A MERRY CHRISTMAS
NOME COVENANT CHURCH
to Our Friends'
MUNZ NORTHERN AIRLINES
ALICE HARVEY DICK DEAN
JIM BETTY FRANKIE JOYCE
WASSAILING COMES
FROM ANGLO SAXON
Wassailing (pronounced wos’
ling) is an old English Christmas
custom of going from door to door
singing. Many traditional wassail
ing songs, though not strictly re
ligious in character, are counted
as Christmas carols.
The word comes from the Ang
lo-Saxon toast “weshal” meaning
“be in good health,” and the reply
was “drinkhail” — “drink good
health.” In olden days household
ers entertained wassailers with
drinks from the wassail bowl, a
warm cheering drink made with
ale (or wine) flavored with spices,
sugar, toast and roasted apples.
One of the oldest English was
sail songs runs: “The roads are
very dirty, my boots are very
thin, I have a little pocket, to
put a penny in.”
In merrie old English, country
gentlemen in the fifteenth and six
teenth centuries held open house
for all. With daybreak on Christ
mas morning, neighbors came to
the manor for a feast of blackjacks
and Cheshire cheese, toast, sugar
and nutmeg.
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Inuring the 1962 Christmas sea
son, two record albums went over
the $1 million mark in factory bill
ing. They were “Glorious Sound
of Christmas” by the Philadelphia
Orchestra and “Season’s Greet
ings,” by Perry Como.
More than half of the Christmas
trees used in the United States
come from Canadian forests.
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In France the Yule log plays an
important part in the Christmas
festivities. The father and son
of the family carry the log into
the room; they circle the room
three times before they place the
log in the fireplace. Soon the log
is lighted With a brand of last
year’s log, and the torch glows,
an emblem of the Holy Light of
Christ.
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being a part of this progressive city...
proud of the friendships formed through the
years. Gratefully we acknowledge your con
sideration and wish for you a most happy
Christmas occasion.
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