The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25

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cicts Event.
The Christmas season IS. primarily
one of enjoyment and pleasure anl
many are the affairs planned for his
week which viii bring happiness into
the hearts OF hundreds OF fGe1p:c
Aside from Christmas day itself. With
the pleasure OF gift giving and rectiv-
ing, there are man. e~ntertatn-
ments planned, not ONLY fol1the elk
ren, who are always tie ifs: cnnxss.
Grafton. but for the older people IS #ail.
! During this week most Of the Sunday
schools will give entertainments and
Christmas trees for their respective
scholars. This feature Of the HOLIDAYS
will be i~naugurated at St. James SIM
day school this afternoon at I o'2lo. k.
when a Christmas tree will Ee-nsen
The children there carry gifts TO rhe
tree, instead of receiving presents from
1t, and these gifts are later Distributed
among the children OF the poor. who
otherwise would not be enabled 10 nn-
joy Il merry Christmas.
At 5 O'Clock this evening the Christ
mas season will have begun in S..
Pauls Lutheran church, for at hat
time the congregation, together "i,.
the Sunday school, will join inu Chr.5t-
mas service OF praise 20 the Babe one
born at Bethlehem. 1t IS customary n
, the Lutheran church to extend the ceie-
bration over three. or four days. On
Monday night, or Christmas eve. there
will be home festivals of the family.
at which the Christmas gospel is read
and the children, sing their, carols
around the Christmas tree.
On Tuesday morning the Christmas
festival service will be held in the
church, with appropriate music ana y
Sermon on the I~ncarnation. Miss Jean
Won Bredenbeck, who is mtst pleasant
ly remembered in the city. arrived last
night from Charleston and will sing
at all of the Christmas and New Years
services at st. PauFs. Special music
will be Il feature Of all Of the services
: in which many members Of the tongre-
cation will assist. Altogether Chris
bas promises many blessings to ihe
members of st. Paul's.
. On Thursday night the children Of
st. Andrews Sunday school Will have
their Christmas tree, and the ycung
folks are looking forward eagerly to
. a happy occasion.
On that night also the Salvation
| Army will give their Christmas Tree
for the poor; this carrying glsdness
into hundreds OF little hearts. The tree
will be presented to the children in the
evening, in the army barracks on
Princess street, and it will surely be
loaded down with presents fOr the
young ones
: Friday afternoon and night euter-
tainInent will be provided at the First
Presbyterian church memorial hall. for
both the young and old Of that conere-
CATION and Sunday school. Inc ~e!t.er-
tainment for the children VIA De in
charge of Miss Lilly Gilchrist ans lJle
night entertainment for the Older fGlks
will be in charge OF Miss Margaret
Gibson.
One night during the week the cl:Ii-
rem of the Chapel Of the GoCd Shepard
will have their annual Christmas Cree
and entertainment and fine plans axe
prepared to insure to I'll those who At
tend a merry time.
Committees have in charge arrange
ments for the celebration to be given
to the children of the various Met1o-
dist churches and the date Of their COM
ing off will be announced later.
1t is not in Christmas trees alone,
nor for Sunday school scholars that all
j the entertainments are planned.
Tomorrow night. Christmas eve,
there will be no formal functions, it
being ehe~time at home, when the visit
Of Old Santa.Gaus is prepared for, md
the time too when tardy shoppers are
hurrying. from store to store laying III
their Christmas gifts that have been
delayed in the buying. The stceats,
too, are the scenes for merry makers,
and until a late hour, If the weather
is good, men and wonen boys and
girls. all will be moving from place
20 place, blowing horns, ringing bells
and in many other ways adding their
din and noise to the usual racket
Christmas day pleasures will be in
a~ugurated in the afternoon with L foot
ball game at Hilton, in which two
strong local teams win do battle over
the pigskin. At night the Princeton
Glee Clubs will attract a tremendous
society audience at the Academy oi
Music, after which MIR. and Mrs. Penn
broke Jones will entertain in their
honor hundreds of guests at their pala-
tial suburban home "Airlie."
Wednesday night a Christmas .=iE-
tata with all the best ~vocalists in the
city taking part, will be given at st
James, church, and the public is invited
to be present The cantata is entitled
.@The Manager Throne, and the words
] are taken from the Bible, beautiful.