MISTLETOE ONCE
SIGNIFIED DEATH
Mistletoe, once used as a
weapon of death, is now almost a
universal symbol of love and
peace.
According to Norse mythology,
there was a god named Balder,
who personified the sun. Loki an
other god, . plotted to destroy
Balder.
Balder’s mother when she first
learned of Loki’s intentions to kill
her son obtained a promise from
all living things that they would
not harm Balder. All agreed but
the mistletoe so it was with a
mistletoe arrow that Loki induced
Balder’s blind brother, Hoder, to
kill the sun god.
Higher powers intervened, how
ever, and Balder was restored to
life. The mistletoe was placed
under Frigga’s care, and the
mother of Balder saw that it was
never again used to do harm.
The custom of giving a kiss of
love or peace beneath the mistle
toe is an assurance that it will
never again be used as an instru
mnt of evil.
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WELL LOOKED AFTER!
TACHIKAWA AIR BASE, Ja
an, UP) — The U. S. Air Force
yesterday announced a special
Christmas service for its charges
who celebrate too much.
A headquarters announcement
to all American personnel at this
huge base invited them to tele
phone the Air Police for a chauf
feur if “at any time during the
Christmas holidays you might at
tend a party and feel you cannot
drive your vehicle because you
have been drinking.”
SANTA BARRED AT SCHOOL
WESTMINSTER, Mass., UP) —
Santa Claus was kept out in the
cold Wednesday when he appeared
a a primary school bearing candy
and gifts.
The school committee said his
appearance in the school would
interfere with the children’s edu
cation.”
So Santa, otherwise Eugene C.
Lanoue, distributed his gifs to
homeward-bound pupils of the
first to third grades outside the
school.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Draper left
today for Fairbanks, to spend the
Christmas holiday with their son,
Lloyd Draper, and family.
Arriving home for Christmas
today was Herb Engstrom on Wien
Airlines.
Margaret Steinbrech, former
teacher here, returned to spend
the holidays with friends in Nome.
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