I r Y i lr r p pC C S SY Y R 1 rr r rho Y r rM M l t r w 1 y v U Ut t rl tr 7 Day on the 0 w By ELMO SCOTT WATSON r N about W s l J A i would te to In Int Incomplete J complete without nit J t F t tr r K of ot till tl first and t 11 mot most o t Ide awa 4 t r j i 4 lorl loric Christmas of ot all fu r hail bad It for not been or s fc c eHnts In the little town of 1 i s em In Palestine S me centuries ago alo there hate e been no Christmas to be bf tele braced each eich year hence no Christ Christmases t maces to be characterized as os historic What th sc e event Q ent were ere line ii tte e hest l esl bl en recorded by the beloved cd ph sl cl in an St Luke Lule who more than any on ont of ot the four apostles who 1 I ate n written the story of ot Christ has hns given ti t lusts os lu I klund of ot th those e ee e And this Is the story of ot that first II 1 Christmas as os SL bt i L Luke Lube It And It came clime lo to pan page pai In those tho e days that there thero went out a i decree from rom romac tae l ac ir it Augustus that all the tb world should hould be bo taxed And this taxing was drat nr t made when lus Ius vas wis governor of ot Syria And all went to be tr taxed e every ery one ODe Into his own city And Joseph al also o went up from Gal flee out of ot the city of ot IntO Judea unto the city elly of ot David Jd which le Ie called Dell because he ho was ot of the house and lineage of ot David To be bo taxed with Ith Miry his espoused e pou wire being rut great with child thud And so o It was that while they were there the daj were here accomplished that she should hould be dell delivered ered And Anft she rhe brought forth her born sun pun and wrapped him In swaddling clothes and laid lold him In a n manger be because because cause there was no room for tor them In inthe the Inn were in same amo she hep pI erds erd abiding In the Held field watch over oller their heir nock flock by night I And lo to the he angel ancel of ot the Lord came upon them and the glory elory of ot the Lord shone hone round about them and they sere ere sor sort ore afraid And the angel 1 slid said aid unto them Fear Fearnot not for behold I J bring you ou good rood lid In lots lot's of ot greet joy loy which shish shall hall be b toa toa to a I I r people ople For unto you OU Is born this day da In the city ft of r t David B a Saviour which Is to tot t 1 1 I riot rl t the Lord Aid Ai d this rhall be a sign len unto you youe Ye shall hall find and tl II e I bibe wrapped In wad cling clothes I lung Ing In n a n manger maneer And suddenly there here thereas was sas with the angel a multitude of ot the heavenly host praising God and saying Glory lory to God In the highest 1 t and on onearth onearth earth I lease once good will sill toward men And It came to pis pass as the angels were ere hone bone way sway from them Into heaven the shepherds said eald one on to an another another other Let us u now KO go even esen unto reth Peth chem I them hem and see lee ee this his thinG thine which h is come oe to piss pies which tho Lord hath bath hathma mn ma It le known unto usAnd us usAnd And nd they en came me with haste hasle and found Mary and Joseph and the babe lying In n a man manger er And when Shen hen they had seen Been een ll It they made known abroad the saying which ii was WI told them hem cor this child And Q oil all II tl II ey y that I hel heard heird rd It wondered III et those thing which were told tl ll em emby by bv the shepherds shepherd Out But ut Miry tuy kept Ill I'll all these things and ond ran rf l them In her I 1 And the shepherds returned glorify glorifyIng Ing and pral praising God GOtI for all 1111 the thing that hAt t they hid heard heird find and nd seen Ien as 01 t 1 ta Iw a told lold unto Into them I 1 Tince Jo e were the tho vents then which h SIe Je destined detle d to bring shout the Ide celebration of If December ce ml e r I r rf f e each eich Ieh year er this obit ob Ib I it 1 1111 i in Ill t i II I n t t I It b 1 Jn In in nt lit once fir II tie e very first fint p ll nee ft if f a 0 f hating I 1 en PR t tell Ild In honor 1 onor of or the birth of I Irl blot sag wis 1 In rapt lpt clout alnut he lie scar lOr LiO IO Alit AIt ont nit i the re regular ol of servant sc r cn- cn oJ n t began sometime In the i north K It wo was not until the J u a that thit tl II tic e a t tc I imen me n ct g nral m mII II 11 Is II Interesting to 0 t I ife re e th thil It tl II e first tn 01 In tie lW H rh I IC ok plate only a n in m re than iwo months after that e nt I II II Is 11 referred to as no II Ih thi er of if r merici S 5 JU m to afar r I I i I t pr er I t us n sit sil fi Ii st 11 t ur UI u n the Foil oll of the llie lW ew world he t III cal n II an on exploration