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CHR STMAS QUIZ

‘can/stints srocxmcs i o~cs FEMININE rmcx;

i. Where do children receive Christmas gifts from a camel?

2. What famous Christmas char- acter originated in America?

3. Ii you want a Christmas if" that drops its needles early, what kind would you select.

4. What important event took place on Christmas day almost two thousand years ago?

5. when was Christmas claimed a national holiday?

6. Where did the earlv Christians obtain their Christmas trees?

7. What is the most known Christmas story ever writ- ten?

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wouldn't be rican r2055 W“! t from Sf- Nick-

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ANSWERS T0 cbrtmnu Quiz

The youngest of the

. i . 1 Syra wise

three camels bearing the Men distributes the gifts.

2. Santa Claus. The brought St. Nicholas (Slnt Nik- lass) to America. where he was gradually transformed min 511ml Claus.

3, Spruce. The Fir holds its needles the 1098571-

4. Christ was born.

5. There are no "national holi- days" in the United States. Tnc

government proclaim only for federal em- yees

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6, Early Christians didn't have any. Christmas trees weren't used generally until the 16th cen-

Dutch

i- siockings in not)" u?“ ' llid llii tilfiffl With

Bible accounts of the birth Christ, Dickens‘ "Christmas Carol" is the most. widely known Cill‘1S_l,lI_lfl§_-5i_O£Y. reindeer, and his pack bulged big-- ger and bigger.

This year Santa's pack may be minus a. few luxury products and mechanical gadgets, but that doesn't matter as long as there are mamma dolls, sleds and drums and picture books; toys for the child- ren.

Medieval Rulers Enjoyed

ng hanging custom was 1d into the celebration

that

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Another legend says on spirit oi St. Nicholas rode across the 18nd 011 n. great white horse followed by thc hosts of innocents slain in BPllliPiKill by the order of Herod. Children of the Nortiiland filled their ivntw-zlen shoes with 0M5 f0!‘ llic Saint's horse and set them outside of the door; in the morning providing the children had been good. the cats were gone and the shoe-g were filled with nuts and apples.

Eventually. the boys and young“ or children, the wives and hus- bands, and even the Sfandplrefltfi. decided the git-ls were getting too much the best of things; so, they nil lfliflfd the International Society mi Stocking-hangers.

Our ancestors brought St. Nick to Ariierica, whore he has Brown toilnq and fat and jovial. traded his great white horse for eight magic

Calculation of the Christian era usually credited to Dionysius Exlgenus in the Sixth century. However. he was somewhat in error, as it is believed Jesus was born before what was January 1, and British soldiers ceased firing in A.D. 1. The phrase Anno Dom- ini (year of our Lord). of which A.D. is the abbreviation, was be- ilgged to have been first used in

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cut out the apartment and paste to thick paper. then colour. using crimson for curtains. sofa and chair, nad gold ior the flflllrvidery. tassels and fringe. light oak for the woodwork and floor. crflm iOr [he Walls Ind The stool should be gold with crimson seat. me Sleeping Beauty wears a pale ‘elite dress with pink flowers. and has Bolder! hair and shot-s. The Prince ls clad in a green suit with likhier Brlf-‘Il Simi- ings, and tlu- brcwn-halrrd Fame in mauve. Whvn oulie dry. Out Wt the figures mrrfuliy. and when you have decided the best place for them, gum them into position-

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tuiy. 7. With the exception of the °i clincd

Huge Christmas Dinners h

It is a mistake for people to have birthdays within a week or two of Christmas. Relatives. sen~ eraily speaking, do not mind giv-

two presents a year at decent intervals, but when the two o:-

days one of two things is boun to happen. The kind uncle or aunt says, ell. dear, as your birthday and Christmas are so close together I am going to bu you a very nice present to do or both." And the presents costs just about the same as the ordinary Christmas or birthday present

ence is that in the course of the year they weigh out once instead of twice. This is all very well for the uncle and aunt but very un- fortunate for the nephew or niece.

I knew somebody- it was a girl oi course- who got over the diffi- culty by declaring to all who were concerned, that, since she was so unfortunate as to be born on a Boxing Day, she intended to kee -her b rt This

gave everybody time to re. cover from having given one pre- sent before being called upon to make the next.

