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• It’s believed that the name Kris Kringle was initially Krishkinkle or Belsnickel among America’s Pennsylvania Dutch in the 1820s. The name translates from the German “Nicholas dressed in fur.” According to legend, the stern-faced Belsnickel showed up unannounced at children’s homes, ringing a bell and carrying a bag of cakes, nuts, and candies, along with a stick. Children recited a verse to the gift-giver, and if they had been good throughout all the year, Belsnickel would toss treats on the floor and depart. However, naughty children received a spanking with his switch. • England’s Father Christmas dates back to the 1500s during Henry VIII’s reign. He was a giant of a man dressed in green or scarlet furlined robes, and was greeted during his visits with mince pies and milk or brandy, left out for him by English children. His visits were on December 6, but when England abandoned keeping the Feast Day of St. Nicholas, Father Christmas began coming down the chimney on Christmas Eve, similar to the tradition of Santa Claus. • It was Clement Clarke Moore’s 1822 poem “An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas,” what we know today as “The Night Before Christmas” that changed our perspective of Santa Claus. Moore’s poem gave Santa his sleigh led by reindeer, his jolly laughter, and his skill of navigating up and down chimneys. In 1863, political cartoonist Thomas Nast drew a cartoon of Santa for “Harper’s Weekly” magazine that started the modern Santa image. Over the years, Nast updated his illustrations until his 1881 drawing that depicted Santa with his round belly, white, beard, red-and-white suit, and sack of toys, along with a North Pole workshop and elves.

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Dec. 24th — Christmas Eve 4:00 PM — in Church 4:10 PM — in Church Hall 1. Name the most visited theme park in all of 6:30 PM Europe. 2. What part of Disneyland contains the “Big PM (continued): — THE “X” 10:00 FACTOR Thunder Mountain Railroad” and “Tom Sawyer Mass in the Holy Night (NO MIDNIGHT) • Do you suffer from xeroderma? If you have Island”? abnormal dryness of the thetransportation skin, this termsystem applies 3. What is the name of tothroughout Disneyland? you! 4. W hat ride beings in Space Port where guests Dec. 25th — Christmas Day • From the 16th to the 19th centuries, pirates on board a rocket? 7:00 AM, 8:30 AM, 10:00 the Mediterranean Sea sailed a AM small three5. W here would a visitor find “Mr. Toad’s Wild & 12:00 NOON masted vessel with square and triangular sails Ride” and “Peter Pan’s Flight”? that enabled them to sail faster than their prospective victims. Depending on the size of the ship, known as a xebec, between 16 and 40 Saturday Dec.on30th — guns might be mounted the vessel. Holy Family (Vigil) 5:00 PM • The word xenia has a variety of meanings. To the ancient Greeks, it was the concept of hospitality, generosity, and courtesy shown to those far Dec. from 31st home. the Family botanist, it’s Sunday — To Holy “What youngster has not dreamed of the effect pollen onAM, a seed. And to those in 7:00ofAM, 8:30 10:00 AM Ohio, it’s the county seat of Greene County, flying with Peter Pan over moonlit & 12:00 NOON — a community about 21 miles (34 km) from London, or tumbling into Alice’s NO EVENING VIGIL FOR Dayton. SOLEMNITY nonsensical Wonderland?” OF MARY • Xystus is an architectural term, referring to -- Walt Disney a long, covered portico, or main entrance, of ancient Greek gymnasiums. Here, athletes Mondayexercise Jan. 1stduring — Solemnity of Mary would inclement weather. Holy Day of Obligation 8:30 AM — To the Romans, the xystus was the garden AM NOON where they walkway 10:00 in front of 12:00 theHasselhoff porticoes, David 7/17/52 NO MASS AT 7:00 AM planted flower beds. Vin Diesel 7/18/67 • Physicians are familiar with two unusual “X” Vikki Carr 7/19/41 words, xyster andCarlos xiphisterna. The xyster is a Santana 7/20/47 surgical instrument used for scraping bones, Jon Lovitz while the xiphisterna refers to the7/21/57 cartilage at Selena Gomez 7/22/92 the lower end of the body’s sternum, that long Daniel Radcliffe 7/23/89 flat bone located at the center of the chest. • The Greek word xanthos translates “yellow,” and several of our words use it for a prefix. Xanthophyll is a yellow pigment found along with cholorophyll in green plants. Plants with yellow stems are xanthopous. To those suffering from the abnormal vision condition known as xanthopsia, everything they see seems to have a yellow hue.

These days, our toes and nose are definitely cold! Is it the work of Jack Frost, the one described in “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” as “nipping” at our nose? Follow and along and see! • According to Norse mythology, Jack Frost is the embodiment of frost, ice, snow, sleet, winter, and freezing cold. He’s responsible for sneaking around at night, painting elegant, fernlike frosty designs on windows, leaves, and grass. Legend says his mother was Kari, the Norse god of the winds, who named her son Jokul Frosti, which translates “frosty icicle.” • Another Norse character was Ullr, the god of winter and son of a frost giant. Ullr is credited with creating the Aurora Borealis (Northern lights) to help balance out the shortened daylight of the winter season. • Jack Frost is usually depicted as a jolly, carefree, sprite-like youth, full of mischief, who bites the noses of people to give them a chill. In some myths, he is an old man known as Father Winter, who rode across the lands on icy winds. The Russians call him Grandfather Frost, who was a blacksmith who forged the chains to bind Did you hear about the family who got stuck the Earth and its waters together. German folklore has Old Mother Frost, an ancient whiteon Peter Pan’s Flight for over 3 hours? haired woman, who shakes out her feather Apparently, their vehicle would never3rd Quarter blanket create2016 snow. never to land. • JackWeek not only 34 creates the intricate frosty patterns, he is also depicted with a paint brush and August 14 -August 20 foliage their vibrant bucket giving the autumn colors of red, 8yellow, brown, and orange. Page (continued on next page)

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