fat The Newmarket fira and Monday Dec tt IMS AND ALU OUR BEST WISHES FOR YOUR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR HARVEY LANE MUGS AND STAFF i t ROWLANDS GARAGE AND RADIATOR SERVICE none ma Main St Newmarket I J May the of happiness and good will that fills this season live in your home and bless your loved ones for many years come A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to SUDD STUDIOS AND MUSIC SHOP a A A KURD 2 f y J More Santa and a tree to JI it of peace and food nd It fa In this spirit that we extend our iAcre to and finally We wish a special Holiday Greeting to each friend weve made this year Instead we means to wish you a Happy Holiday and Fruitful New Year M A McNBL SALES LTD MANAGEMENT AND STAFF ji -rx- QUESTIONS Who was Kris Kringle What does the name Kris mean Who wrote the first Christmas Carols When What superstition had the Scotch about the Christmas candle By what other name is mistletoe known Where did the custom of kissing under the mistle toe begin When were Christmas candles first used How Ion has the prac tice of gift giving at Christ mas been observed did the custom of hanging stockings or iginate are candles used during the Christmas season ANSWERS If No Santa Deer Supply Will Be Blamed If Santa misses some youngsters this year it could be offered plausibly that he was not able to round up enough rein deer for his yearly trip around the globe J The reindeer shortage has be come in recent years much too acute It has been estimated that wolves have destroyed of Santas helpers within the Santa Claus helper Little Christ Child St Francis of and his friars in Italyduring the century It was consid ered an omen of bad fortune if the candle went out before midnight The Golden Bough G England In the middle ages at the Jewish Feast of Lights Since the fourth century St Nick once dropped a purse of coins down the chimney of a poor family It landed in a stocking that had been hung to dry As symbols of the star of Bethlehem England Once Forbade Christmas Observance Did you know that the observ ance of Christmas was once for bidden in England the home of the Yule Log the Carolsinger and During the Reformation many believed the undue jollity of Christmas day was sacrilegious Parliament on December ordered that no observ ance shall be held of the five and The and constancy was once supposed to possess many occult virtues Hamlets Ophelia said Theres rosemary thats for remembrance The fact that Rosemary blooms at Christmas has introduced it into celebration of this feast J according to one legend opened to hide the Virgin Mary and her child from the soldiers of Herod a legend shared with the juniper and other trees Another legend says that during the flight to Egypt Mary threw her blue cloak over a bush of rosemary when she lay down to rest Ever since in her honor flowers have been heavenly blue of the mantle last decade or so leaving an ap proximate The difficulty of keeping the animals alive in a temperate make it unlikely that any of the remaining will be transported their native regions to other lands for the season as has been done in the past American boys and girls will have to be satisfied with sland- The few department stores featuring Santas complete out fit this year will be using native deer as substitute for Dasher and company jv w well as the adoration of child- v twentieth day of December com monly called Christmas day nor any solemnity used or exercised in churches upon that day in re spect thereof This edict proved to be very unpopular with the masses of the people It was not until many years later however that Christ mas was once again regarded as a holiday- LAST YEAR a festival in Den mark paid tribute to one of the greatest helpers Santa Glaus ever had was Hans Chris tian Anderson fairy tale writer and composer of many Christ mas stories His works have sold more copies than any other book ex cept the Bible and have been translated into languages in eluding Arabic Hebrew Chin- Japanese and Since the year that he passed away visitors from ail parts of the world have come yearly to the town see the home of the writer of such tales as The Little Match Girl and The Ugly Duckling Andersons fairy tales releas ed just before Christmas each year brought him money fame and the attention of princes as Tr he deceived a United States dollar bill enclosed a letter written by a young Am erican girl It read Papa says that the dollar is my own that he docs not suppose you are in particular need of money but owe you this and a great deal more he thinks it proper that should send it to you In an ever changing world sincerity and good of Christmas Wishes remain ho same May you Good and Happiness and throughout New STEWART BEARE AND STAFF ATKINSON DRUGS AND STAFF ji In spirit of the herald angels who caroled Glory to the New Born Kinjf we extend our Christmas wishes to you and those yon dearest HANDS I