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Modern-day Christmas observance lengthening

By M. McINTYRE HOOD

LONDON v— One of the slrik-i ing changes in the observance of Christmas in these modern days is the tendency for the Christ- mas holiday to become longer. A century ago. when serious newspapers still referred to the Christmas "holiday". it was a single day, combined with relig- ious festival and secular holi- day. with no long drawn- out preliminaries.

in those days Commons and the Law

the House of Courts

might «tell he found sitting on Christmas Eye, something un- heard of today. The newspapers appeared as usual on Christ- mas morningt and. the exchange of presents at the breakfast tab- le over, father could retire be- confi-

days. it would inform commodity and stock m n r ket prices and the latest serious news front far and near, and without. probably. a reference to Christmas.

catch In early train out of Lon-

don to avoid the rush. By 3 o'- E clock on the afternoon of Christ- mas Eve the paper-chained of- fices are likely to eserted, except by revellers returning to pick up their parcels.

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Christmas holiday has been en-

‘ y the ever- increas- ing number of people who go away. They are still a minority, but the reports of booked- out hotels at the seaside and con- tinental winter sports resorts points to a growing fashion.

The new tendency to look on Good Friday and Easter Monday as holidays rather than holy .days has resulted in demands I for a fixed date for Easter. It is Mul'h more recently. Chl‘l51"not difficult to imagine the con- mas Eve has tended to become venience for the holiday-maker an unofficial half-holiday. espe- Of Christmas always, falling 0" I ciallv in offices Convivial luuch- Mm‘day' N‘sultmg m It becom' fl And with reg-re“ at having m in a movable feast so that this ‘ ‘ 1 was always the case.

'l‘hen along came Boxing Day to make it a two-day festiyag al- though many manual workers were expected to work on the day after Christmas until quite recently. For those whose pay depended on the days they work- ed. and for whom there were no paid holidays. the extra day of! was often quite unwelcome.

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So it is perhaps not altogether , in the realms of fancy to suggest that 25 years hence there may he a general mid-winter week‘s holiday centred on Ch riatmas . Day.

As in an increasingly affluent seciety such as exists today in Britain, with the basic annual holiday increased from two to even three and four weeks. it could be argued that th e r e would he adrantaizcs in dividing the holiday season so that one week falls Christmas time. when the sum- mer holiday is only 3 mar. and the Easter break more than three months ahead.

Tragedy Seen

If Army Militia Is Discontinued OTTAWA

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tin ever disappears, John Matheson tlr—Leedsl said in the Commons.

He urged Defence Minister Hellyer to consult expert mili— tary leaders before carrying out an announced manpower reduc- tion in the militia and air force aitd naval reserve units.

eliycr announced Dec. 5 that the manpower authorization for the three reserve forces will be cut to 33.360 men from 57.200 in the 1964-65 fiscal year. A committee willdeclde how each

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fBritain’s post offices felt Yuletide strain during 1880

By M. McINTYRE HOOD i The estimated total of 660 mil-l

LONDON — A century a g 0. [lion cards this year will be swol- . lwhen the newly- invented C‘hrist- ilen by the fashion, which came Imas cards were sold in hundreds " lrather than in millions. they world war. of sending §presented no problem of distri- =mess" Christmas cards. bution. They became popular‘ only with the introduction of the 1 sign of an end to the annual in- is halfpenny post rate in 1870. Ten icrease of private cards.

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With Terrorism Refused Bail

andon customs. and Ohristrnn I Jyear. were refused bail during I HI 0|! “Gd their brief appearances in court I y

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reassure B u t people that they are not forgot- apart fer thlS. there seems n° lten by friends and acquaintanc-

of the Montreal financial db. trict. was ordered held in cell. until the next term of the crim- inal assizes Feb. 3.

He will appear on that duh. for setting of a trial date.

Tetreanlt had sought political asylum in the United States while free on ball but was or- dered deported after a hearing in Boston

Richard Bros. 19, charged with attempting to set tires at two armories last summer. was ordered held without bail until Jan. 10 when his trial date will be set.

2 Mon Charged

MONTREAL (CP)——Two men charged in connection with ter- rorist activities earlier this

here.

Roger Tetreault. a 24-year-old unemployed reporter, charged with placing a time-bomb in the washroom of an office building near Place d'Armes in the heart

lyears 1;“?- hl‘hetPOFt mg“ bde‘l A recent innovation of growing ‘ganto ee tesraln.an mae.‘ . . rd . .its first exhortation to the public ‘Wpu'arlw' ‘5 the. ca pr°duced ‘to post early for Christmas. ;by a charity. which offers in e l l It has done this with such nuc- ‘possibillty of giving purpose to a Icess through fucceedin’g] "a" ’custom which threatens to be- lthat. in spite 0 an annua grow- . . V

th in Britain of three and a haltl-come Elmo“ polmless' Th“ 3’9." i t something new has developed. in

‘ , 5 mail. . ' .mstcgopiebrgnctleflimim now {the'form of “heat” cards. which A lot receiving their first Christwsatirize the whole business of tmas cards in the first week oliexchangmg cards. lDecember, and none at all on But it would probably be up- ‘ since there are ‘wise to put too much emphasis

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Tax Inspectors' Activities , Annoy Opposition Members

OTTAWA tOPl — Opposition‘ter Marcel Lambert proposed a ‘ ' h wa income 5 .ution. ' complaints 0‘" t e y ‘ Mr. Lambert‘s suggestion:

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religious and charitable tions showered down on Rev- enue Minister Garland in the Commons.

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PRESSURE 0N PRIESTS? Arnold Peters (NDP ~-— Timis- 1 kamint said priests and minis-. ters are under pressure to zivel rPt‘Flpis for church donations; that aren't being given Theyl were being asked “to do some-‘ thing that is dishonest." ‘

The issue arose as the House: :studied the revenue depart-2 ment's spending estimates.

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