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To faithful friends old '
and new, hearty thanks for your
good will and best wishes
for a wonderful. holiday season.
/n appreciation . of your patronage .. .
Best wishes to customers and, friehds
for a holiday filled With the happy -
sounds of laughter. Merry Christmas. ' .
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May the beautiful meaning of Cfhristmas
... living through the ages to inspire - men
everywherewcontinue to live in your own
heart and mind. And may your Christmas
'be filled with Joy.
The beauty ants spirit of
the season brings to mind
most wonderful gifts ... friend-
ship,. loyalty and good will. We thank
you for yours and wish you a Merry Christmas.
MARKS BROS.
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On Christmas Eve or
Christmas morning, as beau-
tifully -wrapped packages are
opened, this, remark is likely
to be often repeatea. Though
the gift wrappings do indeed
seem "too pretty to throw
away," they must Usually be
consigned to the wastebasket.
After all, what can be done
with used gift wraps, once
Christmas is over?
One answer might be:
build a castle!
Save the most beautiful
and colorful of the gift wrap -
pins, find some • laundry
cardboards, follow a simple
plan — and the result is a
cardboard castle,
Suggested by a manufac-
turer of gift wrapping pa-
pers, this castle -building
plan might be a Christmas -
afternoon project for the
children. After the first gifts -
exchange excitement is over,
youngsters may appreciate a
quiet pastime, and the card-
board castle offers an extra
advantage in that it's as
much fun totake apart as it
is to build. The castle can be
assembled and reassembled
many times.
Although the plan is sim-
ple, adult guidance may be
required — or at least, the
adults can pretend that it is,
so they can get in on the fun.
Scissors, a ruler and rub- •
ber cement are the only
equipment required,* in addi-
tion to the !gift wraps and
cardboards.
Begin ,by cutting 24 pieces
of cardboard, each five inch-
es by seven inches. Cement
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SKETCHES SHOW HOW TO PREPARE .cardboards, covered
with gift wraps, for building a cardboard castle. Follow measure-
ments, cutting slits wherever dotted lines appear. Join Type "A"
cards at right angles, occasionally inserting cards horizontally.
Type "B"cards go at top of castle, where slanted notches hold two
"A" curds to form roof. Suggested by the Norcross Design Studio.
gift wraps to each side and
trim the edges.
To make Type "A" cards,
cut one and one-quarter inch
slits in 22 of the .cards. Each
card should have six slits,
and the slits should be placed
as follows: one slit on each
five -inch side of the card, at
the center or two and one-
half inches from the outer
edge; two slits on eacb seven-
inch side of the' card, with
eabh such slit placed one and
a quarter inches from the
outer edge.
For the remaining two
Type "B cards, the slits can
be . omitted on the five -inch
-side. Two slits should be cut
as described on one seven-
inch side of the card. On the
other seven-inch side, the
slits should be diagonal --
placed two and a, quarter
inches from the outer edge
and cut on a slant to two and
one-eighth inch depth.
Assemble the. castle by
joining Type "A" cards at
right angles, alternating
pairs, At intervals, insert
cards horizontally for an in-
teresting, balconied effect.
Reserve two Type "A" cards
for roof.
;Tse Type 'B" cards at top
of castle, where the slanted
notches will receive the Type
"A" roof pieces.
See illustrations accom-
panying this. article, for
sketched plan, , and ' photo-
graph of completed castle.
CARDBOARD CASTLE, MERRILY COLORFUL, GROWS from
left -over Christmas gift wraps and laundry cardboards. Castle,
pictured above, can be built from fire -by -seven itch pieces of
cardboard, to which gift wraps have been rubber -cemented. For
directions, see sketches, at upper left. Photo courtesy •Norcross
Design Studio.
e Christmas tree dates
to Roman feast of Saturn
The Christmas tree, ;one of
the most colorful of Christmas
customs, may be traced as far
back as the Roman celebration
of the feast of Saturn when
trees were trimmed and some -
times a dozen candles were
added to. represent the months
or seasons of the sun. .
In early Christian times,
there were many beautiful le-
gends associated with the tree.
One of the most popular of
these was first transcribed in a
religious manuscript many
centuries ago by an unknown
monk in the kingdom.of Sicily.
It tells how, on the night
the Christ Child.w as bo m, all
living creatures journeyed to
the stable to pay homage to
the newborn King. -
Even the trees joined in the
•a
pilgrimage., The olive gave
its fruit and the palm its dates. '
But the fir tree had no gift to
,offer and stood humbly in the
rear„ An angel noted its plight
and asked the stars to descend
and rest in the limbs of the tree.
At so beautiful a sight, the
Christ Child smiled and blessed.
the humble fir, and says the
legend, to this day the fir tree • .
remains ever green the year
round.
The Christmastree as we
know it today evolved from
two medieval religious sym-
bols, the paradise tree, and the
Christmas light.
