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consideration and gracious patronage.
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The History Os Christinas Gifts
Though the Three Wise Men
gave the first Christmas gifts
in history, the earliest Christ
ians refused to exchange pre
sents. To them, the custom was
a heathen one -- because gift
giving played a prominent role
in many pagan festivals.
In time, they accepted the
exchange of gifts as an expres
sion of rejoicing -- and legends
about the bringers of gifts be
gan to grow.
The jolly gent we know as
St. Nick, for example, is based
on the real-life St. Nicholas,
bishop of Myra in Asia Minor
(modern Turkey) in the fourth
century. Legendary even in his
own time for his generosity,
and his love of children, he is
said to have gone on many a
mysterious journey carrying
secret gifts to the poor. On one
of these expeditions, so the
story goes, he dropped a bag of
gold down a chimney. It fell by
accident into a stocking hung
up to dry by the fire — and
prompted generations of hope
ful children to hang up their
hosiery, too.
Giving to the poor remain
ed a vital part of Christmas
celebrations in the centuries to
come. In England, on the day
after Christmas, clergymen
used to open the church alms
boxes and distribute the money
to the needy. Later, it became
customary to give boxes of
“ money on that day to people
who had served you during the
year. December 26 is still
known as Boxing Day in Brit
ain.
The custom of bestowing
gifts on friends and family
members was popularized in
England by King Henry VII,
according to the Shulton Com
pany, whose perfumes and
toiletries make popular modern I
gifts. Henry’s granddaughter, I
Queen Elizabeth I, made the
most of this custom: she de
pended on Christmas gifts to
replenish her wardrobe, and
made it very clear to courtiers
that they had better come
across handsomely on Christ
mas Day. Court records show
that the Archbishop of Canter
bury gave her S2OO every Yule
for clothes. Court ladies pre
sented her with the first silk
stockings worn in Europe, and
even the royal dustman (gar
bage collector) came through
with two bolts of fine linen for
the royal lingerie.
Father Christinas, as the
English counterpart of Santa is
called, rode high for another 40
years after the reign of Good
Queen Bess. Then the Puritans
took over. They abolished him
and his gifts, and indeed all
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Christmas celebration, as fit
only for heathen.
The stern Puritans brought
their distrust of Christmas
merriment to New England’s
shores as well; in 1659, the
observance of Christmas in
Massachusetts became a penal
offense!
On the other hand, fun-lov
ing Dutch settlers had already
brought “Sinter Klass’’ to New
Amsterdam. Later, a German
colony moved into Pennsyl
vania along with their gift
bringer, Christkindlein -- who
gave us the name “Kris Kring
le”. Other immigrant groups
contributed their own legends
and customs of Christmas giv
ing. And in 1822, a Presbyter
ian divinity professor named
Clement C. Moore sat down
and combined many of these
elements into a rather well
known poem beginning “ “Twas
She night before Christmas. . .”
The “Visit from St. Nicholas”
described by Moore was modest
in comparison to some of St.
Nick’s later trips. Americans
have long been generous Yule
tide givers. During the heyday
of clipper ships, seamen used to j
bring their families rare and i
costly presents gathered from
the Orient: spices, silks, china
and teakwood. Appropriately
enough, St Nicholas was the
patron saint of sailors as well
as children; also appropriately,
the Old Spice toiletries bought
today as Christmas presents for
many husbands and Dads carry
a clipper ship insignia on their
boxes!
The ladies aren't negelected;
according to information sup
plied by Shulton, at least 22%
of the nation’s annual perfume
sales occur in December —
which means over $7 million
in sweet-smelling Christmas
gifts! And this is just a fra
grant drop in the Yuletide
bucket — Americans spend
well over $27 billion a year on
Christmas presents of all kinds.
Many of these gifts are wrap
ped with the aid of Christmas
seals, yet few Americans have
any notion of when or where
these originated. They were
first used in Copenhagen, Den
mark, in 1904 -- the brainstorm
of a postal clerk named Hol
boell, who dreamed them up as
a benefit for a children's hos
pital.
The gift-giving customs of
many lands form an interesting
contrast to our own. Greek
children rustle up their own
gifts: on Christmas Day they go
the rounds collecting raisins,
walnuts, figs and sweets. In
Newfoundland, an important
Christmas gift is -- fish! Local
fisherman fish for the churcn
on Christmas Day, donating
their catch to the parish.
Some countries enjoy Christ
mas giving so much that they
do it twice: the French ex
change gifts on New Year's
Day, but the children are visit
ed by Pere Noel on Christmas
Eve. Italian children receive
their main presents on January
6. but they and their parents
draw for little gifts on Christ-
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WISH You\
JAMES VICTORY
Service Station
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' mas Eve from an “Urn of
Fate.”
And Icelanders must hurry if
they want to unwrap their pre
sents Christmas morning. Al
। most the entire holiday must be
! spent in church services —for
in Iceland there are only four
hours of light on Christmas
Day!
WHEN YOU'RE
FEELING DROWSY!
Mile after mile of driving a car
on the super highways and
parkways can easily lull a per
son into a sleepy or drowsy
feeling. Driving when you are
tired can be dangerous too. If
you feel only slightly sleepy,
open the windows, turn the car
j radio up loud, sing or make up
a game to play which requires
conscious effort. If you are
very' sleepy, pull completely off
the road and take a nap.
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“To insure the education of
their teenagers, parents need
to pull a few wires—TV, tele
phone and ignition.”
Under grading standards for
Southern Pine, bonus stress
values are recognized for lumb
er seasoned to moisture content
of 15 percent or lower.
Georgia leads the nation in
the production and processing,
of green Southern peas, accord
ing to horticulturists with the
Cooperative Extension Service.!
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pride in the friendship of the people
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B*?® Brooks Pennington, Jr.
HE AM SENATOR 45th DISTRICT
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We Think You Should Know ...
Know the fact that we need help! In order for us to just maintain
for Covington a modern bowling center, 750 persons are required to bowl
in a league once a week, throughout the year. The bowling population
within a 20-mile radius of Covington is 35,000 persons.
Leagues are the backbone of bowling as prescriptions are to the
drug store and meat is to the supermarket. Without them, we cannot be
in business. Presently Gold Crown Lanes has 258 league bowlers, approxi
mately 1/3 of what is needed just to maintain this facility.
A modern sixteen lane bowling center is something of which a com
munity can be proud. A city can point to such a facility to attract new
industry, to interest more home owners to come to Covington and a place
where its residents can take their out of town friends for an evening of fun,
recreation and relaxation.
This form of recreation is the most popular sport in America —
it's a family sport, no limits on age, and anyone can bowl regardless of
site or sex. It's a wholesome sport and it teaches competition, fair play,
team cooperation, and self discipline. FOR CHILDREN, IT CANNOT BE
BEAT . . . What other winter recreation facility does Covington have that
offers so much?
We want to maintain this facility in Covington — without your help —
it cannot be done. It is truly unfortunate that two modern facilities began
sometime ago and one was forced to close. However, that is history and
Covington should look to the future for its growth and well rounded en
vironment.
We invite everyone to drop in at the lanes for your pleasure in
open bowling over the holidays and ask your help in supporting league
bowling.
Thank you for your help. . . . We extend to each of you and your
families the merriest of all Holidays and a most prosperous New Year.
Sincerely,
THE MANAGEMENT
Gold Crown Lanes
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