We are pleased to
express our deepest appreciation for your loyal support.
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We welcome the opportunity
the holiday season offers
to express our
appreciation of the •
patronage and good
will Of our friends,
A MERRY
CHRISTMAS
to you and yours and
Every Good Wish for a
Happy and Prosperous
New Year
CREDITON FARM SUPPLY
Three wise men?
In New Testament stories of
the Nativity, only St. Matthew
tells of "wise men from the
east" — and how many wise men
followed the star to the manger
is not stated. The tradition that
there were three probably comes
from St. Matthew's description
of three gifts — gold,
frankincense and myrrh.
Another explanation for the
number three is the legend that
the wise men symbolized all
humanity, in turn represented
by the races of Shem, Ham and
Japhet, according to the editors
of The New Book of Knowledge.
Early traditions mention
varying numbers of wise men.
Twelve was the number
traditional in the Eastern
church, while in the West,
mosaics and paintings showed
sometimes two, sometimes
three, four or more wise men.
During the sixth century, the
idea that there were three came
to be generally accepted. In
legends, the wise men were given
names: M e lhior, Gasper,
Baltasar.
Although St. Mathew did not
use the name "Magi," he implied
it when he wrote of "wise men,"
for "magi" was commonly used
in Palestine to mean "great"
illustrious."
Today, Nativity scenes show
three wise men or Magi present
at the manger along with the
shepherds, who hastened to
Bethlehem on the night Christ
was born. Some historians,
however, believe that the visit of
the Magi didn't take place until
much later — perhaps a year or
even two years after the birth of
Christ.
YESTERYEAR's CUSTOMS
LIVE AT YULETIDE
Candles and carols, trees and
treats, gifts and greens — and
Santa Claus, of course. Wherever
Christmas is celebrated, these
symbols seem to appear,
In the modern era of rapid
communication, there is a
growing uniformity in the ways
that people everywhere choose
to mark the holiday.
Yesteryear's customs,
however, still have their place in
modern celebrations. It's a case
-of "the more things the same,"
as countries, communities and
individuals seek to cherish and
preserve their own special
holiday traditions.
Some of these traditions, as
treasured in memory or kept
alive in holiday ritual, are
compiled in the following
paragraphs, according to a
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GREETINGS FROM THE ENTIRE STAFF
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At Christmas,
greetings and
wishes for the
gift of
happiness
during
the holiday
season. Thanks
for the past patronage!
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.for using .chimney
Why PiPos $4.4t4 come down
the clunIneY7
Of ail the traditions
connected with Santa, his
unconventional mode of entry'
might seem the most pnzzling,
$nrely the magical gift giver,
who has the PeWer to drive
reindeer through the skies and
whO can cover the earth in
single night, .could find an easier
way to enter a house,
Like Most of the lore of Still another explanation
Christmas, Santa's choice of the takes a practical point of view, chimney has several Housewives of Northern Europe, explanations. For instance, cle anin g hose fo the New legend has it that the original
Sant; St. Nicholas, presented Year, used tooax
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children tIzi
help with the chores by saying, three maidens with gifts of gold
for a dowry. Modestly Let's clean the hearth. St.
Nicholas. will soon be coming concealing his generosity, he down the chimney
tossed the gold down a chimney, '
in secret.The children willingly set to
Another theory claims that work, and thus, says legend, a
Santa copied a goddess, who was tradition was born. Even when CHEER TO THE HOSPITALIZED Again this week all service clubs of ,Exeter made tnew yearly
the first to deliver gifts via a he takes to helicopter or jet rounds of local nursing homes and hospitals bringing baskets of fruit and goodies to the patients. Above,
chimney. According to this plane, Santa delivers his gifts by Kinsmen president Dave Cross and Mrs. Cross are shown at South Huron Hospital presenting a basket to
legend, when the Vikings of way of the chimney! Mrs. Violet Penhale. T-A photo,
Norway celebrated the Yuletide
or winter solstice in their great
halls, a festive feature of the
occasion was the appearance of
the goddess Hertha in the
p firelace.
As her name indicatea, Hertba
was goddess of hearth and home,
and most appropriately arrived
by way of the chimney, to
deliver her Yuletide gifts of good.
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How many wise men?
information from the editors of ,.
Encyclopedia International. -4111A,
IT'S A MYSTERY
Mysterious things happen on
Christmas Eve, say country* A*
legends of Switzerland. Young
people may foretell the future, if c,„2.•
they drink from nine different
fountains while the midnight VI-1k
church bells chime. Then, if they
hasten to the church steps, their 6,tt
future mates will await them 2
there.
Somewhat less romantically,
older folk seek to predict the 4,0
weather for the coming year, C..
using onion peels filled with salt.
HOW MANY HOLIDAYS? U.'.
Traditionally, Belgians
celebrate three holidays at the
Christmas season — beginning
with St. Nicholas Day, ark:
December 6th, when the good
saint brings gifts for children.
Then comes St. Thomas Day, gri;
December 21st. It's a sort of
"trick or treat" day for school
children, who try to play tricks 4-•
on their teachers.
The third holiday, of course, oi
is Christmas.
'WRAPPING GIFTS
One gift .may have many dz.
consecutive wrappings, each
with a different name on it, and
the final wrapping may reveal
not a gift but a card telling u
where the gift is hidden.
Other cards in other hiding
YODELING YULE
An old custom of the az
Austrian Tyrol is the Christmas M
yodel. Traditionally, the
Yuletide yodel — a song without cti
words — may be improvised, or az
it may be based on the tune of a kit
familiar carol. 1-1-11a,
Crediton group
holds party ;rg
By MISS ELLA 1VIORLOCK
CREDITON
Thursday afternoon, et7
December 19, the Boys and Girls
Fellowship of Zion United
Church held their Christmas
party. They played games, It7-.
watched films and enjoyed a
lunch that featured turkey -411-k
burgers. Those who helped were
Mrs. Fred Bowers, Mrs. Walter k7.71
Fydenchuk, Rev. & Mrs. Howard .
Zurbrigg, Mrs. Wilmer Wein and
Mrs. Lloyd Bender.
Sue Ann Wins Watch For Morn • •
Jacob Schroeder, RR 2 Dashwood, is the winner of
Sue-Ann Schroeder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. care she has given Sue-Ann, whose legs are not
normal. The youngster had to wear casts on her
the diamond set watch in Earl Campbell's "Win a
legs for two years and now wears braces.
Watch for Mom" Contest. "Of all the things she does for me, I think that I
The 10-year-old explains in her letter that she
should do something for her in return," Sue-Ann
thinks her mother deserves the watch for the extra explains in her letter.
WINNERS OF $5 GIFT CERTIFICATES THIS WEEK ARE
Laurel Hodgert, RR1 Kirkton and Torn Roberts, RR2 Kippen
Earl Campbell takes this opportunity to thank
the many youngsters who entered his contest and
regrets that each could not be a winner,
The letters were most interesting and the esteem
which the area youngsters show towards their
mothers was most heart-warming.
JEWELLER
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followed, unwrapping a
Christmas gift can be an amusing 414,
but complicated process.
places lead to a treasure hunt, ci
ending in the discovery of the u
gift.