Stella Linklater had not thought of this, for in many ways she was a simple girl. That say, fairly simple and at least not grasping. Probably she did not notice her misfortune, at least it was not pointed out to her by those who made one Jesent do for two.

But when she had Just turned the corner of twenty and a young man fell seriously in love with her. he noticed the embarrassing circumstances if she didn't.

The young man was Nonnan ‘ralland- one of those names which oes with a swing. and the

hereof may be expected to perform all those deeds of chivalry and daring which are to be seen only on the pictures. But a, name lioke that wants a lot of living up

When you're an underpaid clerk. with no pretentions f0 good looks, rather shy and n11 that. and in- to freckle. you have a job todlive up to a name -like Tail- BII .

Our Norman Talland was too young to have served in the war, wretchedly poor at all cept chess, as plain made pie. of sound but not out- standing intelligence, and at heart as romantic as all your handsome fellows.

His people were dead. He nad no livin relative but a blind aunt who rat er exaggerated when she saldtthat she had hated him on

he was a lonely sou], Dull? Of course he was dull. Directly a man hears or feels that beylest déiéllhe gelt: Yiifltilnlllid wojrsa. P901? a qve, ust

like everybody els and suffer much more because they feel from the very beginning that they have geiééoo on the road to Heart.

Bo it was when the came to Norman. He henna lt then on a. spring evening and was Wildly happy for an hour. Then

nevitable attack of de-

How could the loveliest

at an objecttllke hirfiself? Most of us poor crea ures ed h

felt like that. on mm a" Then again, if the miracle hap. pened and she deigned more mere. ly to notice hilt existence how could

salary was very small. his pros- vague and unpromising. However romantically a mm may

little matters as food and shelter. And who wants to marry a gir and give her a life of poverty and anxiety? He was not in one of those "safe" jobs in which a man's salary increases every yea;- ugmi he retires on pension. The "safe" Job may not appeal to the spirit of adventure. but no man with re» sponsibiiitlea can be happy in the thought that the next month's end may see him adrift on the becalm

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uld- as if aha did it

poop .

There was the usual family rumpus. Nonnan, like the man be was. went straightforwardly to Papa and told him.

stern and non-committal. gagement. of course, until, vaguely expressed it. "matters im- proved!‘ He was not born ‘tester. day and he knew the folly of for- bidding the young man the house. thereby investing him with the {auntie glamour he seemed to

No, he was weitome no a friend bah-he Puget-ed lzvinglv over this useful little word - no engage- ment; at least not for the present. The situat'on as o'd as the hills. as yon see, and as new n the lat- est edition of an evening pa tn each such pathetic pair of overs.

Christmas came. but rlllwuvh Norman had put himself through a course of semi-starvation he had scraprd only sufficient. With- this he bought a manicure act. in re-

l. casions are separated on i by a fevé I “ghee ‘bought “we w hug,“

would have cost. The only differ- W

hday on the zstt. of Jungi

fir’ the alléeer pleasure oi annoying n

turn for which be intended to ak- tract one hall-penny from Stella. For they say that you must never gkgiive"_ things which

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And then he noticed the escrit. ole in the window oi the second- hand furnlture dealers. It was a fine old piece oi nighly- llshed oak, and even on that d mom- lng little ‘ of light ‘ " on its surface. What made him stop and look twice at a furniture he could not a buy is one of those everyda teries of life.

could only buy it Stella would have "it in her own r-ocm and think of him every time she sni downln lwrlte her letters. Utterly beyond course. but the Good Fairy out of one of the old tai pened .to be pass unseen and fllcrkded. our young fr end with her

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Inspired by the magic touch he walked in andlnquired the price in the large manner of one who can afford to be careless t money. The long-nosed dealer eyed him superciliously.

"Twenty-five pounds," he said. "That's a very fine piece. Came out oi the sale of effects oi the late Sir ' Oswald Brending, the shipping magnate."

Norman just saved himself from iiaughing aloud. Then the Good iFali-y touched him again with the ‘wand which works miracles.

"Look here." he said.- “I haven't

straight ea. hap-

escritoire. What abo and 10s. a week until the payments end. 1, can give you the usual re- ferences."

