The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-12-24
SPIRIT
MARKS CHRISTMAS
ACTIVITIES OPENED WITH THE
MUNICIPAL CHRISTMAS TREE
EXERCISES THIS AFTERNOON
Business Will be Suspended Tom0r-
r0w-Many Church in the City Will
Observe Christ's Birth

The beginning of the Christmas fes-
tivities was ushered in today with the
Municipal Christmas Tree exercises at
Main and Third streets. At o'clock
this afternoon the square was packed
with human swaying crowd, eager
to hear the program and thousands
of children waited patiently for the
signal for Sanity Claus to pay out the
bag of candy and nuts. The event
was most inspirational and proves
that the Christmas spirit is no less
marked in Moscow than elsewhere.
More extended details of the occasion
will be printed Monday.
The Christmas day will be general
ly observed in Moscow. Business will
be suspended at all stores and all
federal, county and city offices will
be closed with the exception that the
general delivery window of the post
office will be open to the public be-
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and one city CARRIER delivery will be
made The rural carriers will go out
on the routes as usual. Otherwise
the office will keep Sunday hours The
Star Mirror will not publish tomor-
row.
At many homes in the city both this
evening and during tomorrow the
Christmas spirit will prevail and will
be the occasion for the gathering of
friends around the festive board, while
gifts will be exchanged and Christmas
trees will be loaded with the good
things in life.
At the various church there will be
exercises both this evening and to-
morrow There viii be an extended
program at the M. E. church tonight
to which all are welcome. 1t will be
made up of music and recitations. 1t
will occur at 80 and on Sunday the
regular services will be held. At st.
Marks church there will be midnight
service tonight The Choral Celebra-
ton will occur at 10 tonight. To-
morrow morning there will be plain
celebration service at 10 o'clock. The
regular Sunday service will occur at
II O'Clock, Sunday school at 10.
At the Presbyterian church the serv-
ices Sunday will be of special nature
both morning and evening. In the
morning at 9:45 the Bible School will
meet as usual. This will be followed
at II by worship largely musical. Two
quartet as follows, anthem, Behold |
Bring You Good Tidings,", and an
anthem, "Be Joyful 0 Earth Macy.
Contralto solo by Miss Root, "Joyously
Peel Ye Christmas Bell" Coombs, and
tenor solo by Mr.. Eldridge, Angels
From the Realms OF Glory" Shelley.
The latter has violin obligato which
will be played by Mr.. Holiday. The
Christian Endeayor society will meet
at O'Clock, this will be followed at
7 O'Clock by the Christmas program
given by the Bible School. Exercises
will be rendered by the tiny tots and |
larger pupils, songs, recitations, and |
motion exercises Announcements |
will be made of the gifts to various |
objects. There will be no Junior En-
At the Christian church the best
Christmas in the history of the church
is expected tonight fine program
is being prepared under supervision
of Mrs. Dixon, superintendent of Be-
Department There will be
three Christmas trees, one for the
members of the cradle roll of which
the Christian church has the largest
in the city, in charge of Mrs. Cady,
one tree in charge
Of the young people, decorated taste
fully. The high school class has
erected and trimmed the largest tree.
Their tree is decorated with the NJ.
n. S. colors and contains profusioD
If good and beautiful things.
The Swedish Lutheran church Will Z
hold its exercises Sunday night with
,wo big Xmas trees. The church has
been beautifully decorated in ever |
green and foliage The program will
)egin at 7:30 and will be composed
If So numbers. musical and readings. !
Childrens exercises will be held at
he Baptist church tonight at 1880. The J
program includes q number OF recita- 7
ions and the Christmas Cantafa. K