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• One of those old churches, St. Lawrence Church in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, has what is thought to be the oldest set of bells in the world. Dating from about 1450, the set of five bells had not been used for two decades because of the poor condition of the tower that housed them.

They were in a tower that was built in 1883, that was very flimsy. In a restoration project funded by donations to the Ipswich Historic Churches Trust, the bells were moved to an older, sturdier part of the building that was built in the 15th century. In September, 2009, the bells rang again, much to the delight of the town. Now when the bells are rung, they are in a part of the church where they can be seen through a glass screen. The building is no longer a church but is part of the Ipswich Town Centre.

• In the Ipswich project, the bells were cleaned at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in East London. Whitechapel is Britain’s oldest manufacturing company, established during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in 1570. In 1970 the Foundry celebrated 400 years, a quatercentenary! (It is now in its 442nd year.)

• Famous bells from Whitechapel include the Liberty Bell, the Great Bell of Montreal and the largest bell it has ever cast, Big Ben. • Big Ben at Westminster Abbey deserves its name; weighing 13 tons (11.79 tonnes). It was cast (or made) in 1858. While most of the work of the company is with large bells, including all of the equipment needed and installation in church towers, Whitechapel also makes

handbells and other small bells.

• While bell ringing, called “change ringing,” is most popular in England where it started centuries ago, there are bell ringers all over the world. Most English church bell towers have at least six to eight, but sometimes as many as sixteen bells in a the bell chamber or belfry.

There are more than 5000 churches with bells for change ringing in their bell towers in England, while there are fewer than 300 in the rest of the world.

• Change ringing is a performing art, similar to a team sport, in that the team must work together in harmony to ring the bells. It is similar to being a part of an orchestra.

Each ringer must learn to do his or her part. There are many change ringing organizations in England.

The oldest association is the “Companie of Ringers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln” which was started in 1612.

• The first true “peal” was believed to have occurred on May 2, 1715 at St. Peter Mancroft Church in Norwich, England. A peal is “a true touch of at least 5000 changes.” This magical ringing typically takes around three hours to ring!

• A strange ban that occurred during World War II was the ringing of bells. Ringing was quickly reinstated when peace returned.

• On January 1, 2000, in celebration of the start of the new millennium, bells were rung all over the world.

• There has been change ringing in North America since 1744 with groups of ringers active in Quebec, British Columbia, South Carolina, Illinois and more at various times. By the middle of the 20th century, change ringing in bell towers had almost completely died out on the continent. Change ringing was occurring some with

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• The London-based “Ancient Society of College Youths” is one of the oldest ringing societies, started in 1637. They have members all over the world.

• While bell-ringing is an old and refined form of music, it is also popular in Christmas stories and songs that have nothing to do with classic bell tower tunes. Christmas bells are in many classic Christmas songs: “Jingle Bells,” “Silver Bells,” and “Christmas Bells are Ringing,” are three wellknown Christmas carols that have been passed down for generations.

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• You have probably heard the saying “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings”. Most remember this saying from the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” but over a hundred years ago this was a very common saying.

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One of the most intriguing ancient sites in the world sits at a high elevation in the Andean mountains of Peru in South America.

• Machu Picchu means “Old Peak” in the local Quechuan language. The Incas may not have been the first people to use the mountaintop site but they were the ones who turned the site into an extraordinary city.

• The ruins of the old civilization sit high in the clouds above the Urubamba River. There are remains of palaces,

• The Incas were overthrown by the Spanish in 1532 and their culture became virtually unknown until discoveries such as Bingham’s revealed much of their history years later.

• It is believed, through much of the archeological evidence, that Machu Picchu was an important ceremonial center for the Incas. In 2001, Peru’s first president of Andean Indian descent, Alejandro Toledo, celebrated his inauguration at Machu Picchu.

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• The Inca civilization is one of the ancient cultures that has been studied for centuries. Back in the time of Columbus’ “discovery” of America, the Incan Empire was in control of most of South America. A mysterious culture, the Incans had phenomenal abilities in construction, agricultural, and organization that are still apparent in the high mountains of the city of Machu Picchu.

