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Trees Flourish
In Festivities
Of all the customs of the
Yuletide, none flourishes
more merrily than the Christ
mas tree. It’s a happy holi
day tradition to set up a tree,
string it with lights, deck it
with ornaments and crown
it with a star.
Legendary suggestions
about the origin of the tree
are plentiful. Just about every
country has one to offer.
The pine trees of the Roman
Saturnalia, the great tree of
Yggdrasil in Norse mythology
and the evergreens the Egyp
tians used to adorn their
homes at the winter sol
stice are but a few of the
possibilities.
In Scandinavian mythol
ogy, the three roots of Ygg
drasil bound together die
home of the gods, the land
of mankind and the nether
world.
Though where the Yule tree
began can’t be pinpointed, it
first showed up as an accom
plished fact in the 16th cen
tury. Strasbourg manuscripts
of that era describe decorated
trees as a regular, established
part of the Christmas season.
The custom of the tree was
probably brought to the New
World by Hessian soldiers
fighting for the British in the
Revolutionary War.
The chronology of the
Christmas tree in America
reveals these highlights, as
compiled by the editors of
Encyclopedia International.
1856 First Christinas tree
in the White House introduced
by President Franklin Pierce.
1909 People of Pasadena,
DRESSING THE QUEEN
Once, it was customary for people to give their country’*
rulers clothing for Christmas, and Queen Elizabeth I ac
quired a large part of her wardrobe this way, historians say
CHOOSING LOG
Ash was the wood chosen for some of the first Yule logs,
because Christmas lore said that the Christ Child had been
bathed and dried before an ash-wood fire.
diristmas Greetings
Yuletide Greetings tree is
trimmed with the season's
wishes , and our words of thanks.
EVERETT BETTIS
STORE
Calif, erected a towering tree
on Mount Wilson.
1912 Community trees dec
orated in Madison Square
Park, New York City, and on
the Common in Boston.
1913 "Children’s Christ
mas Tree” placed in Indepen
dence Square, Philadelphia.
1920 Giant deodar cedars
create a mile-long panorama
of lighted trees, on "Christ
mas Tree Lane” inAltadena,
Calif.
1923 First National Com
munity Christmas Tree inau
gurated by President Calvin
Coolidge.
1926 National Christmas
Tree designated by U.S. De
partment of Interior. It’s a
"Sequoia gigantea,” or conif
erous evergreen, in King’s
Canyon National Park, Calif.
1933 First Rockefeller Cen
ter Christmas tree erected—a
70-foot high Norway spruce
with 1,200 colorful lights.
Since then, huge Christmas
trees—usually Norway spruce
—have been a tradition in this
New York business-entertain
ment complex. Tallest ever
was a 90-footer, in 1948.
1947 Minneapolis celebrat
ed with a tree made of water
pipes. 135 trees placed in the
pipes served as limbs.
1950 A Seattle shopping
center set a record for the high
est tree, with a 212-footer.
Canadians celebrate with a
National Christmas Tree on
Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
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Long ago three Wise Men
Were gazing at a star
That glistened in the Heavens,
Outshining all by far.
And so the Wise Men pondered
What could its message be,
For it somehow seemed to beckon
And say, “Come, follow me!”
So they readied for a journey,
And chose their gifts so rare.
Then they climbed upon their camels,
And turned them toward the star.
Long days and nights they traveled
With trials along the way,
Until they came to Bethlehem
Where now the Christ Child lay.
And there the holy Magj
Knelt before this tiny King;
They gazed in adoration
While hearing angels sing.
And then along with shepherds
They learned the reason why
They were beckoned by a message
That came out of the sky.
And they gave it to the ages
So that all good men might be,
Just as joyfully rewarded
By the words, “Come, follow me!”
JINGLE, BELLS
Most-sung American secu
lar carol is "Jingle, Bells,”
written by James Pierpont of
Massachusetts in the 1850’s.
CAREFUL WITH COMMA!
That old carol really isn’t
"God Rest You, Merry Gentle
men,” but "God Rest (Keep)
You Merry, Gentlemen.”
BEES GET BUSY
On Christmas Eve, bees
hum holiday carols and melo
dies, says legend.
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Yuletide Melodies
In this century, hymns and
carols of the Nativity have
been composed by Peter War
lock ("Bethlehem Down”)
and Gustav Holst ("Mid-Win
ter”)—among others.
Often, hymns and carols
have been set to the music
of classic composers.
One example is, "While
Shepherds Watched Their
Flocks by Night,” by Nahum
Tate. Music for this came
from Handel’s opera, "Siroe,”
as adapted by Richard Storrs
Willis.
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS, DEC. 23, 1971, SECTION B
Presidential OK Expected On Vets'
Insurance Bills
Atlanta Three bilk per
taining to veterans’ insurance
are expected to be signed into
law by the President in the
immediate future,' according
to Georgia Veterans Service
Director Pete Wheeler.
“One of the new bills will
provide uniform definitions of
a widow, widower, child and
parent for Servicemen’s Group
Life Insurance (SGLI) pur
poses,” Wheeler said. He
added that the existing law
does not define the terms
“widow,” “widower,” “child”
or “parent” for SGLI pur
poses. Consequently, such
definitions are left up to local
state laws.
“The greatest need for uni
formity is in the area of child
ren and parents,” Wheeler
said, “and the new law would
make definitions uniform
throughout the United
States.”
A second bill would autho
rize holders of policies of
National Service Life Insur
ance (NSLI) on which di
vidends are payable, to use
their dividends to purchase
additional paid-up insurance.
“This means,” said Wheeler,
“that paid-up insurance grant
ed under this bill would be in
addition to any insurance
otherwise authorized under
present or prior provisions of
the law.”
Still another bill awaiting
the President’s signature
would authorize the conver
sion or exchange of National
Service Life Insurance to a
new policy of insurance on
the modified life plan under
the same terms and conditions
as is provided under existing
law for modified life plan
insurance except that the re
duction of the face value by
one-half would occur at age
70 instead of at age 65.
Wheeler said that insureds may
choose between “the age 65
and age 70 modified life plans,
and this bill will provide for
such an exchange of plans.”
Wheeler said that insureds
may choose between “the age
65 and age 70 modified life
plans, and this bill will pro
vide for such an exchange of
plans.”
Art Spreads
Story Of
His Birth
The Nativity scene ha.
always stimulated and
challenged painters and
sculptors.
In turn, great works of
art depicting the story of
the birth of Christ have,
through the years, en
riched the lives and en
hanced the spiritual
insights of millions.
Earliest Christian art
was simple and graphic,
as clear and easy to appre
ciate as a comic strip.
Later, religious paint
ings became stilted.
Then, Italian Renais
sance painters instilled re
newed warmth and hu
manity into art, renewing,
too, individual art appre
ciation, through their na
tural, lifelike creations.
Their work gained much
from the stimulus of the
changing times and the
new approach to art, fos
tered by the support of the
Medici and commissions
for paintings and sculpture
from the church.
For instance, Raphael,
famous for the "Sistine
Madonna,” came to Rome
from Florence to do a fres
co decoration in the Vati
can at the same time that
Michelangelo was painting
the ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel.
Artists from other coun
tries, too, traveled to Italy,
there to experience and be
influenced by Renaissance
thought and feeling.
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