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Psychologist Says
•t/^HILDREN enjoy S«mta Claus
^ more when they know what
he really is,” Duke University psy
chologist Dr. Gelolo McHugh says.
“No one enjoys finding out that
he has been kept in the dark,” says
the specialist in child psychology,
“and children are no exception.”
The real meaning of Santa Claus is
the joy of giving to make others
happy, says Dr. McHugh, and no
child should be deprived of this
privilegj.
Later parents have the difficult
Job of explaining that there is no
jolly old Christmas man, Dr. Mc
Hugh points out. When the truth
comes out the parent has placed
himself in the position of being re
sponsible for Santa’s disappear
ance.
Santa should be a part of Christ
mas, however, Dr. McHugh be
lieves, but from the very begin
ning, he should be treated as a
wonderful pretend game. This
method has proved successful with
many children, the specialist says,
including his own two young boys.
Children, who love to make-be
lieve, are perfectly capable of en
joying Santa, reindeer, chimneys
and all, while knowing in their
hearts, when they stop to ask
themselves, that he is a pretend
person, he says.
The child who takes part in the
Santa game doesn’t have to won
der on Christmas morning why
Santa didn’t like him well enough
to bring the expensive toys that
were ordered from the North Pole,
the psychologist points out.
The young Indianapolis mother
who recently wrote a Christmas
4etter for her 5-year old son just
before her death in an airplane
crash, had wonderful understand
ing, Dr. McHugh says. She ended
her letter by telling her little son
that “anyone who loves and gives
is real Santa.”
Mere's Mow Zo Choose
your Christmas Zree 9
EARLY 30,000,000 Christmas
trees will be sold in the U. S.
this year. Select one which will re
tain its needles well indoors. A
simple treatment will keep the
needles from drying out, make the
tree less flammable and keep it
green longer.
Choosing the tree: Select a bal
sam or Douglas fir. Their needles
will last two or three weeks in
doors. A balsam is easily identified
by its fragrance, rigid branches
and two thick rows of needles
which do not stab the hand. Doug
las fir, the best of the firs, has
long pointed red buds. Other firs
have globose buds. All have soft
needles. A spruce drops its needles
soon after it’s placed in a warm
room. A Norway spruce, however,
makes an ideal community Christ
mas tree outdoors. A white spruce
is better than a Norway spruce
for indoor use. Pines recognized by
extra-long needles can be used.
Hemlocks and junipers are of little
value as Christmas trees.
Preventing needle drop: Cut at a
slant an inch off the base and set
the tree in a bucket of water or wet
sand 24 hours before bringing it in
the house. Then anchor tree firmly
in a holder that contains water or
moist sand. Do not place it near a
radiator.
Fire precautions: (Internally)—
No tree can be made completely
flame-proof. Government experts
suggest reducing flammability by
standing tree in a solution of either
ammonium sulfate, ammonium
phosphate, calcium chloride or am
monium sulfamate four to six
days. First weigh tree and divide
by four. That will be number of
pounds of material required. To
each pound add one and a half
pints of water. During treatment, J
keep tree in cool, dark place. (Ex- ;
ternally)—Mix nine parts water
glass (soluble sodium silicate)
with one part water containing
teaspoon of wetting agent (such as [
solvent soap) per quart. Dip tree
into solution or spray it on tree.
This will give shiny finish to
needles.
Christmas Greens: Measure
height of ceiling before buying
tree. If branches must be trimmed
from tree, use them for door
spray, mantel piece or swag for
newel post.
The devotion to the pers
Christ that steers clear of th<
trines and precepts of Christ,
sentimental rhapsody. _ u,
Johnson.
Yule Tree Business
Figured in Millions
CHRISTMAS TREES are a multi
million dollar business.
Throughout the nation, some 15
million trees are supplied to the
holiday demand. Prices range
from $1 to $5, and that adds up to
real money.
A Christmas tree, in the lake
states, is usually a balsam or a
spruce. The same is true in New
England and the Appalachian sec*
tion. Elsewhere in the country, vir
tually all kinds of evergreens are
used.
The lodgepole pine and Douglas
fir are frequently used in Colorado.
On the Pacific coast, it is prin
cipally Douglas fir.
In Maryland, Virginia and Wash
ington, D. C., a scrub pine takes a
trimming.
In other localities, white pine,
southern pine, hemlock, red and
white cedar and redwood are used.
The business of harvesting this
annual crop begins in the fall,
when cutters go into the woods
after trees. It continues as truck
ers bring huge loads to metropoli
tan markets.
Many land owners manage their
swamps to make them yield a crop
of trees year after year. Thinning
operations are another source of
Yule trees.
Farmers have discovered that
they can get a cash crop from
eroded acres by harvesting Christ
mas trees 10 or 15 years after they
are planted.
NATIVITY SCENE_This
scene is repealed on thousands
of lawns of private homes and
public buildings in the home
towns of the nation during the
Christmas season.
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Christmas.
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'Hansel and Gretel'
Join the Procession
The original score of “Hansel
and G-etel” was composed by
Englebert Humperdinck as a
Christmas piece.
The musical fairy tale created
a sensation.
Since Humperdinck was one of
Wagner’s most intimate assistants,
his harmonies have been dubbed
“nursery rhymes — Wagnerian
style’’ and since fairy tales and
nursery rhymes are appropriate at
Christmas, “Hansel and Gretel”
has joined the procession of tradi
tional Christmas music.
A Christmas Thought
This is part of the glory of Christ
as compared with the chiefest of
His servants that He alone stands
at the absolute center of humanity,
the one completely harmonious
man, unfolding all which was in
humanity, equally and full on all
sides, the only one in whom the
real and ideal met and were abso
lutely one. He is the absolute and
perfect truth, the highest that hu
manity can reach; at once its per
fect image and supreme Lord.—
French.
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