A Feilil

2r._c;a EICHTEEN

dlrisiuias. as we cclctraie it. l: more tiuly B-lll-ll than we realize.

Tile too ccnimon notion that most. of our Yilit-tlde customs and symbols owe their origin to foreign inﬂuence - t-iiisfly German - SllOllld be UrlllCAltd. To many ancient B: {ﬁll u Ages. hive been added fcalur which happily add m the pleasures of the season. at m; game Llnle maiking progress in the arts and sciences.

Th;s mu=t be said, of course. for and preciously inti- sdc sis initiat- Qd by His Mule i. King Gcoige V in i982. There was something ex- clusyely British in spirit and sub- stance.

From that. tine, each Christmas, the King has . t before the micro- phone zliul l0 the Empire, addressing, ii us "one great fiunily”.

Three yc alter it start/Cd the happy; idea "as elrboraied, "This Great Family was the chosen title for an izitrocuiciory programme to s" go. The King was introduced by e tender voice of a child in New Zeiilind inviting the vast vcneless audicilie gathered iii 110K185 t-‘nroiiglioill- the Empire to "stand by for His Majesty the King Errsyeror”.

Christmas Cards

We can also take all the credit for the inlrotltlcticn of ilie Christ- mas Carri, ‘lhe cily of origin was Birnlinghum

There, at the head of the school of design, was Mr. W, A, Dobson who, nmety-seven Christrriasses ago, sent out fl. single card with a Wil- ter colour painted by liimseli and a. greeting to n f.lf?ll(l.

Just one card But it, happened to be seen by the Rev. Edward Bradley who, as "Cuthbert Bede". wrote that extremely funny book about, Oxford called "The Adven- ture of verdant Green". 1t is now at classic. The follotving Christmas Bradley borrowed the lderi and produced his (‘wn card. He had man copies lithographed and sent. to all his friends.

One of his friends happened" to be Sr Henry Cole, now known as a famous first director of the Vic- toria and Albclf- Museiuii. It was he who produced the first Christ- mas Curd for ublic sole.

It was an eabcrate and highly seasonable design; a typical English family Christmas gathering; a. Sir Roger tie Covorley dance; skating on the Serpentine; a distribution 0i {are to the poor; and waits singing carols.

Thus, in three Chrlstmasscs. the card progressed and thereafter British and foreign publishers rushed to spread‘ the custom.

Cracker Pulling

We can fairly cliiun the honours of the Christ-inns cracker. The first references to something like lt, although not. mentioned by this name. appear in the work off Roger Bacon, the Somerset monk, whose researches resultnd in the invention of llie magnifying glass and manu- facture c-f fireworks. I = _____ W

CHRISTMAS GIFTS

Rfmazis exchanged gifts durln gay celebrations. But. giving o

presents, of QCUTSE. goes back much»

earlier. ‘The Romans. however. gave it clearer identity as a part 0f their festival pro 11m. Christmas boxes and cards o to-day have a link to the ancient Rtman festivities. In Trance, gifts are distributed to children New Year's eve instead 0f Christmas. In England. Germany. Italy, and most everywhere (“$9, the custom is like in ‘the United States- Santatoomes a-visitlng at._ Christmas.

Bul that llllllb‘ utable ' Mr. Alan SLmHP Bn>¢rfmlhn°Yfl§ monumental story of pyrgwgh- 111w. Observes that. although the cracker has been in use for cen- turies in England, there appears to be no early references to l; on tile continent.

Nowhere on lhe continent of Europe can there be enjoyed n Yule-tide such Christmas books as lgilgﬁtus such intense seasonal de-

The zest for such numhe

wit-ii Charles Dickens. Whﬁ-l

Chrisllnas 0am" appeared us: be.

fore Christmas Eve nine y-sovm ears ago: it mode Christmas Num. er history.

