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A® BY JOSEPH MICHEL D
When you are a confirmed
optimist, you can believe in
strange things. Take Ted
Yates, for example. Ted be
lieved that the spirit of Christ
mas was so highly contagious
that even the meanest man in
town was not immune.
Ted had argued the point
for two Christmas seasons past.
Why, he asked fellow members
of the Dale City Saturday
Night Club, exclude old man
Barlowe when the club went
about town asking citizens to
make some kind of a donation
to the Annual Kiddie Christ
mas Party?
Fellow club members
shrugged off the suggestion.
Ted could be excused. He had
only been in Dale City for five
years. He should not be ex
pected to know everything.
Try Again
Yet, Ted was a persistent
one." Now look, fellas, ” he
pleaded, "just because Barlowe
is a recluse that you never
see . . . does this mean that he
is really so different from the
rest of us? Maybe he thinks
nobody cares about him. Don’t
you think he should at least
get the opportunity to help his
community?"
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"He’s had the opportunity for
two years.” Sam Bates said.
"He’s had that opportunity
l for years,” spoke up Sam
. Bates. "The last time anyone
saw him was nearly seven
years ago. He came to town
the day of the Founder’s Day
Parade and his nutty chauffeur
almost ran over the brass
। band.”
"He didn’t even stay for the
1 parade," added Caleb Day.
। "Okay, okay,” said Ted.
"What if he came in and of
-1 sered to help with the party —
। say, a cash donation, maybe
some gifts for the kids?”
"Which he could well af
i ford,” Caleb commented. "But,
that will never happen.”
"What if someone went to
him and asked if he wanted to
help in any way?” persisted
Ted.
"Someone like who?” came
a chorus.
"Like me, Iguess,’’said Ted.
Small Chance
And, so it was. With a few
assorted bets for the price of
tomorrow’s cup of coffee at
The Dinner Bell, Ted Yates
। was off to Greenvale, home of
the mysterious Mr. Barlowe.
I Sam Bates offered 10-1 Ted
j would never get inside the
door, and found no takers.
Ted was ushered into the
। drawing room by a tall, man
nerly butler, who informed him
I Mr. Barlowe would be along
। shortly and then returned to
the task of decorating the most
beautiful Christmas tree Ted
had ever seen.
Mr. Barlowe came — in an
I electric wheel chair. "Mr Bates”
— he paused to look at Ted’s
card — "I mean, Mr. Yates,
I will answer some questions
you might have in your mind
but do not dare ask. 1 became
paralytic several years ago
after a stroke. My world has
since been confined to this
I house and its gardens. I have
I asked nothing of my neighbors
I because I neither asked nor
gave when I was ,a healthy
I man. I ask nothing now, nor
I do I promise to give anything.
I Yet, since you are here, you
i obviously want to ask some
thing of me. What is it?”
Ted cleared his throat. "I
| came, in the name of the com
munity, to ask you to partici
pate in our Christmas party
for the kids.”
Surprise
Mr. Barlowe studied the
floor, the ceiling, every object
in the room before his firm
eyes rested again on Ted.
"Young man,” he began
slowly, "let me tell you a thing
or two ...” He paused, for a
moment which seemed an eter
nity ...” it would displease me
very much if I came and were
not allowed to play the role
of Santa Claus. " Let me have
a list of the toys and gifts you
now have. I will supplement
the list as necessary.”
An hour later, as he rose
to leave, Ted could not resist.
"Mr. Barlowe, why have you
never participated in com
munity affairs before?”
The old man smiled. "I
think, Ted, no one ever asked
me before.”
Giving gifts during the
Christmas season is a custom
that most of us enjoy. Some of
us even become reckless and
spend more than we should for
a particular .gift merely because
it seems the ^perfect ’ item for a
special individual.
In ancient times and places,
gift giving was sometimes com
pulsory. Roman emperors de
manded Yuletide gifts of cloth
ing, gold and silver from their
subjects. Sb, it is said, did the
kings and queens of medieval
England.
Long before the birth of
Christ, Romans exchanged
gifts of laurel, olive and myrtle
branches, in conjunction with
the Saturnalia, a pagan festival
which occurred about the same
time as the present date of
Christmas.
The Druids of England and
Northern Europe tied gifts on
trees during the festivalobserv
ing the winter solstice.
Gift giving today does not
take the form of appeasement:
it reflects the spirit of kind
hearted generosity.
It is a safe bet that even
those who cry out that “Christ
mas is becoming too commer
cial* have their own special
gift list.
Carol Can Be
Tongue-T wister
“On the first day of
Christmas, my true love
sent to me a partridge in a
pear tree.”
So begins “The Twelve
Days of Christmas,” a tra
ditional and favorite song
of the holiday season. The
ballad tells the story of the
gifts a lover sends to his
lady on each of the 12 days
from Christmas to Epiph
any.
The first gift, a partridge
in a pear tree, may have
been inspired by an old
drinking song, “A Pie sat on
a Pear Tree,” say the editors
of The New Book of Knowl
edge.
As a ballad, “The Twelve
Days of Christmas” is an
example of the “number
chain formula” in folk
songs. As a carol, it is of
the type that marked the
change from formal hymns
in Latin to musical poems
in the vernacular of the
people.
The song can be sung in
a variety of ways. In Great
Britain and the United
States, it often becomes a
game song in which each
person, following a leader
in repetitions, must pay a
forfeit if he misses a line.
Sometimes the descriptions
of the gifts turn into mouth
defying tongue twisters!
FOR YOUR TABLE
Decorators say that your ta
ble arrangements should be
kept as low as possible. In this
way conversation across the ta
ble is possible without dodging
heads back and forth.
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SUPERSTITIOUS PIE
Several writers say that
mince pie originated in
Germany, while others say that
it’s beginning is lost in the
annals of history. It was how
ever, an essential part of the
Yultide celebration in early
England.
Old superstitions held that
any person refusing to eat
mince pie would be unlucky for
the coming year. Those who
did partake, would have the
same number of happy months
during the year as the number
of houses at which he ate mince
pie.
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CALM CHILDREN
Active children become more
exhuberant with the coming of
the Christmas season. The mad
' rush of shopping and holiday
preparations stimulates a
child’s emotions.
Child specialists believe^hat
’ a quiet atmosphere and ex
plaining the joys of the holiday
will help them, and help you
have a more peaceful season.
1 We should spend more time
getting children ready for a
’ reverent Christmas rather than
a commercial one. When the
J entire family pause to under
stand the true meaning of
Ohriatmas, it will be a joy to
all.
The Summerville News, Thurs., Dec. 21, 1967
SYMBOL
On Christmas morning in
the 18th Century, choir boys
carried baskets of apples
pierced with sprigs of rosemary
to symbolize the fall of man
and the hope of redemption.
SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco’s first tree
was made in 1850 from
Douglas fir branches wired to
a stick by a German Wine
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"SILENT NIGHT”
"Silent Night” was first sung
at Christmas in 1818.
The church organ in an
Austrian village had broken
down — as a result of mice, so
the story goes. Father Joseph
Mohr wrote the poem and his
organist, Franz Gruber, com
posed the music.
The congregation, which
had been saddened because
there would be no music for
Christmas, sang "Silent Night”
to a guitar accompaniment.
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