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• The first appearance of Christmas cards in the United States was in 1874. Bavarian-born lithographer, Louis Prang, is often referred to as the “Father of the American Christmas card.”

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• Being a man with many personal and business friends and acquaintances, and considering that people would hand write their Christmas greetings, he felt that he didn’t have time to write them. In 1843, he commissioned artist John Calcott Horsley to design a card that would depict the poor living conditions under which many lived. His idea was to raise awareness and encourage help for the poor.

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• Ironically, the card that Horsley made for Sir Henry Cole caused quite a stir of criticism. The happy family on the front of the card included a child sipping wine! As in today’s society, this was not acceptable behavior. In spite of the inappropriateness, the Christmas card was a hit.

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Visit your public library for a version in the form of a book, CD or DVD, or check for excerpts online.

Enjoy discussing the background of the work, including the historical period it represents. If you are preparing for a musical, listen to a recording and notice your children begin to hum their favorite melodies.

Celebrate More, Stress Less Is the rush, rush, rush of the holiday season giving you a bah-humbug attitude? Now is the week to take a breather, relax and enjoy what already awaits you and your family

in your own community. Discover how busy local elves have been, working all year long to plan a cultural feast of crafts, concerts and colossal events for us all. You also might be inspired to create your own simple versions of holiday delights when you get back home.

Here are some ideas to warm up the season: --Treat your family to an early Christmas gift with tickets to a holiday performance in your area.

Traditional favorites include “The Nutcracker,” Handel’s “Messiah,” “Amahl and the Night Visitors” and “The

After you attend the performance, encourage your children to produce their own version by pulling out clothes and hats from a dress-up box and re-enacting a favorite scene.

--Take in holiday events at historic sites and museums.

Make a traditional craft from another country to decorate your home, prepare a tasty treat that the early pioneers made on wood-burning stoves, or discover how Christmas was celebrated in a 1900s logging or mining camp while you breathe in the brisk winter air on a horse-drawn wagon.

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WASHINGTON—To help people concerned about holiday weight gain, the doctors and nutritionists at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) offer five tips for enjoying the holiday festivities with tasty, nonfattening foods. In America, 65 percent of people are overweight, and rates of weight-related illnesses, such as heart disease and diabetes, are skyrocketing. “Share the gift of good health with friends and family,� advises Brie Turner-McGrievy, M.S., R.D., clinical research coordinator for PCRM. “With the obesity epidemic an ever-growing concern, now is the time to create a new family tradition by serving holiday foods that are tasty, nutritious, and slimming. In other words, skip the fat and make it vegetarian.�

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4. Get plenty of fiber Fiber makes us feel full without adding too many calories, and diets high in fiber may prevent heart disease, some cancers, diabetes, and weight gain. Every 14 grams of extra fiber in your daily diet cuts your calorie intake by 10 percent.

1.Share the gift of good health When entertaining, serve festive holiday foods that are healthful and slimming. Choose a hearty autumn stew, faux-turkey with cranberry sauce, or baked local acorn squash drizzled with Vermont maple syrup and sprinkled with fresh herbs. For dessert, there’s pumpkin custard pie or sliced mango with ginger cookies.

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2. Make it vegetarian this holiday season Vegetarians are, on average, 10 percent leaner than omnivores. When researchers at PCRM instructed overweight individuals on how to switch to a low-fat, vegan diet, the patients lost weight without counting calories and managed to maintain or keep losing weight through the holiday season.

3. Lower the fat Cutting out the animal fats found in turkey, ham, dairy products, and eggs and eliminating added oils, such as

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I don’t know why the TV doctor insisted on red vinegar.

Dr. Johnston didn’t. You can take the vinegar along with olive oil as a salad dressing. You can dilute it in water if you want. You can add an artificial sweetener to it if the sweetener doesn’t say not to. And you can start with the TV doctor’s recommendation of 2 teaspoons instead of 2 tablespoons. See if the 2 teaspoons work. If it doesn’t, increase the dose until you reach the 2 tablespoons.

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