George Glsslns in hls critical p”

5W6)’. §8vs it was seized upon with enthusiasm, and edition followed edition. G. K Chesterton writing or Dickens "as Santa. Claus" saio that. the nineteenth century OhII-ﬁlmﬂs and Charles Dickens were really the hour and m; man,

Mistletoe Magic

The holly and the ivy for Christ. "135 dewrﬂlwn have doubtless come down to us from the Druids. But. although they are known u; have set a. high value cm mistle- tce for its magical effects, its use at Yule-tide came very much later. Indeed the custom can be claimed as quite English.

One of the earliest references b0 it occurs in the Hesperides of R959" Herrick. 4 the seventeenth century Devonshre parson whose

wild unbaptlzed rhymes" déllght- ed Ben Johnson and hlS roisterous circle in town, but. shocked those “T10 mmlgm of him as a country clergyman.

He wrote-

“Down with the rosemary, and so;

Dotygen with the bales and mist-ls-

DCWrl with the holly, ivle, all, Wgzﬁylvitb Ye crest the Christmas

That. is one of the first allusous

we have to the inclusion of mistle- toe in Christmas decorations. The sentimental use appears to have developed still later. _ It. is an qntiquary of the succeed. mg century who notes that “kiss- ing a fair one under the mistle- we. and wishing her a hap new year as you present her w) one of the berries for luck, l5 M19 Christmas custom of our times".

Pretty Customs

T116 Oflsins of many pretty Christmas customs are so obscure as to have provided never-ending controversy. Consequently there have been many explanations of the custom of decorating our church- es and homes with the lloliy and glagsivy, the rosemary and the

But there is one who would make even this entirely our own. An eighteenth century antiquary cm. tended that "it was in remember. ance o: the Oratory of Wrythen Wands or Boughs. which was the first Christian church erected in Britain",

The Christmas pudding also 111198111‘! to be a good English insti- glll-liny-ezit aetlﬂptatglon miiakdle :31 suit

111131115 as B. an poss y, ges- tlons OI old they had a dish which Was the equivalent, It consisted of fruits and spices boiled in the BYE-Vi’ 0f the Christmas joint.

We can well understand that such a llﬂXtufe lost its charm and be- came the Christmas puddti as we know it. Tihe spices were st ll used because they are held to represent the 8111.: of the Wise Men.

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Ghost Town!

Any man who says that be does not believe in ghosts. or miller that. people who say they have seen ghosts are not speaking the truth, would foolkii, because we are. none of us, entitled to question what other people they believe.

Here we come to the crux of the whole question of ghosts. I believe that many people believe that they actually seen ghosts. but whether they have actually seen them. or whether they have produced a cer- tain state of mind in which it is possible for them to believe that iltey have seen a ghost. is an en- til-elv different proposition.

Reading the newspapers recriltlv, I have been struck with the great number of ordinary intelllcent people who have written letters zlvlng descriptions of ghosts they have seen. It would be grossly un- fair to think that all of these let- ters were mere imagination simply written for the effect; but 1 have little doubt that if we were able to make a practical examination of the facts surrounding such visions and the peculiar atmosphere prevailing at the moment, we should find that there was some quite practical and analytical rea- son for ire appearance of the vis- ion ‘tft the particular individual who

saw .

Ghosts are usually seen by one rson. I am not, st this oment, referring to the phenomena usually associated with solrltualistlc seances but. to the ‘old-fashioned’ form of ghosts, if I may use that term- Usually this ghost is seen by one person at one definite time. If this person goes off and gets half a. dozen other people to come along to see the ghost. then the ghost is usually very dlsobliging and re- fuses to appear!

All of which would lead us to be- lieve that the vision was the re- sult of s certain state of mind on the part of the individual who saw it, and that ghost as s practical entity. did not actually exist. al- though it actually existed in the sight of the person who thought he saw it. I

‘There are occasions when through some sort of thought transference, more than one person (in the case I am about to quote, three persons) could see something which did not exist.

