The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, December 23, 1955 Page: 3 of 8
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CARROLLTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1955
THE CARROLLTON CHRONICLE
graph. Although the cards met
with immediate popularity and
brought fame to Sir Henry Cole,
it was two decades before Christ-
mas cards were sold generally.
Today the demand for cards is
so great that many companies
spend the full year designing and
producing only Christmas greet-
ings.
While today’s mass-produced
cards are quite superior to the
original cards produced by Henry
Cole, neither time nor poets have
been able to improve on the clas-
sical message the Englishman
penned to the first Christmas
greeting cards: “A Merry Christ-
mas and a Happy New Year to
you."
NOVEL CHRISTMAS
DECORATIONS ADD
VALUE TO PRESENTS
With so many gifts to wrap
this time of the year, paper, cards,
ribbons, seals and other package
decorations can add up to quite
a sum.
By using a little imagination,
these costs can be kept at a mini-
mum.
Ends of wallpaper rolls, wheth-
er left over from your own walls
or bought as odd stock at your
local paint store, arc especially
pretty for large packages. Even
newspapers can be used to wrap
large packages and the want-ad
section is more attractive than the
other pages.
Small pieces of aluminum foil
or self paper from the end of the
roll are excellent for wrapping
smaller packages. Or if you have
a young child who fingerpaints,
why not wrap gifts in some of his
paintings.
White tissue paper can be made
quite appealing by spattering it
with red or green ink or water
with food coloring added.
For seals, cut out colored pic-
tures from magazines, old Christ-
mas cards or even small bits of
wrapping paper and paste them
on the package. Or you can paste
them on a small piece of folded
construction paper to make an en-
closure card.
Acorns, pine cones or oak
leaves, painted or shellacked and
tied on top of the package will
catch the eye of both young and
old.
The Yule is a season for songs and
rejoicing Our earnest hope is that all
you friendly people may share in this
spirit to the utmost
And for what it's worth, we offer our
heartiest wishes
for a very Merry
Christmas
Curtis Parker Motors, Inc.
Authorized Ford Dealer
HWY. 77 AND ROBERTS DRIVE — CARROLLTON
Ph. Dallas: CH-7-3033 — Carrollton 5205 — Ph. Dallas: CH-7-3013
water regularly so the soil never
dries out and use a little liquid
fertilizer every week.
Long nights, uninterrupted by
even a shaft of artifical light, are
needed to bring the poinsettia in-
to flowbr.
GREETING CARDS CHRISTMAS
GIFT OF ENGLISHMAN
Greeting cards are an English
contribution to the Christmas ob-
servance.
This simple idea of wishing
your friends a Merry Christmas
was originated in 1846 by Henry
Cole, a middle class Englishman
and the idea brought Cole great
honor as well as knighthood.
Cole’s original cards depicted a
Victorian family gathered at the
festive board and he had a thou-
sand of them struck off by litho-
WITH PROPER CARE,
POINSETTIA PLANT
WILL BLOOM AGAIN
That popular Christmas plant,
the poinsettia, need not be dis-
carded when the holiday is over.
The right care can keep it in con-
dition for blooming again next
year.
Horticulture specialists say you
need not be alarmed about drop-
ping leaves. Leaf dropping simply
means the plant is going into its
normal rest period, which lasts
until about May 1.
After the leaves fall, put the
plant in a cool place—40 to 50
degrees — and water sparingly.
About May 1, cut the plant back
quite heavily, to remove excess
wood and make it more shapely.
Shake off the old soil and repot
in a mixture of three parts garden
loam, one part well-rotted manure
and one part leafmold. Use a pot
just large enough to hold the mass
of roots without crowding and still
provide good drainage. Water
enough to keep the soil from dry-
ing out.
In about another month, when
weather is warm, set the potted
pot in the soil at ground level or
a little below. Put it in full sun-
shine unless the weather is very
hot. In that case, give it light
shade. When nights cool in the
fall, put it in a window where
there is good light and air and
where temperature is about 60 to
68 degrees, but with no draft.
And hope this
Christmas is one
you can cherish
forever.
SHAW FLORIST
24-Hour Floral Service — We Deliver
1301 So. Broadway Carrollton
CARROLLTON PHONE 6100
DALLAS PHONE: CH-7-3081
Robertson Realty Co,
“A Happy Home Is The Home You Own”
1403 So. Broadway Phone 4704
THOUSANDS SEND CARDS
TO FIRST FAMILY
Last year some 15,000 Ameri-
cans sent Christmas cards to
President and Mrs. Eisenhower.
This number was almost twice
the total received by the Eisen-
howers the year before.
About 75 per cept of the senders
FOXWORTH - GALBRAITH
LUMBER COMPANY OF CARROLLTON
VAUGHAN CLATERBAUGH, Mgr.
Dallas Ph.: EL-4152 Carrollton 5746
wrote personal messages on their
cards last year and most of them
said they were praying for the
First Family.
The tallest Christmas tree on
record was a 212 foot Douglas
fir set up in 1950 in Northgate, a
suburb of Seattle, Washington.
It displayed 3,500 colored lights.
RELIABLE-COURTEOUS—DEPENDABLE
Merry Mimas
Kimsey Insurance Agency
Carrollton Phones: (day) 3373—(night) 6351 In Bank Bldg.
Dallas Phone: FL-7-7702
OUR SINCEREST WISHES
FOR A BRIGHT AND MERRY
CHRISTMAS GO OUT TO
ALL OF YOU.
ALTON BERRY, UNDERWRITER, SAYS:
Xmas Greetings
TEXAS EMPIRE LIFE AND ACCIDENT
INSURANCE CO.
Carrollton, Texas Phone 5226 — (after 5 p.m. 5084)
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Sindik, Nicholas J. The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, December 23, 1955, newspaper, December 23, 1955; Carrollton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth728182/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carrollton Public Library.