Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [122], No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1975 Page: 2 of 26
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Baraques of Paris
Offer Yule Items
A feature of farts at Christ
masume are the baraques .These
v* small stalls or bouth* erected
along the boulevard* — at which
all kinds of knickknack* arc sold
They Mil cwects, toys, and all
the latest novelties It is quite
like a fair, and the booths re-
main open till after New Year's
Day, Tliere are street vendors,
antf the barrows that sell holly
and mistletoe In France one
tee* mistletoe in perfection, for
it is the country of mistletoe and
everyone buys It, A branch hung
above the doorway at this season
is said to bring luck to a house
during the entire year.
IBTTER GIFTS
Look-better gifts include les-
sons to get her tody in shape —
anything from tennis to yoga and
don't eliminate the possibility of
judo or karate How about a 10-
speed racer?
Give her a day of beauty at
the top salon in your city Hair
styling, organic hair treatment,
« makeup lesson, massj|j« mam
cure and pedicure — the works
She'll love you for It
SCARLET SUNG. Season
chilled tomato juice with
dashes of Worcestershire.
Tabasco, lemon juice and
celery salt. Insert a celery
stick stirrer
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llbtetra*
<~lOe,re hoping the holiday brings you
many joys shared with loved ones.
It has been a pleasure to serve you.
JACK GRIESENBECK
County Judge
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Hark!
raid angels
ring tidings
great joy!
it fill your
' life with
the spirit of Christmas.
Staff and Employees of the
Bastrop Memorial
Hospital
Bnstrop (Texas) Advertiser, December 2"i, 1975
Holiday Cheer
Joy is not in things, it is in ua.
Wagner
CheerfuliMMs and content are greut beautHiers, and
iful looki
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are famous preserver* of youthful looka.
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We do not luiow how cheap the seeds of happiness
are, or we should scatter tnem oftener,
Lowell
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What signitlea wishing and hoping for better times';'
We may make ihese times better if we bestir our-
selves.
Franklin
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You wert- made for enjoyment, and the world was
filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you
are too proud to be pleased by them, or too grasp-
ing to care for what you cannot turn to other ac-
count than mere delight.
Ru$kin
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Every day that is born into the world comes like a
burst of music, and rings itself all the day through;
and thou shall make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life
march, as thou wilt.
St. Francis de Sales
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FELLA?"
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MUSICIAN ... Fan for a
while—or the beginning o# a
atisteal career? At any roe.
a fellow can only be pleased
when Santa leaves a musical
Instrument beneath the tree
on Christmas mors.
Christmas Animals
Spaniards are taught to treat
cows kindly; they believe that
cattle breathed upon the Christ
Child to keep Him warm Tradi-
tion h«W« that cows and horses
kneel in adoration at midnight
each Christinas Eve Among the
residents of the German Alps it
is believed that on Christmas
Eve all animals can speak
In Worcestershire, it was at
one time the custom to give a
bough of mistletoe to the cow
that first bore a calf after New
Year's Day, to bring good luck
to all
In Bohemia a horse is taken
out into the river at Christmas
and walked against the current
The rider tosses an apple into
the stream and If it hits the
horse it will be stronger during
the coming year,
In Syria, the youngest camel
which accompanied the Three
Wise Men is called the camel of
Jeaus, and it is this camel which
brings gifts to the chlldr.-*
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I Am# before the I(u*xtan tompwurr
Tchaikovsky wrote the nuuit fur the
Nutcracker fiallet. generation* of
bwtt and girt* hair been captioated
by the legend of the wemderfui nut
cracker
The a tory u>a fir at written d<m n hy
the 'Jermun urtter Hoffman, uho
cnl!~d tt The Nutcrorkt r and the
King of the Mlue The itory found it#
way to other countries whvrv n iff•/*
given vanou* plot to t*t*
In the H unman termon the tale
Itegins with a gafo ( hnxtmn* Hie
party Uncle pro*a. the children'*
favorite amien and prenent$ Clara,
the heroine of the tor\ with on
minting null racket in the farm of a
tpldter and her brother Frank nth
m tiddier* and a fort
WOK!A) NAMEM
In America He's Santa CJaua
but he hii-v many different name*
around the world Frenrh younn
Aters call Him "F'er# Noel," and
in Holland the children rail him
Sinterclau**" Santa Clan* t*
Father Frt *t" to the children of
Kunsia and "Nice Old Father" to
the Chinese In Norway children
expect %Ifte. tram Jul Tonten,"
an elf. and in Germany the name
ia 'Krisa King!*/'
Thf world Ha* many more
"Santas." but whatever his name,
wherever he exists he brin#i
happiness to children
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Add our sincere wishes
for peace, hoppiness,
ond prosperity to your
blessings this
Christmas. Serving you
has been our pleasure.
Walter Brmkman
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fetAll you
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rich in
and
Thank*,
^ fri«*mis for aiittHiit+t u i« acrvf you.
Bartsch
Tire Company
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to Beth-lc-hom Come and be-hold Him.
bom the King of an-gels*. 0 come let us
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [122], No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1975, newspaper, December 25, 1975; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth238549/m1/2/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.