"And the angel said unto them,
Fear not: for, behold, I bring
you good tidings of great
joy, which shall be to all people.”
Luke 2:10
We bring you
good
tidings
for the Holiday Season
SERVICE CLEANERS
At, c*xaa| ljhu>A inj
^hincj Ldhjji*uii>6 ijouA unjuj
J^A citu/uJt Jli/vuj
clvot/iA A^vuj
lofaiudr CL*t i/5 vot*v 'ttxLau.
JA 1
THE GLUE POT
Luminarios Lend Charm
In Southwest Christmas
One of the most beautiful cus
toms brought to the Southwest by
early Spanish settlers was the
lighting of Luminarios at Christ
mastime.
Luminarious, little lanterns
made of brown paper bags half
filled with sand and lighted with
a candle, line the garden walks
and rooftops on Christmas Eeve.
They outline homes and patios
in a soft radiant light, illuminat
ing the way and guiding the
Christ child to each home.
TWELFTH NIGHT IS
ALMOST FORGOTTEN
Twelfth Night, once one of the
most joyous feasts in the English
calendar, has almost died out ex
cept in name and in a few tradi
tional customs.
In early times, an English
Christmas was celebrated contin
uously from Dec. 25 to Jan. 6, as
indicated in the old song, “The
Twelve Days of Christmas”—re
cently warmed over in a more
popular form.
The last, or 12th, night was al
ways particularly riotous with
feasting and masques, and it was
for one such celebration at Queen
Elizabeth’s court that Shake
speare wrote “Twelfth Night.”
SHUNGNAK NEWS
( From the ANICA News )
The following news item was
received from the Shungnak Na
tive Store:
Everything seems to be okay up
here in Shungnak. The people are
getting ready for Christmas.
We have a new store, a new
warehouse, and a new store man
ager. Everything is new in Shung
nak. There is one thing we are
sorry about—there is no caribou.
Our store was built with timber
sawed four sides by the Douglas
Bros., who own the sawmill.
The store is 18 x 26 feet long
and the warehouse is 16 x 20 feet.
GREETING FROM ACS
On behalf of all personnel of
the Alaska Communication Sys
tem, may I wish you a Merry
Christmas and a Happy and
Prosperous New Year.
(Signed' Colonel Carl H.
Hatch, Signal Corps, Command- ’
ing.
The luminous rays of the St~r
of Bethlehem revealed, at the
birth of the Christ Child, the
dawn of a new era. Since that
dawn, centuries have folded
NOME DRUG
AND JEWELRY STORE
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
REV. HARRIET BROWN
REV. and MRS. FRED VOGEL