Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-01-10
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masses. 1 thought maybe Franklin
Delano had gone and done something
about this festival, like he did abou
Thanksgiving, and had not let u
poor folks down Eas'n Sho' way knoN
q darned thing about it; so we ha
not shared in the double-barrelle
holiday-turkey, plum pudding, eg
Aog, and the rest of it.
Then, again, 1 thought, mayb'
some of those papers which came on
a week after Christmas day, an
greeted the world with big display o
lettering spelling out, "Merry Christ
mas, had partaken of too much holi
day cheer; thought maybe they wer
q little woozy and really didn't knoN
where they were at, what they wer
doing, nor how they were doing it.
How-some-ever, whatever the reas
on, nobody's very far wrong. Here
what cut out of one of my 'steem
ed" contemporaries.
With the 1910 Christmas seas
on closed, hundreds of people of
the Delmarva Peninsula are turn
ing their attention to the next
holiday for them-"Old Christ
mas Day." sometimes called "Lit-
tie Christmas" which will occur
on Monday of next week.
Thnxo oyo pnoonVy MT nf QnU
special religious sect or cult, who
hold, to the idea that January 6
is the real Christmas Day instead
of December 20. Those abiding
by the Julian calendar claim
that when the change to the
Gregorian calendar was made it
caused a difference of thirteen
days in the Yuletide season.
There will be feasting in many
homes just as there has been for
the past week. Big turkey, goose
and duck dinners will be the or
der of the day. Christmas dec
orations will remain intact for
the occasion.
Those who believe January 6
to be the real Christmas Day
contend their convictions are
borne out by the supernatural
order of things which they claim
occurs on the eve of "Old Christ
mas Day." They say that, on
the night of January 5, daffodils,
hops and elder have been known
to shoot sprouts through the
frozen ground, which remain Wis
ible until sunrise. Many claim
to have witnessed these phenom-
ena.
There you are! Last Monday we
another Christmas day, and I didn
know it in time to get ready for j
nor to go where it was at and g
some of the good cheer, and I had
be content with what was past ar
gone. And further some NOR
Franklin Delano hadn't anything
do with the second feast date-abol
the only thing he didn't have an.
thing to do with, in these good o
United States. In the clipping Il
names Julian" and "Gregoria1
were mentioned and just who tho
guys were I'm going to get you pc
pie to explain. Anyhow, they see
to have seen the light of day, pri'
to the time when Mr.. Roosevelt can
upon the scene, so Pm not going
blame him for it. But let's remer
Der, next year, if we are living, n
to put too much Qualification in Il
first event, ever remembering the
is another one just around the corne
And speaking of Christmas, the
was a rather pathetic incident tn
occurred in the upper part of Il
Shore-up in Cecil county; sho
account is among the items clipp
for the column containing news fro
other papers.
There was a little four-year-o
boy up there who had what may
called pet deer. During the Fl
and winter days he had put food f
the animal out near the farm bull
ings. In some manner, the deer CO
tracted a fatal disease and died.
The youngster was terribly d
tressed; for, besides loving the al
NAL for itself, he thought it mig
be useful to Old Kris, if anythil
should happen to the team viii
drew the sleigh across the mountai
and roof tops, loaded with gifts f
all good boys and girls. The lit
chap was quite inconsolable, ev
tho the antlered steeds belongil
to the be-whiskered old gentlem
made their rounds without accidel
and, I'm sure, made a stop at the l
tie boys chimney, descended with I
bag, and left a load of goodies
stocking swinging from the mani
shelf.
But, who would dare deny there
a Santa Claus after reading. of t
implicit faith of that youngste
And it was certainly most origin