r ft t f the llie gri cr up 1111 iii of which he had f und and I Mitring tl Is time limp he find and ored his ships hips In iii s 8 st ar t III inter cr ft of InKI to he hp cne Ih the it II lIIl r rf t f a 0 Mint faint whose those e hay ay Is ls etier lie etie I r id lit it lI I l i n pr er C a and ond wh lii the then lien n mile Ind of chill Iren Is sq Inq In curt COli netted d with day St t 1 ins lah I III t I The Battle of Trenton it i SI M N O Chr r diy day In Seventy SL J I y T Our Ow ragged r troops with bayonets r filed I 1 I For FT Trenton mard marched ed away n seel 1 the th boats boat bol below I f i r t The tight obscured by h hll end nd an Inow now I II 1 But Dut no noeM o signs LU eM of d dismay Ii h rl lOur Our object ct was Wat wa the tho tb bind I That Th t d- d wed dared rfd invade fair Ir f freedoms om land a And quarter la I that plea pia Ip I I Great Ceat he h led uj w on on I t Whose Who streaming 11 fleg 00 In la storm m or sun uj Had known I Ito C l 4 to la cleat mud march s passed p J tb Lit tho nJ bt l E Each Ech ch solder er r panting for lor or the tho I I I Though quit benumbed with frost frostI fr l I 1 Green in OB oa the th lt left t at I ber begs 1 Th Th Tb right rl ht ws Wat led by Sullivan t I tI I Ivhon no r rI er a moment lot lotI lost I Yo y Their pickets stormed tU the alarm wu w wI I spreadS I I I spread S That t rb l then Iron from the th doa dJ dead 1 Were Vera mard marching m Into town tow I Som Some scampered here bete om some scampered r the there I- I I And ADd some tom for lor acU action did I nut But soon their semi arma Wd told down It i 1 I Twelve Tw lv hundred miscreant Ii IiI I Ith aU all U co o 0 oWen 1 and d tent Were Wen of iTh lb the day dayd day 1 1 The Th frolic 0 ocr er r th lb bright cant is ID center centT front root end and nd rear r we wa na See I t It 1 Driving tat sway jl 1 Now brothe heathen d 01 the tho patriot beads banda I Il IlI I I Let s sing from from the tho bends band I It i Of way sway And Andas as our ill I b but a span opan I h I Lets Let touch uch the th tankard while we can caD canI I I I In memory mory of that thai dayt day uy Old Ballad Bailed t The first Christmas Christinas In the ew 1 I sew and orid and surely It was a 0 historic was one wa an eventful e day for tor Comm Columbus bus and his men They spent It In a athin aln a thin aln effort to tf save sa the flagship the Santa Miria Marla which had hod been beached on Christmas Christinas e eve ere e I t lading hiding that their efforts were store doomed to fill fall they took what bat goods they could from the ship and carried them on board theIna the Ina Since this vessel tessel was too small to carr carry all those thoe tho e wl 10 o had been on board tI ll e a flagship Columbus found It airy Iry to leave lea some of ot his men In n a tort fort which was as built on an nn Island and which In honor of ot the season beason was called Ie fe d ald ld a d The Nativity 1 Although Christmas B was a no doubt celebrated by the parly Party Spanish p andI ondI and ond I 1 rench reach settlers rs In tl II tie e a ew e w n J tI Li ere Is no record of ot any ony ling e on that day clay connected with these settlements which would make their K tru celebration worthy worth ot of the characterization of ot CI must also hive hate teen a n jar jov JOYful tel rul occasion for or the settlers of th the first t h C colony lony nt ot Jamestown n n neven 0 e even n amidst t the privations and troubles of ot ll II tie e a early days s of ot that colony I for lor or the doubtless s lIht them the I 1 h tea tra of I the theOld theOld theOld Old country with all nil of Its feasting rind and log QuI c e different was the first lr t Uirl mas ID of I that other I ih colony l on the stern tern an and J rc reel cJ boun J coast of ot New w rugland The I fathers Inn J I from the ot at atI I ly mouth on 21 But Christmas day that year brou brought ht with It no ih th u lit hl of ot Elry or gaiety nely to toti ti II ecE ee I 1 Tills This first Christ ChristIll tin Ill is day found oun theta without shelter fr m the r rinds Ind since the day dayL L re was tens as Sunday anti anu no on one wn vas ed allowed to hi ir it nod and disturb the of ot the e en e en f t r tie 1 tI e purl Puri r e e of I 1 t some sort ort orl of ot she I ter Ir fr r m 01 the Icy hey I e rf f at a t iw tw wIn f ng land winter Co o I 1111 ln la 1 of r it I centing c n In I 1 In tiny liny such t r 11 i muse inner us os their de dl descendants ee lo to tl It eee ce e e pi era eitl Id r riled It'd the day liv is with lilt the c f axes the r d f trees tr's an ani t 1 the cJ clearing of It ground round upon nich Ilene tl II loc Ing cal callus ins t were here re to in stand tand hen hen