Page B12 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 16, 1992 MORE THAN 20 years of Christmas giving continues as the Golden Rule Society's Juanita Hatton plans to distribute food to the needy. The society’s aim is to provide enough food in goody bags for the needy over the Christmas week. She's out selling raffle tickets at the Skeena Mall this week to raise money. Donations can also be made to the society at the Royal Bank. The goody bags will be distributed Christmas Eve in the building just behind the alternate school on Lakelse Ave, Rights of Columbus TERRACE COUNCIL, No, 5749 NEW YEAR’S EVE 9 DINNER & DANCE Tickets: single $30 couple $55 Phone Carlo at All Star Shae Repair 635-6703 or Giannino — at 635-3343 . se _ Babysitting and rides home available. 1993 CASH CALENDAR On Sale Only Until DECEMBER 29/92 . $30 each OR ~ 2 for $50 DAILY CASH DRAWS! Over $26,000 in Prizes _ With a $5,000 GRAND PRIZE . HELP SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY , To Purchase a O.T. Scanner For Mills Memorial Hospital To Serve the Pacific Northwest AVAILABLE THROUGH ANY MEMBER | OF THE ELEKS OR CALL 635-3160 A parasite that was venerated by ancient Celts, Romans and Germart tribes alike: The Mist- leioe. N MANY American and Canadian homes one can find among — other holiday decorations the mistletoe, It is said thal it en- caurages kisses between lover, Does the mistletoe really emanate some kind of magic? , We have to. ga more than two miflenia back into history to find its origin, A rich tradition of plant lore originaled with the Celts who lived in parts of France and En- gland before the Romans invaded these parts of Europe. The Druids, the Celtic priests of that era used all kinds of herbs, plants and trees in their rites. Trees especially were the object of their veneration. Trees had to come to man’s defence when the imagined forces of darkness threatened to over- come him, After the victory of the forest giants, so the druidic folklore said, Ihe Druids took the Celtic word for tree as their name and made trees the basis of their alphabet. One will find an example of Dmuidic folklore in the writings of the Roman writer Pliny-th-Elder. He lived in the first century A.D. His many travels to the con- quered terrilories enabled him to. learn about the mistlctoc. He in- ciuded this plant in bis famous columns. It was almost certain to imerest the educated Romans as the mist- letoe was the golden bough of Virgil’s Acneid which was writ- ten less than a century before Pliny’s work, The mistletoe, a strange parasite, has such singular habits that it elicited the Druid priests’ worship. It seemed to live its entire life aloft in the branches of the trees, never descending to carth, a plant’s actual habitat, and so defying nature. -Gunter’s Garden by Gunter Lenardt Birds actual mistletoe. were the propagators of the They ate. the white.berrics and.. also deposited same last berries on the branches of other trees, where, after a few days, tiny rools “emerged and the Plant was cslab- . dished. - After the new moon, the Druid priests: entered the forest-and har- vested the mistletoe with a golden’ sickle, Some priests. stayed -be- low, catching the falling sprigs in a white cloak. ‘They took care nol to Iet any . cultings touch the ground ‘as this would affect: the loss of their heavenly virtues. Later the magic crop was brewed into a BUNNIE FRIESEN FINANCING OR UP TO mysterious potion, They Ihought it held health-giving properties. Learing-{rom them, the Romans decorated their halls with mist- Ictoc' when celebrating Saturnalia to honour their god of farming and to celebrate the return of the sun about mid-December, Early” Christians, © however, didn’t use decorations of pagan ‘origin until later, when Christian priests exorcised and/or blessed herbs, plants and trees to fit Christian traditions and rites. This did not happen until the fourth century A.D, when Roman emperor Constantin became Christian, For many centuries and into the Middle Ages, Christians Image Is Everything Bunnie has lived in Terrace for 8 years and has been a stylist for five years and loves it.) She specializes in bobs, updos, and braiding. . Bunnies willingness to “go that extra mile” has helped her build a strong clientele. Bunnie has thrée boys and loves spending time with them. She welcomes all her clientele new and old to come and see her. Mystery in the mistletoe | did not decorate their homes with misiletoc, holly or even the Christinas tree. Later in the Mid- . dle Ages Christians started to hang up these formerly pagan: decorations in the honour of - Christ or as an insurance against . ills, witchcraft, disease, bad Juck and fire, This practice went on until the 20th century and then slowly faded away. American mistletoe has been - cused in. folk medicine as. an antihypertensive and sedative. However the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lists this plant as unsafe, oe So, hang your mistletoe in your doorways: You may win a kiss from a loved one during the holiday season. , : Mistletoe is magic, so why nat stand under the doorway? But, please. 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