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Newspaper
Greendale Sun
Location
Greendale, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1946
Page
5
Reverend Morgan W. Van Tassel of Greendale Community Church argues that laws, rulers, and frontiers must yield to a fundamental change of heart. He says only a global shift to goodwill and sharing can end selfishness and racialism, making peace and justice achievable beyond diplomacy and politics.
A Canadian Welland County native recalls a derelict yacht moored upriver that broke loose near Niagara Falls. As the vessel neared the cataract passengers panicked, the skipper fired dynamite to slow and sink the boat, then saved most aboard. The piece uses the incident as a metaphor for liberty amid calls to resist centralized planning and government control.
The feast of St. Sylvester Pope 314 to 325 is observed on December 31 by Roman and Anglican churches in Germany and Belgium. The morning is religious while the afternoon and evening are devoted to horseplay as a prelude to the New Year.
The article notes that watch night services began at St. George Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia with the first service held in 1770. It contrasts these religious observances with secular New Year celebrations. The custom spread as a year end service from nine to twelve o'clock.
Greek rural communities between Christmas and Epiphany tell of the Karkantzari a gremlin like race feared for trickery and mischief. They dread their presence after hearty meals and are banished by priests using holy water and a basil sprig cross in each room to send them away until next Christmas.
Christmas dinners rely on mince pies rooted in tradition. They began as symbolic treats patterned after the manger of Christ, oblong in shape. The golden crust signified the gold brought by the Wise Men, tying food to biblical symbols.
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