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“SU GASTLEGAR NEWS CHRISTMAS ‘1969 ”

To faithful friends old
and new, hearty thanks for your
good will and ‘best wishes
for a. wondertul holiday: season.

Picturing ‘Nativity
~ The Christmas'crib:or pre-.
sepio is an especially treas-
'., ured part of the Portuguese
; holiday celebration. Every.
home and:church seems to
have one,:and some of those
in the churches are master-
pieces of art. 5
"Especially famous ‘is the
/presepio in Estrella Church,
Lisbon. This: Nativity scene
* depicts the people of Beth-
lehem, in'terra cotta figures.
Unique among the crowd are
the figures of an ‘elephant
and a bagpiper.
*

Baking Cakes.

_If the weather on St. Nich-
olas Day, December 6th, is.
misty, a ‘Dutch legend can .
explain it. -St. Nicholas ‘is
baking. his cakes.

Traditional cakes — Zelten
or Klosse — are adorned with
different figures. These, chil-.
dren are told, are the marks
miade by St. Nicholas’ donkey.

as he’ steps over the cakes on
his way through. the mist.
*

: e- * SEA
|. Driving Yule Out

: St. Knut’s Day, January
13th, is the traditional time

for taking down Christmas. <
in den. According.

GReernes

sincere thanks, and warmest greetings
fo your and yours for a Merry Christmas.

to custom, as the tree is dis-
mantled,. young “folk dance.
-. while:-their elders ‘sing,
_ “Twentieth day Knut driveth
Yule’ out.” °< SARS ERS
This custom is believed ‘to
“be derived ‘from :the laws of
. King Canute, written ‘in the
early. 11th ‘century. : is
oe be Eon ee ee Bae
Bringing the Tree
Christmas trees .were:-first
> introduced to France in 1837, °
‘when’. Princess ‘Helen’ of:
Mecklenburg married the
: Duke‘of Orleans and: brought
with: her. to. Paris the Yule «
customs of:her native coun-
i : :

To friends,
neighbors,
sincere

peace at
rwistmas

With. deep: appreciation

of your loyalty and. _

‘good will, we're-
_-wishing you all the .—
‘pleasures of a ©

fine old-fashioned

fill the hearts of men every:
where with the good will that

its true meaning offers to all.

And may. the jey: and-blessings
of that first Christmas be yours.

DAIRIES
LTO.

| To wish you

+ Deek your: homes with ‘mounds
of holly, trim the tree with care
| 7 gee for 'tis the: merry
season of Christmas. Many heart-
- felt thanks for your
friendly good will. We're proud
© tobe abie'to serve you...

u Choose to-mark the‘ holiday. ;
“Mesteryear’s customs, how- :- |’

7HRISTMAS |

CASTLEGAR NEWS, ‘CHRISTMAS 1969

*

| -Yesteryear’s

CustomsLive

' At Yuletide

“Candles. and_ carols, trees _
and treats, gifts and greens
— and Santa Claus, of course.
Wherever ‘Christmas ‘is cele-.”
brated, these symbols:seem
‘to ‘appear. <> 75% ae
In the modern era of rapid
‘communication, . there is (a °
growing. uniformity ‘inthe ~
ways that people everywhere;

‘ever, still have their place in -
, modern. celebrations, “It’s :a:
ease .of .“the ‘more ‘-things
change, the more: they. stay.
the'same,”.as countries, com-".
‘munities and individuals. _
seek to. cherish and preserve :
their own special holiday tra=: ’

ditions. 2":

<> Some. of: these’ traditions, -
as treasured: in ‘memory. or: ;”
= ‘kept:alive in “holiday ‘ritual, -

are ‘compiled:in ‘the: follow-
“ing paragraphs, according to:
:- information from the editors
- -of Encyclopedia Internation-.
all: wees PAS