Christmas Card
Idea Originated
By Englishman
Christmas cards are so much a
part of the modern Yule season
that one seldom stops to wonder
how the idea originated and by
whom.
This simple idea of wishing your
friends a Merry Christmas brought
honor and knighthood to the orig
inator, Henry Cole, a middleclass
Englishman.
Cole mailed his cards on a De
cember day in 1846. The cards de
picted a Victorian family assem
bled at the festive board and the
traditional Christmas custom of
giving to the poor. They also bore
the now-classic greeting: “A Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year
to you.”
Hp had a thousand of the cards
struck off by a lithograph. They
were such a success that plain
Hairy Cole subsequently became
Sir jHenry Cole.
The cards we send today, how
ever, a far cry from those mailed
by ?CoIe. The cards you send and
receive this year win be designed
by famous names in contemporary
art.
Ah American shopping for cards
this.year may select scenes painted
by such famous people as Winston
Churchill, Britain’s prime minister
and: famed amateur artist, and
Grapidma Moses, one of America’s
most famous artists.
The demand for cards is so great
that many companies spend their
entire time in designing and pro
ducing them for the holiday sea
son.
Keep Trees Green
If you have the type of a tree
holder that permits the tree trunk
to rest in water, you will find that
a small amount of plant food dis
solved in the water will aid in re
taining the needles on the tree,
and keep the needles green. If you
use a pebble or rock-filled pail to
support the tree, cover the peb
bles or rock with .a plant food
solution.
Use one teaspopnful of plant
food, powdered form, to each gal
lon of water in the container, or
use one plant food tablet to each
gallon.
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Birth of the Savior
Was Greatest Event
In World's History
Pleasant as it is to dream of a
“White Christmas” with its carols
and gifts, feasting and merry
making. the sparkling eyes of chil
dren delighting in Santa Claus and
the wonderful Christmas trees,
these things never can symbolize
the tremendous significance of the
today.
The birth of the Saviour wras the
greatest event in the history of the
world. In spite of all the back
slidings, Christian peoples have
pressed forward steadily.
However vicious and corrupt,
the world today is far better than
the world of pagan times; fa
miliarity with the cross and cruci
fixion has abolished legal tortures
and much cruelty—and, if given a
chance, might shame us into ban
ishing the curse of international
viciousness tor the sake of Him
who became the Saviour of Man
kind.
Puritans Outlawed
Yule as Frivolous
The Puritan government of Eng
land outlawed Christmas in 1643.
With the restoration of the Stuarts
Christmas customs and traditions
were revived, but Christmas never
regained its former prestige in
! England.
i It is observed religiously in the
churches and as a day far family
reunions and social gatherings, in
contrast to the lavish feasting and
boisterous merry-making of olden
time.
Merry-making and gift-giving
come in for their share, however,
I on December 26 which is Boxing
Day. The origin of Boxing Day
antedates Christmas and can be
traced to the custom of gift-giving
during the Roman festival of Satur
nalia.
In Christian liturgy December 26
] is observed as the feast of St.
Stephen, the first Christian martyr,
; and during the centuries when
j journeymen and apprentices were
in the habit of levying upon their
masters’ customers, “Christmas
Boxes” were collected on St.
SteDhen’s day.
The steamer Aleutian will carry
tourists to Alaska again next
year, D. E. Skinner, president of
the Alaska Steamship Company
announced this week.
The Aleutian together with the
comoany’s steamers Alaska, Bar
anof and Denali will provide two
sailings each week during the
summer months.
Yule Seal Idea
Was From Denmark
This year millions of Amer
icans have received a letter from
their local chapter of the National
Tuberculosis association contain
ing Christmas seals, the seasonal
reminder of the never-ending fight
to stamp out the disease.
The idea was conceived by a
Danish postal clerk. He thought
of the idea in 1903 while mailing
Christmas packages and letters.
Th6" clerk was Einar Holboell.
He mentioned it to his fellow work
ers and they decided it would be
a great help in defraying the cost
of fighting tuberculosis. The idea
reached King Chrisian, who ap
proved, and the image of Queen
Louise was paced on the first seals
Door Decorations
In the last few years it has be
come more and more popular to
decorate doors and doorways with
bells and tree ornaments instead
of the conventional wreath.
Your door and window frames
can be made bright and cheerful
by framing them with ribbon and
sprigs of holly. You can hang the
ribbon in festoons across the cur
tains and tie at the sides in wide
sash bows for colorful effect.
seals in 1904.
Jacob Riis, Danish-born Amer
ican, heard about the idea and
sold it to the American public
in 1907 through a magazine article.
A Red Cross worker, Miss Emily
Bissell, started the first American
sales that year.
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the Yuletide Season;
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Many friends and customers
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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