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The Summerville News, Thurs., Dec. 21, 1967
FOR SHUT-INS
A good gift for a shut-in
could be a flowering plant. The
miracle of blooming plants
adds a special touch to the
holiday season. A plant ex
presses your message with
feeling and meaning.
After the holidays have
passed your gift remains as a
pleasant reminder to someone
that you are thinking of them.
CHRISTMAS VILLAGE
Torrington, Connecticut,
erects for it’s children in
December a Christmas vil
lage, where Santa and his
elves work on toys, sur
rounded by shelves loaded
with gifts. Santa chats with
the youngsters and provides
each one w ith a gift.
Uis sleigh and reindeer
are likewise an attraction
and include Rudolph the
Red-n os e d Reindeer. The
Nativity scene with the Holy
Family is lighted by a Star
of Bethlehem.
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to delight the heart of any
young lass is her own record
playei and a collection of chil
dren’* records.
FOR THE LADY
Decorate the cover of a large
plastic dish with colored shells
Fill the dish with cotton powder
puffs — get a package of as
sorted colors.
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Practically everyone knows
that jolly old St. Nick was a
real-life bishop in ancient Tur
key, the original Santa Claus
who liked to distribute anony
mous gifts. Yet, it is not so well
recorded that he was also the
patron saint of pickpockets,
robbers, and pirates.
This oddity came about
when St. Nicholas intervened
to persuade a robber band to
return stolen treasure. Pirates
looked to St. Nick for accurate
tips on the weather, even flew
his supposed. likeness on flags
of their ships. In later years,
swindlers in France werepopu
larly referred to as the “Knights
of St. Nicholas."
St. Nicholas was apparently
very wealthy and exceedingly
generous The best-known gift
giving tale concerning this first
Santa Claus — bags of gold
secretly thrown into a house to
provide three luckless daugh
ters with dowries — is today
symbolized by the sign of the
pawnbroker — three goldballs.
The good bishop supposed
ly possessed miraculous pow
ers. While on a voyage to the
Holy Land, he calmed the wa
ters of the sea to save a drown
mg sailor.
Sailors and pirates adopted
him as their patron saint. Pi
rates even stole some of his
relics from a Turkish church
and took them to Sari, Italy,
where a church was build for
him in 1087.
Born in southern Turkey, of
wealthy Greek parents, Nicho
las joined the church and be
came bishop of Myra. It is said
that he went on a pilgrimage
to Jerusalem and was there im
prisoned by Emperor Diocle
tian for his faith. Later released
by the Christian Emperor Con
stantine. he returned to Myra,
where he died on December 6,
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PAINT TOY BOXES
Children love to play with
boxes, so why not decorate
them for Christmas gifts? A
wooden box painted in
bright colors turns into a
pretty — and practical — toy
chest. Turn it upside down,
top with a colorful cushion,
and you have a child's has
sock. Design several like cir
cus cages — or, a kiddie
train. Stretch your imagina
tion and create more Christ
mas fun for your children.
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It was shortly after the turn
A the century. My trade was
hat of a drummer. Today you
would call me a salesman. My
territory was determined by
fancy and, sometimes, by a
weatherbeaten horse named
Napoleon. Whichever fork of
the road suited Napoleon,
suited me. Napoleon huffed
and puffed along, pulling a
wagon load of pots and pans
and assorted dry goods. I let
him go his way until we came
to a lane that led toward a
promising farm house.
I had learned, through the
years, to make it my business
to let darkness catch me only
in the vicinity of some sort of
habitat which offered the prom
ise of warmth and comfort for
the passing of night.
Trouble
On this particular occasion,
which just happened to be
Christmas Eve, I was in un
familiar territory, somewhere
in southern Mississippi. A
broken wagon axle had
brought Napoleon to a sudden,
groaning halt. I set the animal
free while I set about seeing
what I could do to make re
pairs.
I was in unfamiliar territory
on Christmas Eve.
As you may imagine, it took
me a long time, even though
I hurried as fast as I could,
spurred on by dark and
ominous skies that threatened
even promised a siege of bad
weather.
When I had finished with the
job—you guessed it—Napoleon
was gone. He was nowhere in
sight.
I ran up the road, shouting,
whistling, until I was forced to
sit and rest. I returned to the
wagon and looked in the forest
on each side of the road. But,
Napoleon was gone—and the
rain which began slowly at
first, came now in torrential
fashion.
Shelter
I hastily pulled a tarpaulin
over my wares, and myself.
For a time, I was dry and
warm. Then water seeped
around the edges of the
tarpaulin ... a trickle or two
at first, then a steady stream,
down the side boards and
across the wagon bed until I
was thoroughly wet.
It was an hour or two before
dark when I decided to look
up the road for help or as
sistance, knowing full well it
might be 10 or 15 miles to the
nearest sign of civilization.
I had not gone far when I
met him. He was an old fellow,
white-bearded and dressed in
tattered clothing, ambling
toward me as if it were the
brightest day in May. At his
heels, following nonchalantly,
a very nondescript mule.
"My name is Karl,” he said.
"And my friend , here, is
Dancer.”
"Hello,” I said. "Have you
seen a horse up ahead?”
"Not horse, nor human, for
miles. Dancer and me, we’re
just headed home.”
"1 need help,” I pleaded.
"Shelter for the night, or I’ll
buy your mule. 1 have a
wagon load of supplies and
"Dancer will gladly help.
But, he’s not for sale. He is
much too valuable to me.”
"Then, you’ll go with me
to the next house or town?”
"Not 1. I have things to do.
Dancer will take you. Just set
him free when you are there.
He will come back to me.”
One learns, as they say, to
never look a gift mule in the
mouth. I hitched up Dancer,
bid farewell to old Karl and,
after he refused any compensa
tion, started again up the road.
When 1 reached the next
community, Napoleon was
waiting patiently. The moment
I set Dancer free, off he was,
back along the road we had
just traveled.
Maybe there’s nothing un
usual about my story. Except
for the fact that no one in the
community had ever heard or
seen an old man fitting Karl's
description. And, in the many
later years 1 traveled the same
location, 1 could never discover
or learn anything about him.
I wonder if he had some
thing to do with the Spirit of
Christmas.
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CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS
The origin of many Christ
mas customs can be traced
back to prehistoric times. Some
Pagan customs were modified
to fit into the Christian observ
ances. But, as official Christian
Holidays, Christmas and New
Year’s had a long struggle to
become firmly established.
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MIDNIGHT SHOPPER
Many depa rtm en t stores
have a 24 hour shopping ser
vice. If you’ve reached the
point where you can’t figure
out when you’re going to find
time to finish your Christmas
shopping, try doing it by tele
phone in the middle of the
night.
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
Lighted candles in the win
dow supposedly light the way
for the coming of the Christ
Child. Many people once be
lieved that Christ appeared at
Christmas, concealing his true
identity.
CRANBERRIES
The American Indians made
a paste from cranberries called
"Pemmican”. This was used as
a poultice for cuts and wounds.
They used the juice of the berry
for red dye. Eventually the
cranberry was to become a
tradition as part of the Christ
mas menu.