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1 0 - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1966 — THE QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER
A Christmas Message
LUKE 2: 1 - 14
FATHER ROBERT R. FREED
Have you ever noticed the
element of fear that hangs over
the most significant events in
the life of Christ?
The Babe is born, and angels
announce the gift of a Saviour
to simple shepherds in a field,
and they are filled with fear.
Years later the Master hangs
on a cross, and the sky is
filled with shadows and the
earth trembles, and even soldiers
accustomed to the tumult
of battle are afraid. The women
creep out to the garden
tomb, and the stone is gone
and angels wait to give a message,
and the women are gripped
with fear.
The high and holy things of
God are always enough to make
us afraid. We are, after all,
only human. Our vision is confined
to whatever is in front of
us, and our comprehension is
limited in even the most brilliant
of us, to a brief glimpse
of truth. God is beyond our
imagination and grasp of our
minds. No wonder those who
were confronted with the supreme
facts of God's love in
Christ were first of all afraid.
But God does not desire fear
as the only appropriate response
to our apprehension of
him. The angel made that clear
to the shepherds. "Be not
afraid;" he said, "for behold,
I bring you good news of a
great joy. . ." This is always
God's final word when we tremble
before him. He has good
news, and there is a great joy.
Nor is the good news trite
and trivial, else there could be
no great joy. A Saviour has been
born, Christ the Lord. He is
God's own Son, Divinity assuming
human flesh, eternal love
loving enough to become a Man
and live and die as a Man that
men might live in joy forever.
It is an event that supercedes
creation itself. It is the infinite
extent of an infinite Love.
And how great the joy that can
fill our hearts and swell them
high to bursting as we understand
anew and believe anew
and receive anew this greatest
of all gifts. One by one the
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cares of this world drop from
us as if they were clumps of
mud under the attack of a stream
of purest water. The pains and
the disappointments, the hurts
and the sorrows, all of them lie
impotent and dissolved at our
feet. Now there is room only
for an exhuberant, bouyant, allencompassing
joy that carries
us along like a feather on a
gentle current of air. God loves
us, and enough to send his Son.
Good news. . .or a great joy.
If our first reaction to the
love of God is fear, it is that
we are but mortal men, and
God immortal. But God became
mortal, that we might be numbered
with the immortals, and
gratefully we lift our eyes to
behold the wonder of it all, and
we rejoice.
Churches
Echo With
Yule Tale
"And she brought forth her
firstborn Son, and wrapped
Him in swaddling clothes, and
laid Him in a manger, because
there was no room for them in
the inn." Luke 2:7.,
At Christmas, in church and
home devotions, Christians
turn again and again to the
Biblical story of that Holy
Night nearly two thousand
years ago.
From the words of two of
his disciples, Luke and Matthew,
they learn of humble
shepherds watching in a field,
of herald angels singing, of a
Star that shone in the East to
guide the Wise Men on their
way.
In every word of the sacred
story, the first Christmas lives
anew. And most cherished of
all are the words that tell of
the simple manger scene, of
Mary, and Joseph, and the
Christ Child.
"And she brought forth her
firstborn Son, and wrapped
Him in swaddling clothes, and
laid Him in a manger."
The words, as simple as the
scene, inspire awe and wonder,
for the glory of the moment,
for the miracle that was
wrought. Yet the same words
bring a homely comfort, too.
It is a miracle that even a
child may comprehend, for
there, living again in the
words, is the Baby Jesus,
wrapped in swaddling clothes.
'Because there no room for
them in the inn."
In the glory, there is poignancy,
too.
"No room in the inn."
The words echo across the
ages, and rejoicing is tinged
with bittersweet. That — as in
the words of the famous carol,
"Away in a Manger," — "the
little Lord Jesus" had "no crib
for His bed" weighs on the
heart of Christianity.
Even here at the manger
there is the shadow of suffering
in store for the Son of God,
of trials soon to begin with the
flight into Egypt, and to end
on the Cross.
But the glory prevails, in
the miracle of the humble
manger, and ahead, through
the shadows of the future,
through anguish and agony,
shines the radiance of Easter.
It is Christmas, and Christians
everywhere rejoice at the
words of the angel.
"For unto you is born this
day in the city of David a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord."
Luke 2:11.
About Trees ...
On the night Christ was
born, legend says, all the
trees burst into bloom. Thus
began many stories about
the Christmas tree.
Early folk tales described
a huge tree in the midst of a
forest. The tree held many
candles, some straight,
some upside down. At the
top was an infant with a
halo around his head.
It was believed that the
tree represented humanity.
The candles, up and down,
symbolized people, good and
bad. The infant was the
Christ Child.
