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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1950
Page
2
The item notes Post Office Department charges in Ottawa at $200 per year in Canada and $2.50 in the United States. It presents a brief tariff-like reference amid the Ottawa context and Rossburn mention.
A Pentecostal church paper reflects on how Christmas has changed from religious observance to secular celebration. A Chinese student’s view contrasts Santa Claus with Jesus and urges worship in spirit and truth. The message calls for charity, peace, and personal devotion in the new year.
The church reflects on Christmas 1950 with greetings and questions about belief in the savior’s message. It notes the high price of salvation and urges readers to accept it, while acknowledging many require coaxing.
Rev J Y Garrett urges unselfish giving and personal renewal during Christmas 1950. He asks readers to consider Christ birth as the start of a new era of peace and goodwill, urging all to live by do unto others as you would have them do to you.
By Carolyn Grant an older man named Dan walks home on a snowy Christmas Eve haunted by memories of Maggie who is gone. The town glitters with lights and carols, but Dan feels the season’s warmth and sorrow at once as he faces another Christmas without his wife.
An aged man named Dan recalls Christmases with Maggie who helped others, remembering the Benson family and plans for the O Shays. He stands before Carter's store, buys gifts with Maggie’s memory guiding him, and shares a quiet, hopeful greeting with the clerk as snow falls.
The bell is described as the oldest and most universal Christmas symbol with widespread use in traditions across nations. Authorities trace church bells to Pope Sabinianus in 604 and note the evolution into the carillon, enabling Christmas carols to find expression.
Simple precautions prevent holiday tragedy. Do not burn real candles on the tree and avoid frayed cords or broken lights. Do not leave a lit tree unattended. keep lamps away from ornaments and synthetic materials. Smoke away from wrapping material and secure the tree to the wall to stop children from tipping it.
The piece traces how many Christmas customs originate in pagan winter solstice rites. It notes gifts common to Christian era, while others arise from Saturnalia, Druid mistletoe, Saxon holly and ivy, and Odin oak traditions later redirected by St Boniface to the Christmas tree. It mentions medieval long celebrations, Twelfth Night, and Puritan bans in 1644 England.
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