CHOP Food
Starts Moving
• DAYTON, i/P)—Christmas food
trains loaded with farm produce
from 13 states for the hungry
overseas started rolling last night.
The food collected through
Christian Rural Overseas Pro
gram ‘CROP', were loaded in Col
orado, Indiana .Iowa, Kansas, Ne
braska, Minnesota, Missouri, Mon
tana. North Dakota, South Dakota,
Ohio. Washington and Wyoming.
Eleven other states also are as
sembling Christmas food gifts for
the needy of 43 foreign countries.
These trains will leave later in the
week.
CROP officials say total dona
tions from all 24 states will ap
ANIMALS WARMED HOLY
INFANT IN BETHLEHEM
Many legends attribute the
legend of speech to birds and ani
mals during the midnight hour of
Christmas Eve in recognition of
the beasts who, sharing the stable
rf Be'hlehem, warmed the Holy
infant with their breath.
To honor thQ-e traditions, Polish
children masquerade in animal
costumes on Christmas Eve.
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proximate 2200 carloads of food
stuffs. All were supposed to leave
lor overseas Christmas Day.
The major reason for the ship
ping delay—and it doesn’t make
CROP sponsors unhappy—is that
contributions have been so far
above expectations, CROP facili
ties haven’t been able to handle
them smoothly .
A Merry Christmas To Everyone!
COMPLIMENTS OF THE
HOLIDAY SEASON
READER BROS. GARAGE
TO EVERYONE
%
SERVICE
CLEANERS
Civil Service O.K/s
Pav Differential
((/P) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, GT»)—'The civil
service commission has approved
continuation of a 25 per cent sal
ary differential to all federal em
ployee s in Alaska whose basic pay
is fixed by statute, Delegate Bart
lett of Alaska -aid todav.
I
This group, Bartlett said, in- I
eludes riost of the federal em
,n the Territory except those
working lor the Alaska Railroad.;
Heretofore, some departme n t s
have paid the differential, and!
others have not.
Bartlett said the action was,
taken after the commission com
pleted its study of the situation as ,
ordered by President Truman last
summer. The study was provided
for under a law enacted by the j
last Congress.
Bartlett and Governor Gruening
of Alaska appeared before the
commission to support continua
tion of the extra pay.
Amsterdam Dutch
Brought Santa
Across With Them
—
The American version of Santa
Claus was found chiefly in New
York until a paper in that city
published the poem we know as
“ 'Twas the Night Before Christ
mas,” then it spread rapidly over
1 the whole country and now every
community has a similar legend.
It all began about 300 years ago.
When the Dutch boys and girls
first came to America in the early
17th century, and settled in New
Amsterdam, they brought Sinter
Klaas with them, and Sinter Klaas
Eve was still their most important
' day. After a time, the English took
Amsterdam from the Dutch and
named it New York.
Many years before this, the Eng
I lish had had a Saint Nicholas cele
j bration. In the English celebra
tion, the choir boys elected a boy
bishop and for a week boys went
1 around the town begging gifts, but
these festivities had been stopped
by royal decree. When the English
took over New York, the Dutch
boys and girls kept right on cele
brating Sinter Klaas day in spite
of the English laws. Later Norwe
gian and Belgian children who set
tled in and near New York, also
celebrated the day in a similar
manner. It wasn’t long before
English boys and girls wanted to
receive gifts. Since they already
were celebrating Christ’s birthday
on Dec. 25, they chose that day as
the one on which to exchange
gifts. The English children called
Sinter Klaas Santa Claus.
as more ana more people ot af
ferent nationalities came to Amer
ica, each added its bit to the cele
bration of Santa Claus Day. From
the Norwegians came the reindeer,
the Italians gave us the custom
of hanging up our stockings and
so on. The regal figure of Sinter
Klaas slowly changed to the fat,
jolly Santa Claus of today.
Have you ever stopped to think
why St. Nicholas drives eight rein
deer instead of one? You haven’t?
Well, let’s pause for a moment
and figure it out.
St. Nicholas is a mythical char
acter, he rides in a mythical sleigh,
carries a mythical bag, and drives
mythical reindeer. The creators of
St. Nicholas knew that one rein
deer would do the job, but in or
der to make the character more
impressive and longer remember
ed, they hitched a matched unit
of eight to the sleigh.
CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS
OLD CAROLS
Not a few of our carols have
been traced to the mystery of
plays of the 12th and 13th centur
ies. In those primitive times, the
church, in order to entertain the
people, indulged in extraordinary
representations of the even's asso
ciated with the birth of Christ.
St. Francis of Assist is accred
ited as having been the popular
izer of carol singing at Christmas
time. He taught the faithful simple
and tuneful melodies, and over
joyed by the success attending his
presentation of the first Christmas
Crib' in 1223, he burst into joyous
vocal recitation of the gospel story.
MEDIEVAL CHRISTMAS
CUSTOMS
In the Middle Ages, when the
use of Latin declined slightly, the
rustics linked their folk songs to
the church hymns of the Nativity
The villagers’ mid-winter revels
became entangled with the serv
ices of thanksgiving lor the birth
of ‘he Saviour. The Yule log, the
holly, and the ivy—( nee heathen
symbols—shared with the Babe in
the manger the celebration of the
sacred season.
One early bishop of the Church of
England .-poke of the Angels’ song
on the morning of the nativity.
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