the It In 11 tJ II In w ew ewI I came ame around there OS no JO Jost I us its ccle rail l ll n II fir hr f still till n nn an n I Cher her herre re reason 3 on n During Durin ti II tie I a leir ear an nn I J rl other ship had brought a n load of ot grants and of ot this colony William Bradford n a stern Puritan was goy gov governor governor lie He formally outlawed Christ Christmas Christmas mas as the Ole Puritans of ot England had bad done when they had bad gained control ot of parliament because It was looked upon upon-at at least so co o far tar as ai the Old Cog celebrations celebration with their strange ml ture of ot ancient Druid customs custom and Christian ceremonies ceremonies-as ceremonies a a godless and nr d pagan rite More than thon that the General Court of ot Massachusetts frowning upon the Idea of ot making the Christmas season a time Ume of ot enjoy enjoyment enjoyment enjoyment ment ment passed an enactment which stated that who I li le found observing by abstinence from rom labor feasting or orIn orIn orIn In any other way WilY shall pay for tor every offense five e shillings For more than a century the stern Puritan Influence prevented anything but a most joyless joyles observance ot of Christmas until the gradual growth ot of Episcopal Influence In Mos sets and Its association with official potter PO er when hen the colony came under th the direct control of ot the crown brought about a relaxation of ot the anti Christmas sentiment of ot the Purl tan tans In contrast to the Massachusetts Massachusetts type of ot Christmas was that cele cele- celebrated celebrated celebrated In n the great greot manor houses In the Carolinas Georgia and Maryland especially In those thole tho e day when George Washington was wa un on known n to fame tame except as a prosper prosperous prosperous prosperous ous planter And It was vas this lame came ame George Wash WashIngton WashIngton ton Ington who was the central figure In what wh Is perhaps the most historic Christmas In the annals of ot America On the evening e of ot December 25 17 70 the Cl army led by this former planter was drawn up for evening e parade near Dear I 1 enn cnn nine miles oho above e Trenton on the tho Delaware river Instead of ot return returnIng returnIng returnIng Ing to their quarters they were marched toward Mcl s Ii terry ferry where Colonel Glover GlOer GlO er B fishermen from y by were manning boots boats and trying to launch them In the nit er erit It was wa a cold raw e evening ening and a no now storm had set In The wind was from the northeast and beat In the faces of If the ragged barefooted sot sol who ho were about to embark upon orr orp of ot the most desperate enterprises In history I or Washington was plan to cross cros the Delaware are that night and lend lead them hem on a nine mile march marcho our oser r snowy roads to Trenton where th the ne hessian lan troops of ot Colonel Rahl c were wC celebrating Christmas with feast feast- feasting feasting In ing and n making Ilse HIe crossing had hod begun at nt sIx o t k had planned to toha ha hate ells his entire army on the Jersey Id hT hv midnight begin the march to by one o 0 clock so that he make male his hI attack Just juet at ot day daylight light nut But the river riser Ice Ire threatened to Fp ep 11 II his whole program ant an on 1 rates ates and oil Ill er or generals that the whole scheme dicine heme was as Imp Impossible The Theiron TheIron iron Irvn will of Washington was wis not to be daunted 10 I eer and although the r cr II tok ok no 1 less than ten hours It was finally accomplished TI Tl UI tn n he bet set out for 1 1 Trenton renton and andi andt t I tier ter a 0 terrible le in with s I i mi rot of art Ids his men letting lening tracks of f llord I lor d In th the st CI ow my and others rs struggling with tl ti tit t Ir lr guns wet et and ond useless lif hI unite pIn I In frent n and Imme ked eoJ keds s s he had hud I 1 tl tI e t HI al pear ance of lis 1 l Is tinny was sas us a n n u 1111 ni li It te tp bur ur price e Alth ugh tie e II e its ins mills I and i ui ul up a n slut 1 I rn re re men inre f t r ril q sl on urt time the deter I i nil II n r i f th t t ull ul t n u t I I te Ie e d cI dale I Hahl tl lie e a Comm nn 1111 J 1 Jf st t f nn tits of i ais Ie mc men n were acre lre I Ills 1 nn an I 1 I f th the diele 1 1 I 0 So II i w I II d il jG 1 Is a rid red loiter letter das In r rI rIi I Ii in history tIIU e I in n II Ih hit It II dos Ii a 0 I great comm v fn lo to hi his tall I O I try Iry Iryne tryme the ne of ot tl tie tle I t 11 It hb is ever l b been rn 11 1 net 1 need u d ii I t rill I 1111 ry nt nl a 0 Hire titre aIen the I he e oll frehm r ed m 01 CI me m dOli d all t tai iu u r I t I