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MERRY CHRISTMAS to EVERYONE
We hope your holiday is grand.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Fletcher
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A little girl’s curiosity has led to a|
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One day—in December—in 1897, g
S Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the New York Sun. S
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g there is no Santa Claus. My papa says, ‘If you see it in|
S the SUN, it’s so.’ Please tell me the truth —. is there ag
g Santa Claus?” g
g Because we believe the reply with its message of keen, g
g spiritual insight deserves reading again and again —g
g we show it here. It was written by Francis E. Church, g
g a writer for the old Sun. g
g Here it is: g
g ‘Yes, indeed! g
1 “Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have beeng
| affected by the scepticism of a sceptical age — they do not &
| believe except what they see — they think nothing can be |
| which is not comprehensible by their little minds.” |
| “All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s |
| are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, |
g an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world |
g about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasp- g
g ing the whole of truth and knowledge.” g
g ‘Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.” g
g “He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion g
g exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its g
| highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if g
| there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there g
| were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no |
| poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should |
I have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal |
| light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.” |
g “Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe |
gin fairies!” g
g “You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all theg
g chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even ifg
g they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that g
g prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus — the most real things in the g
g world are those neither children nor men can see.” g
| “Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, g
| but that’s no proof that they are not there — nobody can con-1
| ceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseen and unseeable |
| in the world.” |
g “You tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the |
g noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which g
g not the strongest man, or even the united strength of all the g
g strongest men, that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, g
g fancy poetry, love, romance, can push aside the curtain and g
g view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond.” g
g “Is it all real? — ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing g
g eise real and abiding.” g
| “No Santa Claus! Thank God! — he lives, and he lives forever |
| — a thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten thousand years |
g from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.” |
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JOYS of the SEASON
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Harold Nichols
Christmas.
Don’t forget the other boys and
girls.
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Christmas fireplace.
The Yule Log, lighting up
the house with its bright
and cheerful glow, long has
been a part of Christmas
festivities.
BMcal Star
Still Mystery
To Scientists
Even in this advanced
age — with satellites in
orbit, sputniks and rockets
— men of science still find
mystery in the Biblical Star
of Bethlehem that shone so
brightly when He was born.
Some scholars believe it
may have been a supernova,
or exploding star. Others
think it might have been a
comet or perhaps a conjunc-
tion of the bright planets
Jupiter and Saturn.
If it was a supernova in
the Milky Way, astrono-
mers say it would have un-
questionably filled ancient
stargazers with awe and the
feeling that a great event
might be taking place.
A “nova” implies a new
star, but actually is not. It
is rather an old star that
suddenly flares up in a dis-
play 20,000 to 50,000 times
brighter than the sun. A
supernova is about 100 mil-
lion times more brilliant
than the sun.
Astronomers do not know
what causes a supernova.
One theory is that the star’s
supply of hydrogen becomes
exhausted. As the star con-
tracts, the core temperature
rises to 110 million degrees
centigrade. The incredible
temperature sets off helium-
fusion processes, and the
star becomes a huge nuclear
fusion reactor which even-
tually flies to pieces.
Love,
Terri Lynn Ruff^
MR. AND MRS. PAT WILSON
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Dear Santa: Dear Santa,
I am a little boy, I am 8 years I’m a little girl 4 years old and
cf age. I have been a pretty good my name is Terri Lynn Ruff,
boy. Would you please bring me I’ve been good sometimes this
some toys for Christmas, and year. Please brng me a tiny tears
please remember all the other doll, record player, and fruit, nuts
boys and girls. And most of all and candy for my stocking. I live
remember my grandparents, Mr. | in Garland but I will be in Leon-
and Mrs. Dee Ivey and Mr. and' ard at my Granny’s house for
Mrs. Doll Nichols, and my great ---
grandmother, Mrs. Alice Ivey, all
of Leonard.
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The origin of the Yule log
goes back many centuries,
far back into pagan times.
In those early days lighting
the Yule Log was part of
the Winter Fire Festival.
Because the weather was
cold and snowy during the
Winter Solstice, the cere-
monies to celebrate the sea-
son were held indoors.
With great ceremony and
One of the more familiar reverence, the Yule Log —
and somewhat nostalgic most often from an oak tree
scenes shown on traditional — would be lighted with a
Christmas cards is a snow fragment of the Yule Log of
scene of a group of men the past year. This was
with horses bringing home carefully preserved for the
freshly-cut log for the express purpose of lighting
the Yule Log and continu-
ing its mystic power.
Once the Yule Log was
lighted, it was believed that
its brilliant flames and
warm glow would protect
the house and family
Although modem living against all evils; for protec-
has made this practice diffi- tion from fire, storm and
cult, especially in our urban from famine. They prayed
areas, the custom is still then for thriving fields, for
followed in some U.S. rural healthy cattle, for fertility
areas and abroad. and prosperity.
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Gifts of health and happiness we wish
for you at Christmas,
Tom, Janie, Barry, Becky
and Brad Peirson
CALDWELL'S FLOWER SHOP
Dick, Sue, Susan, Jay & Kyle
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CHRISTMAS JOY RING OUT!
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