The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1943, Page 16

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA CHRISTMAS AP Features you Know backwards your and are customs but ‘did you ever the why of activities? to test you Chances Christmas forward think about merry holiday a few question. 1. When you perch precs 3 on a ladder hanging holly nd | mistletoe, do you know what they | signifizd? | W is the Yule Log tradi- tionally yeiated with Christmas? When you gather 'round the | wassail bowl, will you know what il means? santa Claus born? | BS just decorations. or do they mean something? 6. Where d the word Yule tome from? 7. Why are gifts exchanged m\K Christn Day? 8. If you were playing Santa Claus in the Netherlands, what kind | of costume would you wear? | 9. What form of \r:nhpnm.\mlf can Santa use, in addition to a sleigh? 10. St. Nick is sometimes t’.ll]‘(l[ Kris Kringle. What does the name | mean? ‘ ANSWERS 1. rgreen decorations derive | from the pagan belief that they are | symbols of good k. and from| the medieval legend th and gre thin in blosscmed A bore fruit on the night of the Nativity | 2. In days of yore, the Yule Log; was the chief emblem of the Eng- lish Christm: following the an- - cient tradition that th on the s IS A symbolized the center hearth family life AP Features Writer 3. The expression originated in the fifth entuty in England when| Make some Christmas angels to the legendary Kowena -came into SP¥inkle around your table. You {he' ‘presence of 'King Vortogern|¢an have 'em just as angelic look- bearing a gold cup Of wine, and|!ng'as the store-made kind—and sdid “Waes hael, Hlaford-Cyning{5%Y Reds 100, —“Be of health, good King’ ! owing are -directions for m nged angel center- the Bible, S the 4. According to Nicholas was born in thriving port of Patara. opposite the Island of Rhodes in Lycia, an Asia Minor province of the Roman Empire 5. Christmas candles are sup- posed to guide the Christ child to your doorstep, an Austrian legend 2l favors, candle ders d out by Dennisor 5 RIALS:1 fold each, blush white duplex and primrose vellow crepe paper; 1 box blue law- yers' seals gummed dots. 1 spool wire nt cotton, pa piece, d A4S WOIk MAT | pit red absortk and b4 jgummed paper type, silver doilies, 6. It is believed that Yule is de-!'ed ribbon rived from an old Norse name for| HEAD: Make fube of double one of the winter mounts hickne paper 6 inches deep 7. Legend has it that St. Nich- 5 ’ ERUrALere) uff olas tcok pity on three daughters wilh wi of an impoverished merchant, and 1d” bottom. C surreptiticusly gave them dowri le I in half for eye That's how the custom of giving ¢4 summed dot for mo : secret gifts on the eve of St. Nich- ©PC-ks with olas Day (Dec. 6) originated. The $ip yellow wcent: Head is 3% inches date was moved to Dec. 25 (ELEBOIER IS nference and 3% ' inches 8 A long clerical robe, like a 14 bottom edge nce and b bishop's — traditional ~ Netherlands is 4 mches p, 2% garb for St. Nick i 9. A white horse — in Belgium [t BIC made by slashing 2 and the Netherlands heac ) cu doily from the oute! 10. Kris Kringle is a corruption 'r. Overlap edges of the Teutonic “Christ-kindel,” or| FOD? 1 pi forming cone. I sur- “Christ-child wrapper in v paper plus 1 below doll's head ok - - {8-inch tall Fasten edges to- in top of Staple or sew to- gether with nmed tape. Brush gether FROM p | paste oyer cone and cover with pink made by brushing paste i A |below doll’s head, over top of cone. ering with white paper. Allow % It is still customary in Ireland to LS. vs.v. i T Vo B T Yo - burn candles in the S NS S B BB B windows and g set cups and saucers on the tables ' g/ for' the entertainment of wand ing souls from Purgatory, who xlgu believed to enjoy coming home for Christmas | £ 2 % ‘.fi B RRRRRNNIIRRNS A # 4o © 3 Ng ’ |8 @ 4 “ g8 :fi 2 f hy : |y @ 9 9 7 & @ 41 @ a3 o @ 141 % 4 @ o W % % & : /5 fi ; /) - - // =) ¢ Wishing You /& / / ¢ alJoyous. 4 @ ;’( 24 U1 3 @ 2 4% % Christmas 7 “ A ¥ - 4 ke A r 75 ¢ % We Extend 9|8 é Our Sincere Wish ;j j‘é % That Your Holiday 4 53 ;2 Season and the Year gi i1 gf to Come Be Filled ;;123 7 With Much AL E Happine 2’,;% @ and Joy! 918 « 913 © %1 B8 [ AL “ 3! - JUNEAU | # L 9 9 @ A5 = 9 @ 3 £ % /'] “ % o Th 44 “ ol “ % - STORE @ 2 o ge in from ARMS of pink inches I sma plac tick. FRINGED ANGEL: Crepe paper, | cardboard and a silver lace doily are all you need to make these effective Christ- mas table decorations. Cost is only a few cents, and whole family can join in making. paste, PAPER ANGEL: HOLIDAY PIN - UP GIRL duple: Slash hite wise. fringe 4 ep. Draw ght edge r down 1 to make | up slightly. Paste or ewing machine to hold Gather top edge. Paste ows around cone, W bettom up. Cut acrc grain strip paper inches wide, 10 ;. Streteh slightly. R8Il dowel stick Paste edges Crush