FATHER ROBERT R. FREED
History Proves It—Yule Season
Is Always Memorable
For the children, this is the December 24, 1223
very best Christmas thatjever
was. The adults agreeT— but St. Francis of Assisi set up
still, they look back a little the first creche or crib on
wistfully at the Christmases
Christmas. Eve, 1223, in the
of yesteryear, with nostalgic
mountain village of Grecchio,
thoughts of "a good old-fashioned
Christmas," or of a spe­
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cial Christmas memory.
Memories enhance the seasonal
joys, and with good reason,
for Christmas is a memorable
time. Since the first
Holy Night, some of the most
important events of both religious
and secular history
have taken place at the Christmas
season.
A look at the past reveals
momentous occasions, joyous
or poignant, as well as many
of the little things that give
bygone times living meaning
— and all taking place on or
about Christmas Day.
December 25, 600 A.D,
Traditionally, the tirst
Christmas feast in England
was held at the Round Table
of King Arthur. The actual
date is unknown, but references
to this legendary king
have been traced to 600 A.D.
Malce Ribbon *llower' for
Prettiest Gift Wraps Ever
Once you discover the fabulous
high - sheen gift - ribbon
that sticks to itself when moistened,
cuts into petal-shapes
without fraying, splits neatly into
narrower widths, creases
crisply when you want it to,
and has no 'wrong side' — you
can become a gift-wrap artist
in minutes.
You can even make intricatelooking
ribbon flowers to decorate
Christmas packages in
new, enchanting fashion.
Daisies, carnations,poinsettias
even roses, bloom beguilingly
from your quick easy touch.
Try these ribbon blossoms,
dreamed up for you by the gift
wrap experts:
LACY DAISY:
Cut 2 strips of Sheen ribbon
each 11" long.
Split each strip in half,
lengthwise. (It won't fray!)
Moisten each end and attach at
centre forming a figure 8 and
widening the loops to resemble
petals. Your half-width ribbon
makes 4 figure B's.
Moisten each unit at centre
and assemble cross-wise and
diagonally. Turn bow over. This
is now the right side of your
flower.
Finish centre with coin dot
of contrasting ribbon — or make
little Pom Pom by using narrower
strips of ribbon in small
loops fastened by the same
centre moistening.
CARNATION:
From pink Sheen ribbon, cut
four petals each of these sizes:
4", 3", 2 1/2", and 1 3/4".
Put in sets of four with the
largest on the bottom, the small
est on top.
Cross two sets and tie, with
very narrow ribbon, in both
directions. Add another two sets
and tie. Weave the ribbon between
sets each time before
tying.
Lift all the small petals, then
the next layer etc., until all
the petals stand up. Trim with
pinking shears or fringe with
scissors.
Finish with long narrow green
leaves moistened and fastened
underneath flower.
POINSETTIA:
From red Sheen ribbon cut
3 petals each of these sizes:
3", 2 1/2", and 2".
Arrange petals In sets of
three -- largest on bottom. Tie
a knot In a strip of narrow
yellow ribbon. Cross two sets
and tie together with yellow ribbon,
placing knot in centre. Tie
on third set of petals.
Separate all the petals by
tying across the flower in all
directions. Lift all the little
petals, then the larger petals
until they all stand up crisply.
Add green leaves of ribbon,
moistening ends and fastening
underneath.
ROSE:
You'll gasp with delight when
you see this turn out! Cut a
20" length of pink or red Sheen
ribbon. Fold a right angle about
an Inch from end. An Inch
further on, form another right
angle, pressing firmly between
thumb and forefinger.
Rotate and make another right
angle, then another, to form a
square.
Continue pattern around,
leaving a hole In the centre
until all the ribbon but the last
two inches is used.
Roll end into tight core and
push through centre hole. Keep
twisting until the hole is closed
and a tight rose if formed.
Moisten and secure around
outside petal. Wind stem in
green ribbon and add leaf shapes
by moistening and fastening to
stem.
TIPS: Here's the easy way to
fasten your ribbon flowers to
your gift parcel;
Pass a length of the ribbon
around your parcel lapping one
end over the other by a half
Inch. Moisten one end and press
lightly.
Moisten the back of your bow
and simply press against the
package ribbon.
Or, If you want just the bow
on your package, make a small
loop of cellulose tape, sticky
side out and fasten to back of
flower, then press to gift wrap.
December 25, 1492
Christopher Columbus and
his crew celebrated the first
Christmas in the New World
in 1492. They were dinner
guests of an Indian chief, ruler
of the island of Haiti.
December 25, 1535
Beset by cold and hunger, in
fear of hostile Indians, the
French explorer Jacques Cartier
and his band of 110 settlers
observed an early Canadian
Christmas at a fortress
near what is now the city of
Quebec, in 1535.
The most precious of
the
scanty food supplies were set
forth for a Christmas "feast"
— in the courageous spirit that
enabled the tiny band to hold
out till spring.
December 24, 1871
First performance of Verdi's
opera, "Aida," took place on
Christmas Eve, 1871, in Egypt.
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