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Of Christmas
known in Mexico as the.
"Flower of the Holy
Night."
Another Christmas
legend explains the robin's
red breast: It is said that the
robin pulled a thorn from
Christ's crown in an attempt
to relieve some of the pain of
the crucifixion. In doing so,
a drop of blood fell on the
robin's chest, and remained
there forever.
• THE BRUSSELS POST, DECEMBER 20, 1978 19'
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The Story of the Sad
Little Shepherd Boy
his father's flock to gaze at
the star.
It was getting harder and
harder to stay awake, how-
ever, and before long the
boy was startled by a shout
from one of the shepherds.
The man pointed toward the
heavens, where a dazzling
light met their gaze. That
light now became an angel
before their astonished eyes!
- The little shepherd was
filled with fear . . . he had
never heard of such a thing,
much less seen it! Even the
boy's father and the other
shepherds were afraid: But,
the angel reassured them.
"Be not afraid," it said.
"For behold, I bring you
good news of a .great joy
which will come to all the that humble cave as though
people; for' to you is born it were a splendid temple,
this day in the city of David and the little shepherd boy
a Savior, who is Christ the did not have to be told to
Lord." And the angel told kneel when he saw the In-
fill in for his brother. • , the awestruck shepherds fant, wrapped in strips of
"Tending thellock at night that they would find the cloths and lying in a
is no fun at all," the young Babe in a manger, wrapped manger, just as the angel
boy thought to himself as he in swaddling cloths. . had told them. How beauti-
drew nearer the fire to warm Then, an even more, won-. ful 'the.. Babe was!. .How
his hands. Besides, he was derful sight —suddenly, young the mother, smiling
sleepy! By now he would there were hundreds of so tenderly at her Child.
have been sound asleep in angels singing, "Glory to How devoted, her husband,
his own bed at home, with God in the highest, and on looking after the mother and
his dog curled at the foot of earth peace among men with the tiny Infant.
the bed. As it was, he felt 'whom he is pleased!" Speechless at first, the
very, sorry for himself, in- Then, as suddenly as they shepherds began to talk all
deed. had appeared, the host of at once, describing to Mary
The boy looked up at the angels 'were gone. The shep- and Joseph the vision of the
stars, trying to remember all herds stood there, dazed. At angels. Only the little shep-
the names his father had last, one of them spoke: herd boy was quiet, gazing
taught him. He saw thatOne "Let us go to Bethlehem and all the while at the Infant
star was especially bright see this thing that has hap- Jesus.
and thought, "I've never pened, which the Lord has Later on, he would tell his
noticed that one before!" He made known to us." The friends all about it. They
called to his father, further i others quickly agreed and. would listen to the story of
down the slope. "What is : set about toward the town of the angels and the Babe in
the name of that star?" The ' Bethlehem. the manger over and over,
boy's father looked toward No longer sleepy, the lit- and, never tire of hearing it.
the heavens and stood, gaz- tle shepherd ran to keep And the little shepherd
ing, for many moment's be- pace with his father and the boy would never tire of tell-
fore he called to other shep- other shepherds. Cold and ing that . story . . . and he
herds at the edge of the sleepiness were all forgot-
would never, ever feel
for himself again!
A holiday quiz for the kids
with wings.
10. The Holy Child's mother,
SCORE
10 to 7 correct — Full of 111u°1 AA *Zeu tumous .1
1. Frosty the Christmas joy!
SHaMSNV
2. Green leaves in a circu-
lar shape:
3. Jesus was born in the
town of
4. Santa lives at the
Pole.
5. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed
6. You find these under
tree-
One night, many hun-
dreds of years ago, a little
shepherd boy was feeling
sorry for himself.
This little shepherd was
feeling sorry for himself be-
cause he wasn't snuggled in
his bed at home . . . instead,
he was on a cold hillside on
the outskirts of Bethlehem,
trying hard to keep warm as
he helped his father tend
sheep.
Usually the boy's older
brother went out in the eve-
nings with the father; the
younger boy had the much
more pleasant task of tend-
ing the herd during the day.
Then it was fun — he could
run and play with the other
shepherd boys or tell stories
of marvelous deeds.
But, tonight the older
brother was away on a visit
and so the little shepherd
boy had been called upon to
flock. They were all puzzled ten as he helped to hurry the
by the appearance of the flocks down toward the little
bright star and the little boy town. At last they came to
felt as though he had made a the cave sheltering the new-
discovery. From time ;to born Babe.
time, he would look up from The shepherds entered
The Legends
Christmas brings to all a --„,
sense of wonder and admira-
,. tion. These feelings are kept
alive through the beautiful
legends explaining many
I) holiday traditions.
The story of the poinsettia
' takes place in Mexico in a
little town where the custom
was to offer Christmas Eve
gifts to the Christ Child. A
poor young boy, too shy to
go to church without a gift,
knelt outside the church
window and began to pray.
When he rose to his feet, he
noticed a beautiful red
flower growing in the spot
where he had knelt. Sud-
denly, he realized the lovely
blossom was a gift from
heaven to answer his pray-
,ers! Quickly, he took the
flower inside the church and sorry :laid it before the altar. To
this day, the poinsettia is
Do you have the "Christ- 7. Small white crystals of
mas Spirit?" frozen water are
Here's a Merry Christ- 8. to the World!
mas quiz! Fill in the blank 9. A heavenly creature spaces with the letters need-
ed to spell the answer to
each question. Compare
your answers to those be-
low to find your score.
4 to 6 correct — Fairly
"Merry."
1 to 3 correct — Needs more
Christmas spirit!
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May the sweet joys of
Christmas fill your heart!
Jumping at the opportunity
to express our thanks.
Al s Christmas approaches it is
a pleasure for all of us to wish all
of you a holiday abounding with
Health, Happiness and Prosperity!
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