During the inst war. g corporal, o. subaltern. and a private soldier were on duty at. ll listening post n few yards from the enemy line. The subaltern was certain tfnat he saw an enemy patrol leaving their trench He asked the corporal. who, after looking, described exactly what the subaltern had seen al- though he had not been told exact- ly what Iiad been seen. The private soldier also substantiated the sight. But a Very light falling beithd the enemy trench shownd the three of them that there wm ziothlng there at all. Yet emu one of them had seen the same vision.

To my mind the explanation is simple. The three were in a pe- culiar state of mind owing to their particularly "nervy" job, and the idea which germinated in the mind of the officer conveyed itself to the other two so that the)‘ saw exactly what he had seen.

This same process has probably obtained in t-lie case of other people who have seen ghosts. They go to a certain place expecting to see a certain vision. TWEl‘ mentality is affected bv the unusually e'\!e atmospherlcs and their imagination does the rest.

Of course. there are many inex- plicable things which have happen- ed and we have no reason to doubt the sincerity of (re people who Imve seen them. but. in all probab- ility they were due to some sort of mass suggestion.

1 have investigated many "ghosts" and I regret to say that on each occasion there has neither been a very practical explanation, or else the ghost has been disobllg- ing and has refu|ed to appear, pro- babPy because he does not like me!

The Scrap Book

Thc making of s scrap book is I. most: interesting hobby and gives pleasure not only in the making but for many years to come. A thick drawing book or one of the books sold fol- children's scraps. can be used. All intelreitlngancuttlngs from newspapers. lmpor t letters received, I381)! taken of special in- terest. and. any other things which may be looked upon as souvenirs may be collected. Many scrap books begun during the last war are be- ing turned out again and are giving no end of pleasure to the young- er generation.

Music is one of the most pleasant hobbies for the long dark evenings. Invite a few friends to come along with their knitting, and introduce community singing. This makes the shy ones feel more at. their ease while you are at the same time lis- icrm for any outstanding talent In um the old-fashioned comb hard. (Place a. piece of sper over the teeth ofacomb and urnsiune through it.) At first it will cause amusement, but before long every- one will be striving to play in har- mony and, with a. conductor. n very pleasing effect can be obtained.

A household utensil band can zJso be very effective. Let each one collect something from the kitchen and with practise some of the very best pieces of music can be render- ed, which will amaze and please any audience. Flu- more enjoyment can be found in creative amuse- ment than in that which is produc- ed for you.

These evenings of enjoyment cm be turned to good account by or- ganizlng entertainments and giving the proceeds to some war charity.

The turkey found its way to the table about 300 years ago, although the bird-which does not originals from Turkey-was brought from New England a long time before that. Actually, all manner of birds were eaten at Christmas in past eras. Swans. par- trldges. blttcrns. wheat-ears. and ptncocis. The Archbishop of York of 500 years ago, was very parval to peacock meat, and historians tall us that the Archbishop gavs a Christmas feast st which s lrln- dred pescocks were served to lam guests-R. R. Clark.

rm: CHARLOTTETOWN _GUARDA_l;_\N

A Christmas

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Here are a few entertaining puzzles and poser: for you to solve. All you'll med is a pencil and a few matches. Do your best to solve them before you turn to the solutions. There's no fun in looking up the answers first, is there? Now then, of!

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Find the Presents

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Two Party Poser:

A Story in a Radio Set

Fill in the Missing Words and you will have the story of a Christmas Bern

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FIND THE PRESENTS

Kite. trumpet, racquet, gun, netball, ukulele, drum umbrella, cart. yacht. pen. engine ice- skate. Take the initial and re-sssemble them and you W111 10ml the two words - Turkey, Pudding.

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Matchstick Magic

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own. Two thousand years gone by. \.'ho had no ermine robe or crown To mark His myaity.

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with palms or carpets my,

No palace i-ioh for His e, Noll" courtiers to obey.

Yet Dnplme vast a/walicd Him Q1 mountain, moor and mam;

Even Dillon's tangled forest-s dim Held subjects for His reign.

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Andnmm of earmgoppressions old Began to cringe and cower.

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Town

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“m, continue his warfare Wh‘le here we live.

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