The dealer scratched his head. He had had"that escritvlire 0n his

nk. Driven f0 bargain he would] have taken I0 pounds for it and been content with only a small

mofit. "All rilht.” ho said. "I'll take that. I've seen you about here at

he possibly afford to marry? His Kn

fall in love he has to consider such 1'11 MM it

orman knew what ng. He knew. however, that he had corned himself to iiilffliifi‘ not: gen mutt.“ iwm s on o c - lfcttes and doing without

the cmtemplitlon of his martyr- d0!!!

The escritoire _duly arrived and a star ‘landlar: received it into her ha passage and wanted fa know where she was ‘That's all right," "it's going out at o He had not-had it

to put it. sold Norman,

sighed and went

way hetook out a cialre te he thought twice,

, it bu:

and (put k th loco! n't nlfardtobe run

cigarettes o fnnotim in it lllt N that he oould do than-and rtarl another one two hours afterwards. On the Christmas night lie wu hidden to a party at the Link- latera. ‘.0 parents could eve done without him and not suffer- ed in consequence but had ta a-k 'l\'m for Stein's sake It was only for Stella's sake that he went. She came out into the hall while

Piece of ford to Iyou. y mys- j

‘ l - a: l: lwadling. That la one oi the rea-

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hndwas taking off his coat, and

frowned at him. "genre a very bad lad!" she

"I know". he answered lightly. "That's what make me so attract. ive. ‘Ihelsieuyer ‘good meln are all very we e way, suppose. but they're awfully dull. No ginger."

"You know wha about."

"I don't-as usual."

"Tha “‘ -desk thing."

"Oh that? sorry if you don't—" "Oh, darling, it was too sweet of But I'm

ang because you couldn't

..sslbiy of ord it."

Been my family for years. George 1V ave it to my gre - great-grand ather, who happened to be one of his favourites.’

She laughed and then frowned. ' "'00 you know what happens to

is wildest dreams of finance. bf wicked men who-er- don't fell WW"

the truth?"

"Yes. They get kissed sometimes. 8y the way you're standing right under that mistletoe."

' bells oonsidere’ the matter for a moment and the frown re- laxed.

"Quick, then, before somebody comes out." she whispered.

There was time for only i4 be- fore the handle of the drawing- room door rattled. A moment later Stella was demurcly helping him off with his coat.

"It's in the kitchen." Shelia re- 'ma.rked in a blandly matter-of.

‘fact tone. "What is? Oh that?" “We haven't had time to carry

pairs vet and it's DVY

, it he

as. pounds, but I'd like thatI "I’ll take one erd. out Tommv ready bee" m°““%“'d' Th” w“? ut 10s. down Oo '

Wper to take the other. He'll love helpine me to carry upstairs a present I got for you."

Tommy Cowper. who fancied ilifllibif a rival of Norman's hated him accordingly.

She handed lain the Pnmhmentywhlch meant happiness to them and a future of prosperity

. n d f l tn . creature in the world look twice til-in or “m” a“ h’ “m” m

"All right." said Stella with a little laugh. “My room's on the left at the end. You can go right in. Everything3 tidy. Shove just inside the dcor where I can

Plenty of Trees

‘ washed. shaved or dressed.

Itfdoleurt- take long to grow a also Christmas tree from a

there isn't much - t the nation's supply of trees will reach g point of depl . lhny farmers. having some acres boll not suitable for regular fanning tum the around over to producing evergreen: fol Christ- m" tree plantations where har- vesting is conducted on | sustained yield basis. 11ml of the balsams spruce. iumlocks, pines, cezialn and fir! used for this put-pore are the pro- duet of _ m: swamp lands.‘

i .- 1.453;». qunanmn;

t rin talking Y

rather i“

jeftegil bed with a. plump

Gay ciiimn Plants

u the . tree) is the pum- aettia. This ., belied pilot has a soft, yet furor‘ ful, beauty to it‘

t nu a '

Other red flo .. are popular. we. but not as easily obtainable as the pleasant poinsettia. There is the Jerusalem cherry. the red cyclzmen. If you do pur- chase mother a poinsettil. set it in an attractive colored Dot (wrap Christmas PIP") . and tie a lime red ribbon with a

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i ‘liit boch"toa will put the “ l1! R8 u

chrlstniu sift _tf_llb_lill_iluie§nt'

t n 1 wuni- . ‘ai-litiglitillgdeaow are you spins, to ag then" H -~q"-‘n"e“nws° linoleum on the floor "How awful - for the 90°!‘ “"19

- ata stupidf inntisgiisihlll; time incari take the mats up and shove it where ewant it. It'll slide about on lino-l leum."

