December 23, 1946 (16 pages)

PAGE TWELVE. ~ fo NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY NUGGET P ‘ MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1946 eee ciara W — ?. SS DRE NE CE EE NE EE NE SE EE EN EE PEE PEN EEE ENR RE a <=, . poms —we May the warmth of Christmas Cheer gladden the hearts of you and yours this Happy Season. i Grass Valley — . Public Market AUBURN HIGHWAY ag & g ye tw vy Ww w yw wy tS ie Ww MW MRAM WM ARARRARAABALAAAAWRwHRBRRD YF, an PARADA ACAHDRMAMBR HRD RZ > fy se +B Dy MDI MBI Di Nevada Plaza City Ice AND FUEL OIL Phone 57 We get SOLID satisfaction out of wishing you and * yours a Merry Ol’ Christmas! Delivery Nevada City Season. GRASS VALLEY Today we, even as the wise men of old, pay homage to Him whose birth ‘we celebrate. May the blessings of happiness and joy attend you this Christm. The Looser Co. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE 107 South Church Street al . ‘ Phone 95 . Family Christmas Held in Germany Christmas is a family affair in Germany ahd preparations begin well in advance of the holiday. The Advent Wreath is hung on the SY Seema in Advent. This large wPeat! S*one red candle to begin with: an additional candle is added each Sunday until Christmas . and paper stars are added daily. ; The st&rs are inscribed with Bible. . Passages which are memorized by the children of the household. Everyone occupies precious moments making gifts for loved ones: perhaps a soap rose, a paperweight, toys for. the younger children, an embroidered handkerchief or table cover: there are dozens of cookies and special cakes to be baked and everything must be finished the day before Christmas — stores and restaurants are closed, too—so that servants and tradespeople may spend Christmas -Eve with their families. After church services on Christmas Eve, one of the family goes into the parlor—where the Christmas tree has been set up and decorated with ornaments treasured from year to year. At the first notes of ‘‘O Tannebaum,”’ the whole family rushes in and gathers around the’ tree; several familiar carols are sung, and then the presents are distributed, Sometimes Christmann — Father Christmas—joins the festivities and asks each chiN to say: a verse; correct recitations afe awarded by Christmann from pcckets bulging with goodies and trinkets. Fun at Dingley Dell When they were all tired of blindman’s bluff, there was a great game at snap-dragon, and, when fingers enough were burned with that, and all the raisins gone, they sat down by the huge fire of blazing logs to a substantial supper and a mighty bowl of wassail, something smaller than an ordinary washhouse copper, in which the hot apples were hissing and bubbling with were perfectly irresistible. Pe eee ath Pi to men of 99° i Se “This,” said Mr. Pickwick, looking round him, ‘‘this is indeed comfort.’’ “Our invariable custom,” said .Mr. Wardle. ‘‘Everybody sits down with us on Christmas Eve; as you see them now—servants and all; and here we wait till the clock strikes twelve to usher Christmas in, and while away the time with forfeits and old stories. Trundle by, rake up the fire.’’ Up flew the bright sparks myriads as the logs were stirred, and the deep, red blaze sent forth a rich glow that penetrated into the farthest corner of the room and cast its cheerful tint on every face. “Come,”’ said Wardle, ‘‘a song— a Christmas song, give you one in default of a better.’’ “Bravo!’’ said Mr. Pickwick. “Fill up!’’ cried Wardle. ‘It will be two hours gone before you see the bottom of the bow! through the deep rich colour of the wassail; fill up all round, and now the song.’’— From Charlés Dickens’ ‘Pickwick Papers.’’. \ Smash the Pinata South of Border Smashing the Pinata is a red-letter feature of Mexican Christmas festivities. An earthen jar is filled with nuts, candies and small gifts. Elaborately disguised and decorated with tissue paper, etc.,. it often represents a doll’s face or an entire figure— perhaps a bull fighter. Children of the household, blindfolded and armed with a club, are . each given three chances to break the Pinata. Inasmuch as the basic earthen jar has been selected because cf its fragility, it shatters easily, releasing a shower of goodies and trinkets and causing everyone in the party to scramble for a share, a rich look, and a jolly sound that (4% A) 4 Here’s to Christmas warmth and cheer, : May it linger throughout the year! a ae 241 Commercial Street —Nevada City . 3 109 South Church Street — Grass Valley —or—Phone 364 ph SEPT R EDD Em? EERE RAE AER FRED EP DPD OD EOD PR IY PD OD LF BLED PB eh PD eRe YB OR OD PD ee “ft oh ee 8 e ays ® gh lolid--°s i : ob dn That your Christmas be a happy one and the New iN Year brighy with promise is our sincere wish to our is friends. aS ae YOUR NEIGHBOR WILL TELL YOU TO SEE : . L. Airkpatric FOR THE BEST USED CAR DEAL ie P. O. Box 963 Telephone 169 ie HILLS FLAT SRP EEE NEE NE EE EIEN NNEC IE TEN ISDE IH i ei i aii a a yw ics iy ¥ Fi +d Fi 4 Fs HA i 4 Fi +4 i ¥ # a ¥ ‘ 4 & y wt ¢ i ¥ & s . yw AA & # & : ; ¥ & i 3 ed i y F 5 , 4 7 ; A flaming log ¥ iy A pipe % That’s Christnas Time at \ Home again. ¢ Merry Christmas] ‘ Hooper & Weaver Mortuary, Inc. / 246 South Church Street GRASS VALLEY Phone 364 RRB PADDR Bede Be Be

