CASTLEGAR NEWS”

lished Every Thursday at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays”
CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, DECEMBER 23, 1969

Pageant Has History
In Medieval Dramas

VOL, 22, No. 51

Community Greets
J oyful Christmas

prayer, for all

3 day,
glows with the spirit of good will, and “peace and
mankind.

devotions,
good will” is the wish and;

All of these traditions of Christmas are wrapped up in one. The true spirit of Christ-
mene Ia Snties Dapedy expressed in he emuanss of grestines, “Have a Merry

says it
e season rising
the holklay fons and

all— the heartfelt hope for good things for others, the good feeling that prevails, the

above problems and crises, the wish to give and to share all

Asa special custom that symbolises the suit of

takes forms. “Mei

wherever friends and family meet. “Mer

Cilag Gifts
eis eretings, gifts are
wneeymons ith Christmas,
as part of ry custom at

peveny ae its

Wise Men's eee ts
of gold, frankincense and
myrrh to the aaa Child.

gift-giving he
2 tradition to even
earlier, pre- times.

pagan holidays ob-
served at about the same time

as,
ancient Romans and Britons
exchanged gifts in token of

Sending Greetings
The custor. of exchanging
greetings at holiday time is

older than Chriscmas. The
custom of the- Christmas
greeting however, is a
relatively new one.
Christmas cards originat-
ed about 125 years ago, in
Jand. ite this

‘Blabe of the Na Wasi, all oe
trees

woodland
bloom and. bore

at As young actors and ac-
this community

rehearse thelr roles for their
special Christmas play or
Pageant, they take part ina
custom ‘treasured throagh

the ages.
Since the Christmas story
first was told, mankind has
sought and Yound countless
ways to create it again ar
anew, in song stor
art

wo

ous dramas -— the

mystery, miracle and moral-
ity plays of the Middle Ages.
‘ainere did. chureh drama

Plays devoted to telling the
entire story of the Scriptures.
Covered Many Subjects
Mystery tree of the 16th
luded as many

Pp
several days, ane cyclen de-
veloped in every
European county.”

Typical plays dealt with
such subjects as “The Crea-
tion ey the World and the

f the sels,”

oe tea and the Coming of of

ee with the mystery
cycles were miracle and mor-

£4
Ba 8

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Flowers Speak Language of Love
In Modern or Victorian Era’

to spell
Pledge of love. ‘To help in
composing — and translat-
ing these messages, there
Were numerous tiny diction-
aries listing flowers and their
meanings.
sath flowering honeysuckle,
lor ti

of love.” A red rosebud told