Christmas Candles
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"To learn your luck for the year they
say,
Burn a hayberry dip on Christmas
day.
If the flame burns bright and the
light shines clear,
Good luck will be yours through
the year.”
This old verse is believed in
many lands around the world and
is said to be one of the reasons
that candles in homes are tradi
tional around the world.
The custom is believed to have
started in Ireland. As the Irish
put it: “Who knows, on some
Christmas Eve, Jesus and Mary
and Joseph may come again, not
to Palestine, but to the Holy Isle
on the fartherest edge of Europe.”
And it is the custom that the cam
die can only be snuffed by one
named Mary.
Their first use for Christmas is
not recorded in the annals of any
nation, but that the “Christ Child
Candle,” burned in the window on
Christmas Eve is, according to
an old legend, placed there to
light His way if He makes an
earthly visitation and in atonement
for the night of His birth when
there was no room for Him.
Guard Against Fire
This Yule Season
Guard against fire in your home
this Yule season.
The average Christmas tree can
go up in smoke in only a minute or
so and that doesn’t leave much
time to call for help.
A live tree with roots packed in
a bucket of earth is the safest. Be
sure and keep the dirt moistened.
A small tree is safer than a large
one and festive trimmings can
make up what is lacking in size.
Don’t use lighted candles. (This
may seem an unnecessary precau
tion in this day of electric lights,
but lighted candles contribute to
tragic fires every year.)
Check the wiring for the tree to
see that it’s not frayed and is in
perfect condition. The switch for
turning off and on electric lights
should be at some distance from
the tree. Don’t plug or unplug
lights beneath the tree.
Don’t leave tree lights on when
it isn’t necessary and especially
when the family is away from
home. From time to time, check
over the tree and see if needles
near the lights are turning brown.
If they have, move the lights.
Watch the calendar. New Yearts
is the day for the tree to go down.
If you should extend the time,
don’t leave the lights on the tree
for more than a half hour at a
time.
Place the tree well away from
stoves, radiators, and other sources
of heat. When you smoke, stay
away from the tree. Also be sure
that the tree is secured in such a
way that it cannot fall. Do not put
it near a doorway where it might
block an avenue of escape, should
a fire occur.
Sam and Izabelle Woolcott are
planning to spend the holiday
with Ken and Beverly Scoggins
at Tatitlek on Valdez Arm. The
Scoggins are former Palmer resi
dents.
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Christmas Tree
Industry Is Big
Business in US.
The Christmas tree industry Is
big business in the United States
—better than $50,000,000 an
nually.
The majority of our trees
come from New England, New
York and Pennsylvania, the
north Middlewest, and the
Northwest Pacific regions. In
recent years. New Jersey has
annually marketed around 100,
000 trees.
Most of the trees for Christ
mas sales are cut early in the
fall and the trees are kept
green with plenty of water until
shipped to distribution centers.
Some mass producers, how
ever, cut trees early in the new
year, and treat them with pre
servatives and coloring solu
tions for storage in chilled
warehouses.
LOCOMOTIVES BEING
SHIPPED TO ALASKA
The largest movement of loco
motives ever to sail for Alaska on
one vessel is going to be handled
by the Alaska Steamship Com»
pany on hte motorship Gadsden
scheduled to sail from Seattle
around the middle of January.
Eight new locomotives are in
That Remdeer Is
Becoming a Tradition
That reindeer is becoming an
American tradition.
Once upon a time there was a
reindeer with a built-in flashlight
bulb for a nose. You know, Ru
dolph, the red-nosed reindeer.
From a small beginning in 1938,
the little animal with the built-in
beacon has become as familiar as
Humpty-Dumpty and Cinderella to
youngsters everywhere.
First invented as a sales give
away promotion for Montgomery
Ward by Robert L. May, Rudolph
was featured in many free booklets
before he became associated with
Christmas. Songwriter Johnny
Marks liked the title “Rudolph,
the Red Nosed Reindeer,” so he
wrote a song about it. He was so
sure he had a success that he start
ed his own Publishing company,
using “Rudolph” as his first re
lease. Gene Autry made the initial
recording, and that one record
sold 2,000,000 copies.
Last year, there were 16 differ
ent recordings of the song for sale,
ranging from boogie-woogie by
Sugar Chile Robinson to Bing Cros
by, and cowboy singers.
eluded: two for the U. S. Air
Force and six for The Alaska
Railroad. They will be discharg
ed fro mthe Gadsden at Seward
and Whittier.
Merry Christmas
May we knock
on your door
to give you
our Holiday Greeting?
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Most Beloved Carol
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The most beloved carol of the
many that are sung in all parts of
the world is “Silent Night” that
simple and tender German song.
Its origin was unknown for many
years. Recent resoarch, however,
disclosed that it was written by
Joseph Mohr, an assistant priest
in Oberndorf in South Germany.
The melody was composed by a
schoolmaster, Franz Gruber.
The poet and the composer were
part of the choir that sang the
carol for the first time on Christ
mas Eve in the Oberndorf church
in 1818.
The night it was sung the small
church’s organ was out of order
and the choir sang to the accom
paniment of a guitar.
Since then the carol has been
sung to the tune of almost every
musical instrument in the world
and in the languages of nearly
all men.
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We join the parade
of well wishers
making their way
to your door . . -
, ' Merry Christmas.