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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1961
Page
27
Epiphany marks the visit of the Wise Men to Jesus and Twelfth Night customs across France and Switzerland include hidden beans and crowns for the prize winner. In the Middle Ages Epiphany featured church plays while Elizabethan revelry grew. January 6 is celebrated as Christ’s birth day and Epiphany.
Dickens novel from 1843 portrays Scrooge’s spiritual rebirth and joy shared with Tiny Tim. It became a worldwide classic, translated widely, and adopted in families, schools, religious settings, and annual radio and TV renditions.
Saint Nicholas is the Santa Claus of Europe and many children. He was born in Petras Asia Minor and lived in the third century. He aided the poor and is patron to bankers, mariners, scholars, and more. Gifts are given December 6. Dutch settlers spread the tradition to America.
The song We Three Kings of Orient Are is described as the first all American Christmas carol. It was composed in 1857 by John Henry Hopkins a clergyman who wrote both the music and lyrics.
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