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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1952
Page
5
The herb rosemary, tied to fidelity, appears in Christmas celebrations. Legends say rosemary hid the Virgin Mary from Herod’s soldiers and that Mary laid her blue cloak over a rosemary bush during the flight to Egypt, giving its flowers a heavenly mantelblue.
The piece traces Santa Claus from a thin European traveler on a lean mare to a jolly American icon. It cites Washington Irving’s 1809 knickerbocker depiction and Clement C. Moore’s 1823 poem influencing the modern image with a round belly and bright eyes.
The cedar forests on a shelf like plateau 600 feet above the Mediterranean are described as the world’s oldest Christmas trees. Four hundred cedars are protected by religion and law from both Moslems and Maronite Christians. Once linked to biblical kings, today the trees are safeguarded by law and government planting programs to ensure their perpetuity.
A festival in Denmark's Odense pays tribute to Hans Christian Andersen, the famed fairy tale writer and Christmas storyteller. His works have sold more copies than nearly any book aside from the Bible, translated into 35 languages, drawing visitors worldwide to his home since 1875.
The Washington Monument was officially opened to the public on October 9 1888 marking a milestone in national memorials. President Cleveland attended the ceremony along with dignitaries and thousands of spectators.
The tale places St Francis of Assisi in Garcia, Italy, around the year 1200. He and followers reportedly prepared a manger in a cave with hay an ox and an ass to honor the Infant Saviour during a midnight mass.
The text notes the Philippines gained independence on July 4 1946. It cites vacant public lands in the United States totaling 1 169 506 842 acres. It records Yellowstone as the first National Park created after the 1872 National Park System origin and places the Copyright Office in the Library of Congress with the Department of Labor founded in 1913.
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