Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-21
CHRISTMAS NOTES.
The PILOT Takes This Opportunity OF
Wishing Its Many Readers
A Merry Christmas.

There never was a season when
Wausau entered into the holiday
spirit rs feryently as now Christmas
is poisoning out on every side. The
store windows are full of it. Mer-
chants wear expansive smiles and the
people are smiling at the splendid ar
ray of holiday things that tempt their
purses at every turn. Old kriss
Kringle has started on his rounds and
will have busy time until Christmas
day. 1t is gratifying to observe that
Wausau people have at home as suit
able>articles and at as low prices as
the people of the larger cities. No
matter what ones taste may be-
whether it runs in the line of luxury
or of what are denominated sensible
presents" lit can be gratitied in some
or the stores whose advertisements
appear in the PILOT.
Christmas will be observed in the
churches as follows:
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Christmas will be duly observed in
this church on Friday evening
Christmas eve. AS usual there will
be a Christmas tree, and preceding
the Illuminating of the same, a pro-
gram will be carried out by the chill
dren of the Sunday school, consisting
OF recitations, songs, etc. At the
close presents, candy and nuts will be
distributed.
ST. JAMES CHURCH.
On Christmas eve, arrangements
have been made for a Christmas tree
in the hall in st. James church. 1t
will be preceded by recitation and
musical program given by the teach
ers and scholars of the Sunday school.
Gifts will be distributed at the close
of the exercises.
There will be a high mass at mid
night: mass at s a. M, and high mass
at 10 a. M, OH Christmas.
ST. JOHNS CHURCH..
On Christmas eve the children will
be entertained at the home of Rev.
FIR. Johnson. There will be SER
vices in st. Johns church on Christ
mas day: At 7:30, $50 and 10 O'Clock
a. m.
ME. CHURCH.
Christmas services will be held in
the M. K. church on Thursday even
ing. The pastor, Rev. f. H. Brigham,
will give brief address on christmas
in Deed" 1t will also be a gift SER
vice and those who have not already
done so will bring gifts for those who
might otherwise have but little TO
make the Christmas time a happy
one.
On Christmas eve there will be
Christmas exercises in the church,,
consisting of recitations and music,
to be followed by the lighting of
Christmas tree and the distribution
of presents. 81
ST. Mays CHURCH.
There will be high mass at mid
night, low mass at s a. m. and high
mass at 10 a. IN. There will also be
services in the evening.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
At o'clock there will be an enter
tainment of recitations and songs by
the Sunday school, at the Presbyter-
ian church, to which parents and
friends are invited. Each one is ex-
pected to <bring either a potato or an
apple as their admission fee. The
program will be followed by the light
ing OF Christmas tree, and the dis
tributing of presents, candy, nuts,
ETC., to the children. The apples,
and potatoes will be added to baskets
and sent out to various families in the
city.
UNIvERSALIST CHURCH.
There will be a Christmas tree on
Christmas eve., Friday, Dec. 24th, in
the church. At 1870 o'clock, pro-
gram, consisting of recitations, music,
ETC., will be carried out by the chill
dren of the Sunday schook Arrange
ments are being made to make the
evening one of unusual enjoyment for
the children, as well as their parents.
At its close, a large tree filled with
presents will be lighted up and it is
expected that Santa Claus will be
there to distribute them to the chill
dren.
Many of our citizens are raising
money to supply the poor with Christ
of this good work is also being done
by the churches.
It. looks as if there would not be
enough snow on the ground for good
sleighing, yet there are three more
days before Christmas day. Good
Sleighing is quite essential for the
successful observance of that day.
Every Lutheran church in the city
German, Swedish and Norwegian
will have tree of large proportions.
On Friday night musical and literary
programs will be carried out, at which
most of the people belonging to each
congregation will be present. At that
time sacks of candy, nuts, apples, etc,
will be distributed among the chill
dren of the Sunday school classes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Roehl will pre-
pare tree for the inmates Of the
county asylum and poor house. This
season of the year is a very pleasure
able one for the inmates of the asy-
lum. In addition to the Christmas
tree, presents, splendid dinner, ETC.,
a dance is usually arranged and some
times during the week intervening
between Christmas and New Years
a concert is given.
The inmates of st. Mary's hospital
will be remembered not only by their
relatives and friends, but the
Ladies' Auxiliary has arranged TO
make a distribution among the
patents.
Many of the "boys' will be down
out of the lumber camps for Christ
mas.