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Kummer reaches for a
~of candy from the roof of the colorful gingerbread house
,~by Mrs. Dale [Dorsal] Wyman, one of many she has made
years for family and friends. Made of spicy
put together with icing and covered with bright
the little house promises a dream come
that all the world
be taxed.." So begins
story of the birth of
Saint Luke's Gospel.
['the world," of course,
the Roman Empire of
and the "taxation"
to was basically an
it came to pass in Arrival at their destination
that there went in Bethlehem did not bring an
decree from Ceasar end to "roughing it" for the
travellers,-for there were so
according to
~1 scholars, a census,
ultimately to a land
Io it was decreed that
to be taxed, every
his own city."
Saint Luke goes on
us, "Joseph also went
Galelee, out of the
~[ Nazareth, into Judaea,
city of David, which
Bethlehem, to be
his espoused
great with child."
Bible gives us little
than those bare facts
the journey which
at a manger outside
It has remained
scholars and
to try to fill in
as best they can
known or guessed
Palestine of that
true for a small boy with an ever-present sweet tooth. Will
Scott pop a piece of candy from the roof? H so, his friend Dorsal
will replace it. Or perhaps Dale will. He got into the act this
year, arranging most of the candies before the icing dried.
Scott is the son of the William Kummers.
many who had preceded them
that "there was no room for
them at the inn." Therefore,
this predicament lead Mary
THE OTHELLO OUTLOOK . Page 15
OTHELLO, WASHINGTON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1974
l Christma,' Quiz
,i
See how many of these questions about Christmas sub-
Jects you can answer. Check answers below and score
yourself !
1. The distance Mary and Josephto Bethlehem was approximately:travelled from Nazareth ~[,~~ ...thanks. Jk.W
a) 5 miles
b) 70 miles
c) 20 miles .
2. The origin of the word Noel is:
a) French
b) Spanish
e) German
3. ThemeaningWOrdSof:manger, creche, and crib all have the basic ,A IIKIIPI [0UP
a) a cradle
.........b) a stable
c) a rack for feeding animals 325 • S. 1st 488-5229
4. The population of Bethlehem at the most recent ten-
SUS was:
a) 25,000
b) 11,500
c) 49,000
: 5. The Church of the Nativity was originally built by:
a) Roman Catholics
b) the Emperor Constantine
c) Greek Catholics
6. The actual date of Jesus' birth was:
a) December 25th
b) a date undetermined
c) January 7th
7. Mary and Joseph travelled from Nazareth to Beth-
lehem because:
a) Mary's home was in Bethlehem
b) The Romans were taking census
c) Joseph had work in Bethlehem
8. Reindeer are found:
a) all around the Arctic Circle
b) only in Northern Europe
c) all over the world
9. The large-scale conversion of Laplanders to Christi-
anity occurred:
a) in the 19th Century
b) in the year 330
c) in the 17th Century
10. The best source of water in the Nazareth of Jesus'
time was:
a) Mary's Well
b) the Mediterranean Sea
c) a Roman aqueduct
ANSWERS
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.~CORING
8 or better is excellent -- go to the head of the class!
5 to 7 is average. Less than 5 -- return one Christmas
present!
eechrist's Humble Life
and Joseph to the manger, a
cattle shelter outside Beth-
lehem which symbolizes the
birth of Jesus.
Message at Christmas
By Father James McGreevy as the child of poor uneducat-
Sacred Heart Catholic Church ed parents.
On the first Christmas God Instead of being welcomed
further revealed Himself to by kings, He was welcomed
man. Most of those who by the lowest of the low, the
thought they knew a lot about desert shepherds.
God were greatly surprised. Instead of going through
Instead of arriving in great life looking for riches and
pomp and splendor, He came pleasure, He lived poor,
associated with the poor and
died poor.
Two Meanings times become more
difficult throughout the world
The Bible tells us that the and we are asked to go
newly-born Christ-child was without for the good of others,
"wrapped in swaddling we should remember how God
clothes and laid in a man- divested Himself of all glory
ger," a word derived from the and came to us on that first
French "mangeoir" or frame Christmas.
to hold animal feed. May God Bless you during
It is interesting that the this Christmas season.
other common English word
for a cattle-feeder, crib, which
is derived from the German
krippe, also means a baby's
bed.
Even the French word
creche, which is often used to
describe the nativity scene
JOURNEY OF THE MAGI-This symbolic temperaon wood by 15th century artist Sassetta displayed in churches, homes,
and other places at Christ
from other indirectof Siena, Italy,in part,depicts therugged roads and methods of transportation during Biblical mastime, has the double
in the Bible itself.
,h Joseph was a times. Here the Wise Men [on horseback] apparently are following the guiding star, lower me~-i~ -f ,,m ..... ~,, ~.~
right, to the Infant Jesus From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, beauest of Maitland F _. ~';.-~ "?, -'-..s~y ...... ~
by ancestry, be lived . • ~ • puonc snelter mr tne care ox
ed his trade as Griggs, 1943. infants.
r some 70 miles to , r/ . ......................................... ................. *:.~ ........ ~ ~'~~1
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was a good road I .... I your heart with
southward from ;i i:f ! / I Vi gladness. Thanks.
to :eru,a,e. I
m, ,for this was no < ::!~: :! .... N.N.i ..~ ............
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