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Ivina the country with its Christmas trees Is no small job these days.
[from [a million or more trees northern are sacrificed Vermont, every and year of and two they species come of mostly pine,
the woods of are
L Norway spruce and the balsam fir. People of the Middle West and
[southern states demand the Norway spruce, while eastern people want
L balsam. Here are the trees ready three for five freight trees, shipment, according 2,500 to size. of them
ko the car, tied up in bundles of to
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One of these influences is
ganger of a conflagration in
■home where Christmas trees
[lighted with candles, although
(danger is Lein: of 1 electricity II; over- for
the use
nating purposes. Another re¬
ive tendency is the cost of
Las trees and the growing ditli
lof obtaining them.
|eover, a conviction is growing
public mind that it is poor
py to cut Christmas trees from
k>s of mature tr . s . r talc down
that has been growing for 15
|years te for a one day’s celebra¬
availability of artificial sub
i and the natural trend toward
Ige in the customs of the people
fHE INVISIBLE GIFT I
CERE'S a gift on the Christ
Jnas tree that we cannot see,
(we lftiiing know it’s there. There’s
that gvalue to
pie rest and w feel it. With
rich there are fifty gifts to
[baby b to ; one with gift; the with poor, both fifty
is this something that
s that an equal gives happiness, some- jri
riches nothing
and poverty nothing lack- l
something that gives light
M candles and warmth
lut ® re - The tree itself
p fronr It, the Christmas
pl sings ,
of it. We are all
F by it and about it. It
[the gathers shops with beautiful
. crowds to buy
" an ?s garlands in the
Pn carols :.n the air. it
| the devoutest church bells ring and
P |ha worship, it is
t hangs upon the Christ
r 6, Without the Cross the
pas tree had never been,
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stnias
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filled.
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■five v'rit'' ,^ !; ns, "'it l uas hristtaas presents let
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pass-,- VherT e ■’ T nip,y e
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heard ” ‘ th
p of d ( ' hn 'Iren’s cries
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Woupi ’ hey ha H gone
6r COlue bac *L
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« bac k erfU l ° hrist '
to J ler She fel <
ana ’
Tears «ua w „ ir Uh u f ChrIst —
han-iin' ca' 116 “ t0 ° ber ’
ftW?" eyes,
hY their hot
Pie “•PWness " 11110 a s one’s out
I- '’but s as as thm tho
n '"S • «gh it
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; tb Yes, "all
N bern tJi 1 } * s,raa who E°r chll
•«f <>f their
- • ur <1, and - - -
*1 it
melody
ILL the Christmas tree be
of the fist? ' “
come a thing which
There are tendencies
would seem to indicate that
a substitute may usurp the
throne this green harbinger
of merriment and good will
has held in the hearts ol
the people for many dec-
(©, 1922, Western Newspaper X'nio*j.)
r pO US children there was a myste
**■ rious charm about old Mr. Uplook.
He used to spend a good dead otf bis
j time in tuts in the of back mahogany part of his slwipgtum- 'boats
j « into little
and telling us stories while lie chipped
j and polished. He had a small,•person
i in his throat whom he called Pedro,
j and lie would make hint grunt ’out an
j swers to our questions in a wonderful
1 manner. His vest buttons w'ere con¬
nected with several insects, and when
we touched them there vrould come
■ out now a bee, then a mosquito, and
once in a while a bug that would
j snap off our noses. The buzzing oi
the bee, the piping of the mosquito,
j and the dangerous assault of the snap
bug gave us many a thrill and him
much enjoyment.
One Christmas time, being rathei
short of rich relatives and very long
on hope, we conceived the idea ol
drawing upon the fairy resources oi
our good friend, by suggesting a but
ton that would connect with the good
genius of the holidays and bless om
wishes. So we asked Mr. Uplook il
he thought the first two buttons on his
coat could by any possibility have any¬
thing to do with the Christmas case.
He said that he would have to go int«
his back room and see about it first
but when he came out we knew by
liis looks that it would be all right.
We wanted to press the buttons sev¬
eral times, but Mr. Uplook thoughl
that that once in would be enough, and said j'
each case we might whispei;
two desires, whispering loud enough
— for him ■ to hear, sj that he might be
sure we were getting the thing
stra igkt. «« So we pressed and .^,1 whis
pered in that perfect faith that Mr.
Uplook always Inspired in us. I
We were not surprised on Christmas
morning had when things happened just j *
as we expected, and kind Mr. Up
look seemed just like a real Santa
Claus as he stood by the roadside
wllh his camera, taking a picture oi
one boy with red-topped, copper-teed
boots, riding on a new sled; and
another who was trying a pair ol
sinning skates on the wayside pond •;
and trying to keep a fur cap in Its j
place. And we beys were painting
u P otl our hearts a picture of this 1
e >od friend that has lasted until now. I.
Hf>w Did Auntie Know?
It lt was thoir stvoud Christmas anf
s u
;!T„!!fY baml ” to riC the . wasl relatives . ier ’ froni gatherert, “friend wher *)«»!•
one a,mtie that jr-t
4 typical of of married married life—the life—the first first
Christmas a talking machine anc
the second ChriBtaus a washing am
chlaa r
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also bear on the
disuse of the natural tree.
The Yule log succumbed to the
greater attractiveness of the Christ¬
inas tree. And the Yule log had its
predecessors in the various celebra¬
tions that occurred at the close of the
< Id and the beginning of the new
year during the first centuries of tin
Christian era.