PAGE TWELVE. ~ fo NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY NUGGET P ‘ MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1946 eee ciara W — ?. SS DRE NE CE EE NE EE NE SE EE EN EE PEE PEN EEE ENR RE a <=, . poms —we May the warmth of Christmas Cheer gladden the hearts of you and yours this Happy Season. i Grass Valley — . Public Market AUBURN HIGHWAY ag & g ye tw vy Ww w yw wy tS ie Ww MW MRAM WM ARARRARAABALAAAAWRwHRBRRD YF, an PARADA ACAHDRMAMBR HRD RZ > fy se +B Dy MDI MBI Di Nevada Plaza City Ice AND FUEL OIL Phone 57 We get SOLID satisfaction out of wishing you and * yours a Merry Ol’ Christmas! Delivery Nevada City Season. GRASS VALLEY Today we, even as the wise men of old, pay homage to Him whose birth ‘we celebrate. May the blessings of happiness and joy attend you this Christm. The Looser Co. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE 107 South Church Street al . ‘ Phone 95 . Family Christmas Held in Germany Christmas is a family affair in Germany ahd preparations begin well in advance of the holiday. The Advent Wreath is hung on the SY Seema in Advent. This large wPeat! S*one red candle to begin with: an additional candle is added each Sunday until Christmas . and paper stars are added daily. ; The st&rs are inscribed with Bible. . Passages which are memorized by the children of the household. Everyone occupies precious moments making gifts for loved ones: perhaps a soap rose, a paperweight, toys for. the younger children, an embroidered handkerchief or table cover: there are dozens of cookies and special cakes to be baked and everything must be finished the day before Christmas — stores and restaurants are closed, too—so that servants and tradespeople may spend Christmas -Eve with their families. After church services on Christmas Eve, one of the family goes into the parlor—where the Christmas tree has been set up and decorated with ornaments treasured from year to year. At the first notes of ‘‘O Tannebaum,”’ the whole family rushes in and gathers around the’ tree; several familiar carols are sung, and then the presents are distributed, Sometimes Christmann — Father Christmas—joins the festivities and asks each chiN to say: a verse; correct recitations afe awarded by Christmann from pcckets bulging with goodies and trinkets. Fun at Dingley Dell When they were all tired of blindman’s bluff, there was a great game at snap-dragon, and, when fingers enough were burned with that, and all the raisins gone, they sat down by the huge fire of blazing logs to a substantial supper and a mighty bowl of wassail, something smaller than an ordinary washhouse copper, in which the hot apples were hissing and bubbling with were perfectly irresistible. Pe eee ath Pi to men of 99° i Se

“This,” said Mr. Pickwick, looking round him, ‘‘this is indeed comfort.’’ “Our invariable custom,” said .Mr. Wardle. ‘‘Everybody sits down with us on Christmas Eve; as you see them now—servants and all; and here we wait till the clock strikes twelve to usher Christmas in, and while away the time with forfeits and old stories. Trundle by, rake up the fire.’’ Up flew the bright sparks myriads as the logs were stirred, and the deep, red blaze sent forth a rich glow that penetrated into the farthest corner of the room and cast its cheerful tint on every face. “Come,”’ said Wardle, ‘‘a song— a Christmas song, give you one in default of a better.’’ “Bravo!’’ said Mr. Pickwick. “Fill up!’’ cried Wardle. ‘It will be two hours gone before you see the bottom of the bow! through the deep rich colour of the wassail; fill up all round, and now the song.’’— From Charlés Dickens’ ‘Pickwick Papers.’’. \ Smash the Pinata South of Border Smashing the Pinata is a red-letter feature of Mexican Christmas festivities. An earthen jar is filled with nuts, candies and small gifts. Elaborately disguised and decorated with tissue paper, etc.,. it often represents a doll’s face or an entire figure— perhaps a bull fighter. Children of the household, blindfolded and armed with a club, are . each given three chances to break the Pinata. Inasmuch as the basic earthen jar has been selected because cf its fragility, it shatters easily, releasing a shower of goodies and trinkets and causing everyone in the party to scramble for a share, a rich look, and a jolly sound that (4% A) 4 Here’s to Christmas warmth and cheer, : May it linger throughout the year! a ae 241 Commercial Street —Nevada City . 3 109 South Church Street — Grass Valley —or—Phone 364 ph SEPT R EDD Em? EERE RAE AER FRED EP DPD OD EOD PR IY PD OD LF BLED PB eh PD eRe YB OR OD PD ee “ft oh ee 8 e ays ® gh lolid--°s i : ob dn That your Christmas be a happy one and the New iN Year brighy with promise is our sincere wish to our is friends. aS ae YOUR NEIGHBOR WILL TELL YOU TO SEE : . L. Airkpatric FOR THE BEST USED CAR DEAL ie P. O. Box 963 Telephone 169 ie HILLS FLAT SRP EEE NEE NE EE EIEN NNEC IE TEN ISDE IH i ei i aii a a yw ics iy ¥ Fi +d Fi 4 Fs HA i 4 Fi +4 i ¥ # a ¥ ‘ 4 & y wt ¢ i ¥ & s . yw AA & # & : ; ¥ & i 3 ed i y F 5 , 4 7 ; A flaming log ¥ iy A pipe % That’s Christnas Time at \ Home again. ¢ Merry Christmas] ‘ Hooper & Weaver Mortuary, Inc. / 246 South Church Street GRASS VALLEY Phone 364 RRB PADDR Bede Be Be