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with jolliest wishes to
you and your family and
with our hope that your
holiday is Bay.

MAY YOUR
CHRISTMAS
BE BLESSED
WITH EVERY
HAPPINESS

C. ARTHUR ANDERSON
Mutual Life

JOYEUX
NOEL

TO OUR FRIENDS

CUT-RATE

AT CHRISTMAS

we are taking time out

10 send along a big bundle

of warmest geod wishes.

fo friends ang customers,

S. Claus Now
Changed Man

Santa Claus has undergone
quite a metamorphosis in his
time. Before Dr. Clement
Moore, Santa’s appearance
was a problem left mostly to
individual discretion and per-
sonal taste. He might be short
or tall, plump or thin, merry
or solemn.

The European St. Nicholas
was pictured as a tall, thin
man who rode a gray horse.
In 1809, Washington Irving
described Santa as a jolly
fellow who wore a wide-
brimmed hat,

After Dr. Moore wrote “'Twas
the Night Before Christmas,”
in 1823, St. Nick acquired def-
inite external characteristics,
Ever after, children “knew
in a moment it must be St.
Nick” by his well-fed, merry
appearance — twinkling eyes
and a rosy face — and his
sleigh and reindeers for trans-
portation.

The image of Santa was
affirmed in 1869 when Thomas
Nast’s cartoon was published,
picturing Santa in his now-
familiar red garb, smoking a
pipe. Like all famous men,
Santa today finds it difficult

Towns Named In
Spirit of Yule
Get Mail Deluge

Among the busiest of San-
ta’s helpers at the Yuletide
season are postoffices in towns
with Christmas names,

In Noel, Mo.; - Chi

AT THIS .
HOLY SEASON

we pause to extend
our warniest wishes
to all our friends.

aS

CML ORENS Wann

Fla.; Santa Claus, Ind., Beth-
lehem, Ind.; and Bethlehem,

*Pa., many thousands of pack-

ages and cards are received
around Christmas time, to be
postmarked with the Yule’
town’s name and remailed to
other states and countries,

The towns also Play host to
many visitors during the
Christmas season, In Bethle-
hem and Nazareth, Pa.,-there
are permanent displays and
festivals of light, emphasizing
the religious meaning and
beauty of Christmas,

Ireland Lights
Way for Child

The people of Ireland origi-
nated the tradition of burning
a candle in the window at
Christmas time, Legend said
that the Christ Child might
be wi ig alone in the

to travel any i

Pinata Scramble.

In Mexico and other Latin
American countries, the
breaking of the pinata is a
traditional Christmas custom,
Earthen jars are filled with
toys and sweets, covered with
colored papier-mache figures
and hung in an open space.

Blindfolded children take
turns at trying to break the
pinata with a stick. When it
is smashed, there's a ‘merry

dark and cold, and they lit a
candle to light him on his way.

ON STAGE FOR YULE
Theatre in England began
with Christmas plays, The first
British comedy was written for
a Yule celebration, and the
earliest tragedy, “Gorbuduc,”
Was performed at Christmas,
1561;
A LAW AGAINST IT”
In Massachusetts, Christmas
didn’t become a lawful holiday

until 1856. The Pilgrims in
New England had di
of Ch

for its nts,

celebrations, and
a law prohibiting. them’ was
passed in 1659,

BEST WISHES
- TO ALL AT
CHRISTMAS
~s
TRANSFER

SILENT. NIGHT
HOLY NIGHT
May your Christmas be
calm and bright—and
may it be the merriest
one you ever Spent.

1T$ PRESCRIPTIONS
PLAZA DRUGS

GLOWING
TO ALL OUR
FRIENDS

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Season’s Greetings

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