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30 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesdoy, December 14, 1960 - cy. fh ge Strange History American couniries # fs the Christ child who sends the gifts, is angels who deliver them. The Germans called the infant Christ kindel. When they immigrated to North America be became Kris Kringle but hecame identified of a Saviour snd the ensuing] During the 16th century they|iree the Christ birth of Christ began combining the two sym- formerly stood #t the A fir tree hung with # 5) 0h usually adding henesth the pyre represented the Garden of " cn and the symbol soon found its way into homes on the feast day of Adam and Eve, Dec. 2 BY 7¥% "wee PICTURE OF THE MONTH This picture a terror pleture, "Mrs, Paul DeLaunis stricken woman hearing the | was leaving her home after shot that meant her husband's | pleading in vain with her hus suicide Nov, 12 wins the Ca- | hand to give himself up He nadian Press Pieture-of the. | had been trapped in the cellar Month award for the Toronto | after shooting another man to | Telegram. When staff photog. | death Kenned ays Mrs, De rdpher Jim Kennedy took the Launis made several trips into of the house to talk to her hus band. "I took a picture every time she came out," he recalls I had the camera trained on her when the shot rang oul | elicke 1 the shutter at just. the | right second to catch the terror on her face." MATCH POSTPONED PATERSON, N.J AP the) day match health] tween STRIKE AUTHORIZED SAN FRANCISCO (AP Alday meeting Dex strike against Santas Anita racelis asking # da was authorized Monday| hoard increase fo yy membership of the and welfare The Mutuel Employees Guild. age wage day for unless contract terms are' men who sell or cash tickets reaghed, Santa Anita opens a 55 26. The guild Tues $1 ross night's boxing New York heavyw Roland la Starza and Ike the mas postponed until Dec Ihecause of snow, Youll be QS he Ti eight Tho 21 going benefit $30 1 full-size - 01 BUICK Truly, this is the year you'll want to go Buick: The 61 full-size Buick is this year's style-setter, with all the quality features that have made Buick famous. Slimmer and trimmer on the outside, these new full-size Buicks give you extra roominess inside, more "stretch-out-in-comfort" legroom plus all the power and performance you want from today's finest car. Test drive a new Buick today and discover why '61 is Buick's year, Invicta Custom 4-Door Hardtop A GENERAL MOTORS VALUE! Of Xmas Trees By JULES Low in the same territory, their chil NEW YORK (AP)--Maost tek dren liked the idea of & nocturnal ditions are children of strange visitor coming to thelr homes ancestry, and the two most pop- too % ular Christmas customs--Santa But the idea of a bishop Was Claus and the Christmas tree disagreeable to the New York may have the strangest heritagelers, many of whom were Pres of them all byterians. Also, they did not Does it come as a surprise that celebrate feasts of saints the lighted tree is entirely Chris- tian in origin while the jolly manic folklore, familias to these figure sometimes called St. Nick Anglo-Saxons; wes the pagen god iwas horn of pagan parents? Thor : | True the name Sams Claus He was the god of the pess- {Is derived from $4. Nicholas--or ants; an elderly, Jovisl man with Sinter Klaas, as the Dutch called a long white beard. His color him, But the saint and the elf wes red, his element was fire have nothing in common except and the hearth was sacred to the name him. On the occasions when he This is how they came to be ft his home among the ice ljoined in Christmas lore: bergs of the northlond, where he the feast of 8 =$ought the giants of ice and snow, 6 4 od Be frequently would come down chimneys into his element. He rode in a chariot. pulled by two white goats, Cracker and Gnasher Exchanging gifts at Christmas was traditional with the English Americans, and it was not sur. nrising the jolly old elf now { For years Nicholas, Des was observed |in Furope by giving gifts to children, He is their patron saint {and the custom still is practised Ji most Eurvpean countries, | Few historical facts are known ahout the saint, He was bishop lof Myra in Asia Minor and died {ahout the year 330. He was an i j emerge orphan, and a generally accepted familiar to us all should emerge legend is he often helped poor ai the new delivery hoy . | | childzen by slipping coins through| In most European and South In the withered pages of Ger-| y {with Senta Claus TREE FROM ADAM The Christmas tree evolved this way In medieval days a favorite pre-Christmas pageant was the Germans also had the custom of erecting in their homes during Advent a candle wooden pyramid star, signifying the topped by "Light of the Paradise Play, depicting the (all World" which shone from the of Adam and Fve, the promise stable st Bethlehem. i a EY waa Al-THEYOUNG MEN | === JAMES DARREN: GLENN CORBETT WORT SAL ANA S1.CLAR INGEWAR JOHANSSON rg? Witten, nd DA i _; 0 0s font ng le! + Divected by WALL BARTLETY PLAZA CC STARTS THURSDAY J LAST "AN AMERICAN IN PARIS' DAY RHAPSODY' | Dutch immigrants {America brought the "visit from St. Nicholas" with them. They had clung to the custom even after thef Reforma tion LIKED IDEA Later, when the English founded the colony of New York to North traditional SORRY! We're Sold Out on Sot,, Dec. 17 JUBILEE PAVILION their windows at night | hederked a LAST DAY ~ AAA AANA yas ir Cea Perr pAAAASANN PARANA AAA PABBA NOW FAYING SEVENTEEN 15 NOT AN AGE IT'S AN ETERNITY, , , / WHEN YOUR OWN SON » 15... » 'Odds Against Tomorrow' ** 'Horizons West' Dangerous.. Daring... Devil-may- car ® a He Ruled dventure"s Golden Agel WALT DI Big Christmas Package of Recording Stars in Person--American Bandstand Stars FREDDIE CANNON "Tallahassee Lassie, Chatanooga Shoeshine Boy" BOBBY COMSTOCK "Tennessee Waltz, Jambalaya" ® THE COUNTS ® THE TORNADOS Friday, Dec. 23 -- 8:30 p.m, The "New" Dancing 8:30-12:30 RED BARN omission 1.75 Tickets on Sale at Wilson & Lee Ltd, -- Or ot the Door G Ginger Barry Rocers NELson Carol CHANNING 5 Pw. 1 ie I j "You FS moses JAMES Mac ARTHUR + AND ON THE SAME PROGRAM ! 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