The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-27

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tata Rendered in Centre Church-Ad-
ditions TO Baptist Church.
With few exceptions the audiences at
! the services in the various churches Sun
day were unusually small for Christmas
Sunday observance, but this was attrib-
uted to the fact that many families were
away for the holidays while others were
entertaining guests. Special musical pro
grams were arranged in every church for
one or more. services and Christmas eNer-
cises were conducted in some of the Sun
/ day schools Impressive musical pro-
grams We're carried out at the midnight
services in St AIichacl's Roman Catholic
and st. NichaeIs Episcopal churches
Saturday night, as well as at some of
the later services. and the customary
} JulOtta was sung at the Swedish Luth-
eran church at 80 o'clock Christmas
morning. Decorations in all of tn"
churches We're appropriate 10 the day and
consisted largely Of evergreens. spruce
trees and cut flowers
Aside from the regular morning service
with special sermon and music. and an
interesting candle lighting service at &
O'Clock by the young people. the feature
of the Christmas Sunday service in the
Methodist Episcopal church was a PIg-
cant thliIieu IBNlnlGHgHl. at ts'JU IN Ihe
evening. This and the singing Of carols
by the congregation and special musical
numbers by the choir and orchestra took
up the entire time Of the evening service.
The pageant was given in costume by
about 80 persons and was rendered inn
pressively, the effect being heightened by
the use of cOlored lighting effects with
singing from the balcony in the rear. \
large congregation was present.
An elaborate musical program with a
r. full choir of % voices with organ and
/ orchestra accompaniment was arranged
at st. AIichaefs Roman Catholic church
for the midnight mass Saturday night a.
$ the Christmas observance and the chill
2 dren's choir rendered special music dur
| ing the o'clock mass. The 1870 O'Clock
a mass was followed by the benediction oi
$ the Most Blessed Sacrament.
e WreathS, spruce trees and carnation.
We're used effectively for decorations il
a the Centre Congregational church. Tn,
v Sunday school session for adults Wa
I. omitted and all attended special exercise,
4 in the Junior department. a feature o.
5 which was the prcsentationg of a Framed
picture in sepia tint of the Christ chill,
o to Mrs. 4. W. kuech. former superin
d afternoon at > O'Clock the cantata. Tn
+ Birth of Christ. by WOoler. was presentet
d by II voices, those in addition to the reg
y ular choir being Mrs {. b. Cushman
!. Mrs. Irving G. Ellis. George NJ. Clay an,
short pageant entitled The Story of tn
J. Nativity was presented i'm an cffcctiv
Il manner, Introducing the wel-knoWm Bibl
characters of the story in costume. an,
at the proper time the children brough
their white gifts and placed them on tn
platform. to be sent to the Arrighi mis-
IF sion in New York aS has been done b.
this Sunday school for maGy years.
At the Unitarian church spruce bough
:, and eyergreens We're used for decoration
" in the parish house. where services ar
:, held. The sermon and music were al
~ propriate to Christmas.
- Laurel ropes and wFeathS made uD til
principal decorations at st. Michael
- tEpiscopail church, where a midnigh
- service began the observance of Christ
~ mas. There also were services at s an
- 1890 O'Clock in the forenoon and 1.3
ri O'Clock in the evening.
NJ The Advent Christian church was &c,
no Grated with green and red, with til
words Merry Christmas" across the from
of the church. Red and green Christina
an bells and Christmas trees were used.
Y the evening. lighted candle was place
r in each window.
n beautifully decorated Christmas tire,
al ferns. and a lighted candle in each VIII
O. dow composed the decorations at I'll
Is, Swedish Lutheran church. where SCI
vice was held at $50 o'clock in IL
- morning with the customary Julotta.
children S program, most of which wa
carried out in Swedish. in the evenir
consisted of the singing of Christmg
carols and the speaking of pieces r,
a freShmentS were served.
<: Christmas trees and other evergreen
with white flowers were used in decor:
a tions at the First Baptist church. IL
4: decorations being in charge of II '
Morse's class of boys. The choir was au,
- mented by extra Instrumental music
- the morning service. Brief special exc
p .ais- Al
II the Sunday school 4 baptismaI servi,
was conducted in the evening four pc
III sons being baptized.
II Elaborate decorations were carried g,
II at the First Universalist church. lat.re
II spruce trees, Jerusalem cherry trees. 30
of narcissus and cut flowers being used
II profusion. The Christmas program of Il
II Sunday school followed the mornir
church service and included the singir
II of carols. The program was 50 arrange
II as to depict various scripture passa 2,
II appropriate to Christmas