paper together on a piece angel fave Slip crushed paper off stick slightly for length of of spool wire each end to keep tube arms in ith ribbon s ou: of silver Book is cut construction roceed as mzmszmawfitmw TG YOU AND YOURS With Christmas at hand we renew our pledge of devotion io ideals of honest dealing, and express our appreciation of your friendship during 1943. GET READY. * RIGHTNOW, - NEXT XMAS AP Features To you and you and you, Christ- mas is one day of celebration and \ couple of weeks of preparation. To people Christmas is It's Lhousands of i all-year-round proposition he way they make their living. While the average person is get- ting ready to celebrate the day, many manufacturers are laying plans, dreaming dreams, and mak- ing headway on Christmas the fol- ‘owing year Normally there are ome 400 manufacturers, employing sctween 15000 to 20,000 persons ngaged in making dolls, games, and toys of all kinds. They work on a 12 months’ schedule and 90 porcent of their merchandise is for Christmas sale alone. Before your Christmas cards are in the mail, some 30 companies, mploying thousands, will be plan- A for these you will mail next year, were it not for several hundred reople who work all the year round your Christmas tree would not be gay and bright as it is. One firm alone hires over 300 persons work on crystal garlands, snow, FRINGE icicles, angel hair, paper bells, | 'wrcaths and garlands. There is a section of North Car- { olina which is Christmas conscious ‘ from the first frost of the fall { | Up in the mountains the “galack- ers” have been busy gathering the evergreens which are shipped all inch to extend beyond top of cup. cver the country ‘Galacking” is an Paste edge of doily to top of cup ndustiy to many moun- to hold doll in place tain families, for from it they get CANDLEHOLDER: Using a strip their only winter cash. The name of white paper 5 inches wide, make came from the gathering of galax fringe same as for doll. Wind leaves, an evergreen ideal for fringed strip around and around wreaths. But the “galackers” long neck of low candlestick Press ago broadened their field to include fringe back, pasting last row flat the picking of any sort of ever- green and the manufacture of var- ious decorations. on base of holder. D FeedsAll . For Xmas S. D.—Nick Jackus will and treat the town mas Day. Grezk immigrant who in this country as a hand and now W % life section owns a restaurant and. considerablé started $1-a-day property. He vowed in leaner years that if he ever made a stake no on® in Pierre or vicinity would go hungry on the Nativity Day. i Since 1930 he has made good that vow.' Rich and poor alike he feeds sratis. ‘The only mcney allowed to change hands is tips which finan- cially ‘able persons may leave for the volunteer waiters at. Nick’s party. { Along with 2,000 fre¢ meals of buffalo, turkey and chicken, this| ar ~he-will award four $25. War, Savings Bond to guests. { Happy _ g@,fl,& T A s WAR OR NO WAR YOUNGSTERS KEEP FAITH IN ST. NICK Throughout this nation, into the post offices. They event- ually turn up at the postmasters’ desks, for they are addressed: “SANTA CLAUS, “North Pole.” In New York City, San Francisco, New Orleans, Chicago and To Ofu Has Been 2 ® |‘ 00 00EEE HATTUCK INSURANCE hund- | ¢ HAPPY CHRISHMAS WISHES Friends and Customers, to Our E A MERRY CHRISTMAS! Serving You and Working With You PARSONS ELECTRIC CO. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1943 | |veds of other cities such addressed| for Christmas too. letters turn up—ali testifying that war or no war, the simple and faith- | ful children have put their trust |in Santa Claus. | Such letters as the one following are the kind that postmasters, call- letters ing upon local charities, and indi- from kiddies are beginning to pour viduals, try to have answered on Christmas morning: | “Dear Santa Claus — I am | writing to you because I am scared that you will miss me like you did last year. I have five sisters and four brothers, and they would like something S NN O NN NN NG o o o o o g N o e ON o oN S NGNS S SRR Ot S S 29T 5 AN A O\ NN oS SN\ NPV 1 Many mployees, a Pleasure! oS NNV NNt JUNEAU our sincere holiday greetings to our customers and friends. It has been a plpésure to serye you . . .. May our tinue in 1944 . . .. AGENCY Mama hasn’t got enough money to buy us anything and daddy has light, grocery and other bills to pay. “Santa, we all hope and pray that you can get to our house. We live on the second floor.” ;l 4 § ) s AR RRRRRRRRRRRRR AR IR RRRRRRRRY OO CCOEY: “o CHEERY GOOD ™"HES Holida'y Season Filled With Joy That Will Remain Throughout the Coming Years of Peace! HOWARD D. STABLER A A A A A AR A AR RN AR A RSP R R ER TR RRRRAK BONDS D o N NN NN oNo VooV o oVo VooV N e 2 2 22 o2 2 2N SR 0% e o o o oV NN oo oo o Voo VoV oot ¥ IS