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TEE PIRT 0FCHRSTMA PULOUTSECIONWHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1976, PAGE BI The Spirt of Christmas A Collection of Christmas Storiees and Carols ___ - lia victorian sSont First Holiday Grooting' Carde Sending and receeving greetings of the season is one of -the most enjoyable of Christmas chores, and we can all thank Victorian England for this charming customn. To be more specifie, we can thank a Victorian gen- tleman who was too busy during the holiday season of 1843 -to send his custom- ary notes to friends, wish- ing themn the best of the season. So it was that Hen- ry Cole asked a friend to design a printed card that hie could send to friends in place of the usual hand- wvritten note. The friendl, artist John C. llorsley, illustrated a group of celebrants raising their glassés in a toast, flanked by illustrations of others feedinig the poor and clothing- the necdy. Thie message read, "A merry Christmas and a happy I new yeat to you. It wasn't long before tlie printe(I greeting cari ap- peareci i Aierica, design- ed byonue R. J. Pease, a dry gonds inerchant fron New York state, who sent out cards a(lvertising bis gonds. Ilnwever Lot-is Prang, a litingrapher living in Bos- toit dîuriîng the 1800's is krnwn as thie fatlier of the Arnerican Christrnas (ard. Cliarles Diickens is said to bave sent Prang a Clirist- ma,-i card received front a friend. Prang printed the card for bis family and fiends and later began cre- ating his own cards in 1874. Greeting cards h&ive changed grcatly since that first card sent out by Henry Cole, and no doubt that good gentleman would be amazed at the diversity of designs sent through the mails'at Christînastime.' T OLDEN RULE' VIRIIUS FAITIIS The'holiday season with its message of love. and hope, recails to Christians more than ever the teach- ings of Jesus: "Whatsoever ye woukij that men should do to you, do ye even so ýunto them. '(Matthew 7:12> These inspiring words, generally known as the Golden Rule, have given Christians a* code to ive hy throughout the ensuing centuries and at Christmas- time they resound with truth A the more greatly. The sentiments of the Golden Rule are echoed by other faitbs as well . . . the Jewvish faith teaches, "What is hurtf ul to- yourself do flot to your fellowv men. That is the whole of the Torah)." i auitif ý1crojîttle huin.q, bio4nît thtrt'cameu' ii' nix front tht' rztthio lrri~t*£, ,55»tti"Uli lre i5-;-Iývt flt ii ia hou jiu1,jtif tilr iIiifýi? 'tir IÏ211C £r - et u i!a tztr iun thi. ru.,Žîmt, u u Žre couti hi Ulllein tljcqJ !aawu tI £ t ir, tllti rer t'ctiitt} txrcbÀiII8z1i~3ct t * Aubu £xîIen tlleU £irrr cornw tei otl1 jr uvm5, tlît !zd iŽùtlt, iii c4tb tux itl ilarV 11ii n.t{W4r, aub fedl buin, zutb £uir3lippr fliin: aubinu ~21t4fl 1au pcu-îdx $cir trene urce, tlIrU gprce3dutJz untt'x THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW Buddbîst teaching -re- peats the admonition: "Hlurt not others with that wbjch pains yoturself."' Confucius tatig,ît, "Is there any one rnaxirn which oughit to be acted upon throughout ote s whole life? Surely the max- ini of loving kindness is st'chi. Do fot unt()others what you would not titat they sbotil(l (10 nto yoi.." -The pbilisopby of Tao teaches, f egard your neighbor's gain as your gain,' and regard your neiglîbor's loss as your OWIn. THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS PULLOUT SECTION 1 ý M , ý ky -. l\ ; ;OF . \le *t - 19 , V -IW -)V- - l' -, ' -'k - , l' , à -, -* - 1 -» V-11 'il II)r - ' 10, 1 ýllll ý .1 IL il,, - lxw 1 ,Ir - , "w - ý -It - - -âe *. - 1 -