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Thursday, December 24, 1953

THE TRIBU.ZE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

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Miay yours be a holiday overflowing
with happiness and good cheer,

Manhattan Beauty Parlour

‘Lord of Misrule,’
‘Hodening Horse’
Make Noel Jollier

DIFFERENT playtime observ-
ance for your Christmas festivi,
ies is the game “Lord of Misrule.”*

When your guests have all arrived
and have been greeted by the musi¢
of the minstrels and the,song of the
carolers, it is time for the most hon-
ored guest of the evening to arrive.
With much fanfare the ‘Lord of Mis-
rule” is announced. He enters with
great pomp and ceremony and takes
his place as the master of cere
monies for the evening.

The Lord of Misrule comes to us
from the Tudor courts where he was
elected annually to reign over the
Christmas festivities, His word, dur-
ing the festivities, was law, and the
ridiculous commands he laid upon
the guests had to be obeyed. The in.
troduction of the Lord of Misrule in.
to our festivities offers an unusual
method for introducing the many
games with forfeits which are tra-
ditional for Christmas.

At your party, the Lord of Misrule
will command each guest to do hig
bidding. He may call for singing,
dancing, pantomime, imitations and
stunts of all kinds. Failure to do the
bidding of the Lord of Misrule re-
sults in the payment of a forfeit
And here another unusual note may
be injected. The forfeit, instead of
being paid to the Lord of Misrule
may be paid to another Christmas
character, the “‘hodening horse.”’

It was the custom in Kent,-Eng-
land, for young men to go from
house to house with the hodening
horse, an imitation of a horse’s head
attached to a long stick. Two lads,
forming the body of the horse, were
hidden from view by a covering of
cloth resembling horse's skin.” The
hodening horse was accompanied by
paraders who rang the bells through:
out the town and begged for money
or food 7

Why Christmas Candles?

On Christmas Eve the Christ
Child wanders all over the earth
seeking deserving people—people
who are kind and thoughtful o!
‘others, and people who have loving
hearts Lighted candles are placed
in the windows vy such people sc
that He may not stumble and fall.
In the course of His search He visits
every castle and hut, no matter how
rocky and rough His path may be.

Serving o¥ Boar's.
Head One of Old
Christmas Customs

Of the customs that grew up
around the Christmas festival in
Merrie England, the serving of the
boar’s head was one of the most
stirring. It endures to this day at
Queen's college, Oxford, where the
50-pound tusked head—a lemon in

its grinning jaws—is borne in op
a great silver dish, escorted by
trumpeters and candle bearers.
In the olden days there was an
appropriate chant, half carol and
half ritual, that the gentlemen
used to bellow at the moment the
dish troubled the board:
Then set down the swineyard,
The foe to the vineyard,
Let Bacthus crown bis fall.
Let this boar's bezd and mustard
Stand for pig, goose and custard,
And so ye are welcome a

FULL REHEARSAL FOR THE BIG DAY... Robert wanted
Nick, the dog, to.have dinner with him at his private table, but
Dad and Mom were not i until Robert

that Nick’s table manners are impeccable. He did it with a dress
rehearsal, which you see here. Nick seems to be enjoying non-
chalantly an after dinner cigarette.

Ceason’s Greetings

AND ALL GOOD WISHES

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ALLEKGIC TO WHISKERS ...

Not all little boys who love
Santa Claus this time of year
bave a sublime trust in the old
gent. This young man obviously
wishes he were somewhere else.

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P fe the warm and cheers
ful atmosphere of this
wonderful Christmas sea-
son whon families are
gathered together — when
spirits are refreshed, hearts
uplifted and all the world
ie suddenly full of smiling
people—we want to offer
to one and all our very best
wishes for the happiest

holiday you've ever enjoyed,

GREETING

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May all the joy
which comes from
the true spirit

of Christmas be
yours through all
the New Year

Gordon Blackwell’s
Photo Service

Ir the true spirit of this most

joyous of holidays, we wish all

al our friends and neighbors a full

_- measure of happiness, bealth and prosperity.

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