"night-o. Produce the beflrfl- 01'

tn th be r. Young ‘mainly.

imThegry \:ent “into the email and overcrowded druwins-rwm- 0" ‘the whole Normans reception was about as chilly as an arctic f-‘X- 'plorer might expect from an as- lsfltmlypfi Whithbetiiiiatyoulri: $3‘

u. . $.33.» only because he WI! ipiain. but also because he was N- garded as Stella's Drill" "Perl-IR, The youn men who were ntereat- ed in Ste la had reasons of their o for regarding him with dis Stella's at!!!

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extremely polite. You know wh

that means.

Tommy was pressed into service. He went with a reat show of grace and alum-it un ii he was outside the door, w en his manner became more than a. little frigid.

without difflc t to the stairs, Norman had the hind and heavier end. But from this point of apparent disadvant- age he was able, by a sudden heave, to push his rval over. What Mr. Cowper had to sly about this he was compelled to say a whisper. It elicted the polite cinder: "I beg your pardon. I n'f quite hear.’ They got the clumsy lump of fin-niture into Stella's rocm. the smooth floorcloth it glided quite

easily. "A bit heavy. was Mr. Cowper‘! ‘ o ent

in re fdi

it over. still it'll be against the wall."

They went downstairs. There were games. music and refresh- ments. Mr. Cowper, who hadla

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voice which som

could shove “' somewhere

a goo "Nirvana." As regards

as useful as ballast.

The evening was not a ha one for Norman. f-le was so near tells and yet in a senze so far. He went reluc antly in the small hours. not- liking to leave himself to be quite the last to depart. No chance of a proper good-bye to Stella. Just a. handsha e wh ch meant a great dfig-lk more than an ordinary hand-

s e.

f-fe woke late on the morning of Boxing Day. He had had a beau-' tiful dream that he was chasing‘ young Cowper round and round _ Albert Memorial with a pick-axe» The trouble was that he couldn't catch him. But so many dreams are d inting.

It was his landiad who roused him. Having bimp on the door and received no response except heavy breathing from within Ole opened and called out.

"A young lady's celled to

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- I "Right-oh," said the partially awakened sleeper. ‘I'll have bacon as usual." m! u d w "A young ‘a ca e nee you. sir. A young la y with a black eye."

Norman sat up and stared.

"I don't know any young lady with a black eye." he said.

"Well. she says ou do!" The landlady grinned. ' t‘: your murky past. she said. "Oh. and she said u her name was Min Linkieter."

ornun’: eyes became slightly

Linklater."

‘was. 3nd she wants to lee vou l 0114!.

“Eat Miss Linklater hasn't got a

0W. "She may not have had one when you saw her int. But she’: one novwédA beauty!” “W, 0 mill W hi! landla awyaytf" | ‘£311 tiélgrheiflfll eall down the , l .

The landlady departed. Norman a “guns, Stella, what's the mat-i

"Oman down at once!" respond- ea a commanding voice. t I “haven't

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"But I can't dear.

"I don't . a in (“amine game own

"Haven't gotm” no tell me

what's ‘the mat . "Well. you've. t an overdo t. I Wfict. Corn h I

one.

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their wa lg flopped own stairs. Stella wet- ed around the corn-er at the end. ‘fren he result-d.

People who write stories often. find themselves in difficulties when It comes to recording a plain fact.

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delicacy to le v something to the imagination. Ht the kind of mt

which is called hard fact must bei witnessed.

silt/ed bluntly. S yei

It was not just a slight discolor- ation which could be hidden Ind hushed tap a bit-so to speak-by cream an powder. It was a beauty. It was such u the pugiliatie ooeter, who has tried to knock ‘em in the Old Kent Road, so often takes horns-with what is left of his money-on a Saturday night. It was an eyewhich had to be seen believed. The adorin

moaning of a dying pigeon.

“You needn't have minded about whli you looked like." said Stella. ."But darling. I-Iow did-who did

"You did”.

"my. -

With that blessed bureau thing. Shaving it just inside in room where I-was bound m fai over it when I came in in the dark. I slipped on the flcor-cloth and ed it over." _