The Christmas tree is believed to be
a German institution, hut the Romans
celebrated the birth of Christ about
the middle of the Fourth century by
the display of tree decorations, arid ii
some sections of Europe the festival
was observed by the employment ot
pyramids decorated with preen twig
and ornaments. Christmas trees shouh
not be cut except from dense growth:
where thinning of young trees can b
made with benefit to the forest. The
New York State College of Forestry
in the interest of conservation of tin
forests urges tiie adoption of artificia
substitutes for trees in the obser\
ances of the Yule-tide festival.
THE FEATURE OF CHRISTMAS
Spirit of Generosity and Happiness
and Arrival of Old Kris Kringle
Completes Program.
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happiest feature of
Christinastide is the spirit
of generosity it engenders.
The embodiment of this
spirit is a Father Christ¬
mas, Knight Rupert, or some other
mysterious personage, who ubiquitous¬
ly glides from house to house shower-,
ing down his gifts for the “weans,” j
and leaving behind him everywhere
an atmosphere of eheeriness and
genial happiness.
The beneficent belief in this Old
World spirit has, happily, sp uid to
almost every corner of the civilized
world. In America the ^German Christ
Kindlein or Infant Christ, becomes the
Kris Kringle, who like Santa Claus in
England, pursues his unimpeded way
through keyholes and down sooty
chimneys to bestow his gifts upon
children that are “good,” while Pels
nlcbol or “Nicholas With the Fur” fol¬
lows closely upon his heels with a
birchen rod for the “naughty.”
Long may this belief in Kris Kringle
maintafn its virile existence, and may
the “weans” see little of that chasten¬
ing rod of Pelsnfehol.
SANTA B^S^PURITANS
Christmas Was Utterly Denounced as
Evil.and Ungodly in Early
Days.
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tion of Christmas was utterly de¬
nounced as an evil, ungodly and per¬
nicious custom, and any child daring
to think of as much as a plum pud¬
ding on that day would make himself
liable to reproof by tin* authorities.
All along the stern and rock-bound
coast, Geraldine Ames writes in the
Churchman, the only Christmas trees
in the days of the Puritan domination
were those that nature had planted
there and had adorned with fleecy
snow. The fires burned brightly on
the open hearths, but as far as the
children knew, Christmas was just
like any' other day in the calendar.
Even erf ter the Puritan reaction
against the forms and customs of the
old church had spent itself to some
extent the children of the Seventeenth
century still expected no gifts in hon¬
or of the birth of Christ.
ASK FOR CHRISTMAS PEACE
Let Alt Pray to God for Perfect Rest
and Perfect Power and Perfect
Love.
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his child, as Christmas Day declares:
Be not afraid to go unto the Father.
Pray to Him; tell Him what thou
wan test; say, “Father. I am not mod¬
erate, reasonable, forbearing. I fear
I cannot keep Christmas aright for I
have not a peaceful Christmas spirit
in me; and I know that I shall never
get it by thinking, and reading, and
understanding, for it passes all that,
and lies far away beyond it. does
peace, in the very essence of thine un¬
divided, unmoved, absolute, eternal
Godhead, which no change nor decay
of this created world, nor sin or folly
of men or devils, can ever alter; but
which abideth forever what it Is in
perfect rest, and perfect power and
perfect love. O, Father, give me Thy
Christmas peace.”—From Town and
Country Sermons.
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GOOD SCHEME.
Doing your
Christmas shop¬
ping early, ain’t
you Jones?
Well, you see l
want to git my
wife’s Christinas
present before my
creditors git
around to buy¬
ing their wife’s
presents.
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Christmas Trees and Stockings.
Two Christmas practices, both old
and very pretty, that have come down
to us are the Christmas tree and the
hanging up of children’s stockings on
Christmas eve. Each provides a way
of making gifts, and the way provided
by the stockings is especially pleasing
oHildren. Ierhaps it ®,
but in homes where it is still followed e J
there are delighted children on Christ
mas morning when the mysteriouslj
filled stockings are examined in some¬
thing like awe blended with great
pleasure. The Christmas tree sur¬
vives, and no Christmas school festi¬
val is complete without one. brilliant
with lights and loaded with presents,
presided over by n merry yet vener¬
able Santa Claus.
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Christmas Neckties.
j Some individual with leisure ami
curious mind has figured out that i>0
out of every JOO men receive a necktie
as a Christmas gift. The estimate is
conservative, but how many of the
neckties so bestowed are worn by their
recipients? The giving of neckties is a
Tidual " Many" a man could gets read
Christmas that he
, |v onollsh adnilr e as part of a curtail
of .1 „ drape> ^ t b , llf „ t fhnf tha t he would wear
, , under the compulsion of a gun
( , teveJed at ^ is hea d.
DS AND
The Holiday S ascn affords an op¬
portunity to express again the pleas¬
ure we derive from our business
relations with you and on behalf of
our entire organization, we wish for
you and yours,
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND
A HAPPY PROSPEROUS HEW YEAR
rotes & Company
Appreciating our pleasant
business relations during the
past we wish you the compli¬
ments of the Season and trust
that the coming New Year
will bring the best you have
ever known in Happiness and I
Prosperity.
Farmers Banking Company
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
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N THE early days of Amer¬
ica’s history Christmas fes¬
tivities were not generally
observed.
In one state the observa¬
peace is God’s
and he must give it himself,
’with his own hand, or we
shall never get it. Go then
to God himself. Thou art
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