In an age before books,
teachers dramatized the story
of the Bible, using a make-
shift stage and simple scenery.
One of the mostpopular pre -
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sentations was the story of
Adam Snd Eve and the forbid-
den fruitand for this, a fir
tree with apples tied to its'
branches was placed on the
stage.
Because thelplay ended
with the promise of. redemp-
tion, it was usually presented .
just before Christmas and the
tree, identified with. the birth
of Christ, became known as
the' paradise tree.
`'. The Christmas light was a
candle burned on Christmas
Eve as a symbol\ of the coming
of the light of the world. It •
was' often mounted on a pyra-
mid decorated with tinsel and
glass balls.
The tree and the lights were
first combined in Germany in
the 16th ,century and in time,
cookies and other pastries were
were added to symbolize "the
sweet fruit of Christ's salvation
of all mankind."
The famous leader of the
Protestant rrevolt in Germany,
.Martin Luther, is said to have
been the first person who
brought the tree indoors and
decorated it ,for the Christmas
season. s .
And it was Queen Victoria's
consort, Prince Albert, who' is
thought to have brought the
tradition, to England from his
native Germany.
In North America, there is
a record of a German professor
at Harvard who set up a Christ-
mas tree in 1832 and another
story of a pastor in Cleveland.
Ohio, in 1851, who tried to
trim a tree but ran into opposi-
tion from some people who
considered it a pagan practice.
Decorations in the early
days were homemade and quite
simply fashioned with paper
ornaments and the things com-
t'rion to North America's agri-
cultural past -- apples, oranges
nuts, popcorn balls and strings
of cranberries.
Lighting' the Way
Light and Christmas go
together, for the . deepest
meaning of the holiday rep-
resents ' Christ, the Light of
the world. From the bonfires
and candles of yesteryear to
the twinkling electric orna-
ments of today, light symbol-
izes Christmas.
According to Irish legend,
a candle should always be
placed• in the window on
Christmas Eve. Each Christ
mas, it was. said, ChriSt wan
ders the earth in search of a
welcome, and a candle should
light the way.
CARDS WERE GENERAL
Most of the popular Christ-
mas cards of the later 19th
century in Europe had no
particular Christmas signifi-
canoe. There were some man-
ger scenes and others of re-
ligious nature, but these were
far outnumbered by land -
Mapes, 'flowers, kittens, and
imiiar subjects.
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Santa's Moving
To Take Lead
As Gift -Giver
More and more, Santa be-
comes the favored gift -giv-
er in countries around the
world, replacing a host of
legendary figures who were
said to bring gifts at this
same season of .the year.
Gift -giving time, too, is
now more likely to be Christ-
mas Eve, although the . tra-
ditional date in European
. countries. once, ranged from
St. Nicholas Eve, December
5th, to. Epiphany Eve, Janu-
ary 5th.
Among the many who set
the trend for Santa Claus . is
the German gift -giver, Kris
Kringle–The Mame is a vari-
ation of Christkind—not the
Infant Jesus. himself, but his
messenger who came to earth`
at Christmastime.
Christkind was represent-
ed by a child dressed in white
robes, with a crown and wings
-of. gold.
In Japan, the traditional
gift -giver is a native god,
Hoteiosho. Represented as a
kindly old man with a pack
on his back, he is much like
visions of the traditional
Santa.
He is said to have eyes in
the back of his head, the
better to see whether boys
and girls have been naughty
or nice.
In Yugoslavia, Grandfath-
er Frost — "Dede Mraz" —
replaces Santa Claus.
The Yugoslavian trend. is
to combine Christmas and
New Year holidays, and cele-
brate ., them together with
Grandfather Frost Day.
How It Grew
.l'ust as the celebration of
Christmas gathered together
Many customs aDd rituals of
earlier holidays;go too_ the
monastery artists drew upon
techniques evolved by pre=
Christian craftsmen.
Influence of classic Greek
and Roman style is evident .
in the early illuminated man-
uscripts of, the Christian era.
This gradually gave way to
the decorative, abstract By-
zalntine style.
With the approach' of the
Renaissance, more natural,
realistic techniques came in-
to use, in illumination as in
other forms of art.
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For Feasting
Traditional Christmas
treat In Spain is a sweet pas-
try called,"dulces de almen-
dra." The . ingredients are
sugar, flour, egg white and
almonds.
How's the time to
. count all your
blessings. warmest
appreciation for
your loyal kindness!.
Martha Heywood
Your Fuller `Brush
Dealer
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Have a most .delightful holiday season.'..
and sincerest thanks for your loyal patronage.
We hope
that Santa
is bringing
good things your
way. Thank you for
your loyal patronage.
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all pray
in our own
way that the
next year will
truly be a happy and
peaceful enn, a year which
will further the prospects of
peace, andathe ideals and opportunity of all.
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