New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-13
BUSY ARRANGING PROGRAM
Churches and Societies Prepare
For Festival.
Sunday Schools Show Usual In
crease in Attendance.
Children Of City Will be Well Cared
For on Christmas.

With the advent of the Christmas
season in this city as in all other
places there is the usual influx OF I
students to the various Sunday schools |
and the small boy assumes that pious
demeanor, which to his mind is neces-
sary to become share holder in the
distribution of favors when the Christ
mas tree is supposed to have ripened
it's fruits and Santa Claus is on hand |
to shake the presents into the waiting
hands of the youngsters.
Preparations are already underway
at the various churches for the annual
festival and the dates are being set for
the entertainments which usually &C
company them and the coming Christ
mas will lack none of the cheer and
good will for which the day has SO
long been noted.
The Methodist Sunday school is ar
ranging short cantata entitl I'd ''The
Psalm of Bethiehem,' given by nine
young men assisted by male quartet
which will occupy part of the evening
and there will be singing and other
recitatiOns to occupy the balance of
the evening. These exercises will take
place on Monday evening, Christmas
: day and will be in the church.
The Congregational Sunday school
has set the date for it's tree and SER
J vices on Thursday evening preceding
Christmas. This is made necessary
from the fact that many Of those who
take part in the singing and other ex-
ercises will be out of the city later in
e the week. A regular Christmas pro-
+. gram will occupy the time before the
d arrival of Santa Claus.
: The children of the F'riedens Kirche
s will be given their tree and exercises
e on Saturday evening, the 23d. Christ,
) mas eve coming as it does on Sunday
r makes it necessary for the change
= This Sunday school will have a tree
: and appropriate exercises.
a At Turner hall the children of the
y Sunday school will be given a tree OF
Tuesday evening. the Goth. There vii
r be the usual exercises that have al
al ways been feature of these occasion
'r at the hall. Electric lights of variou
m cOl0rS will illuminate the tree whic
g. will be on the stage ofthe theatre. Tn
OF program for the occasion has not bee
es arranged.
IN At the Catholic church the usut
e. Christmas masses will be held and tn
OF children will be entertained in tn
e. school h ouse as in former years.
IS At the Bethel church the tree an
le- services will be had on Monday evel
nd ing. There will be a program in col
on nection with the tree consisting
Ig, music and recitations.
H. At the Lutheran church the Chris
)rt mas services will take place on Su
ire day evening beginning at $40. In co
be nection with the tree there will be
lg, program similar to the one given la
or year. And the services will eXter
OF over Monday and until Tuesday NOR
on ing there being service in the chur
'eo morning and evening Monday and
csc the morning Tuesday. There will be
to celebration of the day at the COLES
ort for the reason that most Of the studen
+ a will be out of the city. The college W
va close on Friday of this week and W
I've remain closed until the first of t.
og- wear. On account of the repairs tn
be are being made in the building it niece
states this unusually long vacatiO
;os The Episcopal church has not
lee cided whether or not there will be an
to thing more than the ordinary servic
my on Christmas as the congregation h
Of not a suitable place in which to no
~ them, the church building being
rs complete.