The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 10, No. 16, Ed. 1, Friday, December 26, 1947 Page: 13
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FRIDAY DEC 26 1947
In This Joyous Season
of Christmas
we want to renew all our old
friendships want each of you to
feel your importance to us and to
realize that without you the story
would have been quitedifferent
A very Merry Christmas to all
of you friendly people of this
community
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cheer
and
kappmedd
Now when Santa Claus
is so busy making
children happy and
dispensing cheer
all over the world we
want to extend a warm
and friendly greeting to
our friends Accept our
very best wishes for a
Christmas season of unal-
loyed joy and happiness
Hubbard Saddle
Shop
TO OUR MANY FRIENDS
AND MAY THE
SPIKIT OF THIS
DAY LINGER ON
BRINGING CHEER
AND COMFORT
LONG AFTER
CHRISTMAS DAY
ITSELF IS GONE
Hobdy Motor Co
nEMTHILL COUNTY NEWS CANADIAN TEXAS
CimiSTMAS p
IN THE GERMAN alpine districts
en ancient belief Is that cattle can
speak on Christmas Eve No one
ever hears them however and It Is
considered sinful to try to listen
Another tradition holds that bees
can sing on this holy night
SHOOTING OFF GUNS and gre-
nades on Christmas
Eve to frighten
away mischievous
spirits Is an old cus-
tom In southern
Germany This col-
orful ritual has been
forgotten In most
communities but It
Is still practiced In
a few places like
Berchtesgaden i n
the Bavarian alps
The noisy ceremony
dates back to pagan times when
bonfires were kindled to greet the
returning sun
On Christmas Eve about ten
oclock members of the Welhnachts
schjesscn Vereln Christmas Eve
shooting society pack up their
rifles shotguns revolvers and hand
grenades and march to their ap-
pointed spot In the hills Then at
eleven oclock they begin firing
away into the air setting oft fire-
works and lighting bonfires At ex-
actly half past eleven all the bang
ing stops and the men quietly go off
to their village churches
BRAZILIAN CHILDREN parade
through the streets at Christmas-
time dressed colorfully as shep
herds singing carols This proces
slon is called the pastorlnhas or
shepherds parade
It is customary for children in
Brazil to place their shoes in win-
dows or doors in hopes of Christmas
gifts but In big cities the tradi-
tions associated with the North
American Santa Claus are coming
into favor Since It is summer in
this tropical country in December
Santa Claus with his fur trimmed
clothes sleigh and reindeer seems
a bit incongruous however
IN COLOMBIA THEY celebrate
Is a religious vigil on which no
meat is allowed the feast has to con-
sist largely of fish Most Italians
choose eel for this banquet A cer
tain large species called capltone is
especially popular though quite ex-
pensive
More Making Trucks
Seventeen American companies
are producing passenger cars 38
trucks and 17 are making busses
IN
M LANDS
Christmas Day with
a glorious fireworks
display In almost
every village square
a huge wooden ef-
figy of a cow Is
erected Men in
fire proof clothing
crawl into the cow
and shoot off fire-
crackers Roman
candles and rock-
ets much to the de
light of the chll
dren This curious custom is called
the Vacas Locas or fiesta of the
crazy cows
CHRISTMAS DAY is a holy day
in Italy and people flock to the nu-
merous churches for the real mer-
rymaking for Italians comes on
Christmas Eve which is much more
of a holiday than Christmas Day
to them As the eve of Christmas
In the Lalabrlan hill country the
shepherds come down from the
mountains on Christmas and play
bagpipes and flutes before the car-
penter shops In special deference to
St Joseph the carpenter
At St Marks church In Naples
dogs are taken along on Christmas
morning The faithful beasts wait
outside until their masters have
completed their devotions
AFTER THE CHRISTMAS Eve
supper or WiUla
Polish girls lift the
table cloth and pick-
up handfuls of the
straw that has been
placed on the table
Any girl who finds
an unthreshed ear
of grain will be
married soon and
will be prosperous
according to tradi-
tion
IT IS A PRETTY and humane
Christmas custom in Scandinavian
countries to hang a sheaf of grain
outside the window in some snow
covered yard so that the birds may
share in the feast
In Sweden and Finland the Christ-
mas tree Is kept standing for some
time usually until January 13
Canutes Day when the neighbor
hood children are invited in to
plunder it It is a matter of great
pride to the average youngster to
have attended a large number of
plunderlngs
ALMOST UNIVERSAL in South
America is the custom of the fam
ily supper after Midnight Mass
as Misa de Gallo As It is
then early on Christmas Day the
restrictions on eating meat and on
feasting in general that pre-
vail on Christmas Eve are over
THE ANIMALS MUST NOT be
forgotten at Christ
mas in Norway
Dog and cat get
special Christmas
fare sheaves of
grain are hung for
the birds and a
large piece of suet
put on the bird tray
outside the kitchen
window On the
farms cow and
horse sheep and
pig and all the
other animals get special treat-
ment The tradition of hanging
sheaves of yellow heavy headed
grain outside the house In midwinter
Is as old as our history Thousands
of years ago in the Stone Age the
belief was that the spirit which lived
in the earth and made things grow
fled when the grain was cut The
spirit hid it was thought In the
last remaining stalks that was why
the peasants laid aside the last
sheaf and kept It Midwinters when
the earth was frozen and covered
with snow and it was dark almost
all day the Stone Age people hung
this sheaf near the place they lived
The spirit hiding In it helped the sun
become strong again and later it
returned to the thawing fields to
bring the people a new harvest of
blessed grain
Speed of Rhinoceros
Despite Its size the rhinoceros
can attain a speed of 45 miles an
hour
a d e
Une man one of many created a charac-
ter who in chlldUke faith and allembracing
love will live through the centuries as the sym-
bol of Christmas
The man was Charles Dickens his charac-
ter was Tiny Tim And In ths words of Tiny
Tim ottrepeated wed like to say
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
GOD BLESS US EVERY ONE
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WITH PEACE AND PROSPERITY WE SHOULD ALL BE HAPPIER
THAN EVER THIS YEAR DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON
LETS TRY TO FORGET OUR CARES FOR OUR PART WE WANT
TO ADD OUR FELICITATIONS TO THE MANY OTHERS YOU ARE
RECEIVING BY WISHING YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS THE
Happiest Christinas Ever
Nolen Hardware and
Furniture Co
PEACE
an EARTH
While angels
hovered overhead
the Star of Dethlehem guided
the Three Wise Men
to the Manger at Bethlehem
We cannot offer you their gifts
of gold frankincense and myrrh
Our gift must he restricted
to the old but heartfelt wish
for all the joys and blessings
of the Vuletide season
Malouf Abraham Co
SEASON op
e At Christmastime we greet good friends
If neath our roof youve rested come
again and be refreshed If you hare
never crossed our threshold visit us in the
months ahead To one and all we say
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Truebloood Motor Co
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Miller, Othello Ontje. The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 10, No. 16, Ed. 1, Friday, December 26, 1947, newspaper, December 26, 1947; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth47534/m1/13/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.