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Canada's Christmas Trees An Excellent Propaganda Medium
The lights of tie Christmas
tree, roost beautitl when re.
fleeted in the eyes of a child,
will bring peace and joy to mill.
ions of homes again this season,
as they have for centuries.
, °But. how did it begin? Why do
we connec t trees and lights with
the birth of the Babe whom Christ-
ians consider the Messiah?
There 'are several stories
about the origin of the Christ.
mas tree, People in Scandina,ia
tante worshipped trees. They
made evergreen trees part of
Christian festivals when they be.
came Christians,
One legendtells how the first
Christmas tree was snows in a
miracle to the English mission-
ary Winfrid (later called Boni.
face). More than 1,200 years ago,
QBITUARY
A: funeral is to be ,held 'today
at 2 p.m. at the Stiles Funeral
Home for Mrs. Walter R, Pin.
der? 172 St. David St., who died
Monday in Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital.
She was the former Margaret
Graham, born in Arthur Town-
ship, where she lived until her
marriage. She attended school
in Arthur.
She has lived in Goderich since
her marriage to 'Walter Pinder
who died in March 1956. She was
Past Noble Grand of Rebekah.
Lodge 69, Goderich, a member
of North Street United Church
and a member of the WMS.
She is survived by two sons,
• John, Goderich;‘ Reginald,
Oshawa; three daughters, Mrs.
Chester (Edna Maud) Ferrier,
Oshawa; Mrs. Mary Henry, God.
erich; Mrs, Reginald (Jean)
Munro, Toronto.
The funeral is to be conduct.
ed by Rev. J. Donald MacDonald
and burial is in Maitland Cern.
etary.
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white traveling in what is now
northern Ger Many, dWinfrldfound
a group of heathens at an oak
tree, about to sacrifice a child
to they god Thor.
W infrid stopped the sacrifice
and cut down the "blood oak."
As the oak fell, according to the
legend, a young fir tree appeared.
W lnfrid said the fir was the tree,
of life, representing Christ.
The Germans probably were
the first to decorate Christmas
trees. They used stars, angels,
toys, gilded nuts, and candies
wrapped in bright paper, and later
added tinsel and lighted candles.
Scandinavians at one time trimm-
ed their trees with little flags.
Now they also use cookies, apples
and gilded nuts.
In the United States and Can-
ada, homemade paper ornaments,
candy canes, and strings of cran-
berries and popcorn were popular
before the advent of shiny colored
balls and• strings 'of colored
electric lights.
Lights at Christmas represent
Christ as the Light of the World.
According to one story, Martin
Luther put lights on his trees
to represent the glory andbeauty
of the stars above Bethlehem on
the night of Christ's birth.
In Canada, many churches hold
candlelight services on Christ.
mas Eve. People in Ireland,
leave a candle burning in the
window. In The Netherlands, on
the eve of Epiphany, young men
carry the Christmas star -act-
ually a lantern containing lighted
candles -as they stroll through
the streets singing hymns and
caroL,,
. No matter what the origin, the
tree ablaze with lights is some.
thing- we remember from our
earliest childhood.. and some-
thing the very youngest children
will begin to learn this Christ-
mas.
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Ten million Canadian Christ.-
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this year, taking the atmosphere
of the Canadian north to count.
less homes in the United States,
overcome; free the Negro from
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What propaganda value these
trees could_ have. Look at die
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Perhaps we should make a mo-
tiva.tional study of tree purl.'
cinatingly varied taste in select.
ing their trees. The most pop.
ular one is the balsam fir, second
choice is the Douglas fir, and
other popular types include the
black spruce, red cedar, and
Norway spruces; cypress, hem.
lock, -juniper, and Scotch -pines,
a.lmost endless variety.
Is there a discoverable mean.
big hidden here? Why would one
family insist on longneedles, and
another short ones? With care-
ful computerized concentration,
perhaps these families could be
typed so that the message fast-
ened to the tree destined for
their. home would have the right
propaganda for the right wage
or social group. Let's fasten
this note to our trees: "We shall
overcomer frerthe Negro from
haps pne year our trees could
be banded with the slogan, deRe.
member your allies with foreign
aidltf Would that be. the real
Christmas spirit?
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• Christmas celebrations once
were -so rowdy that the Pura.
ans in England in the early16401v.
legally forbade the observance 01 ,
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