I e~ yt/fe *V
• ;* . V;.:**'* .*?, ^ «./•*' *>**■§«
? * :y,wf^x'ir'Vi i ^ l i tnV ro e ^ 2 2 ^ 2 ^ p ^ f ja lf |f2
bastlancashIreonline.co.uk $$ ns,.
IS®* grr#$-
aowr bisk ih ic (/kvis-twAs <^ R m - tw A s ' General V \ ! lie to consider when buying a $
|hould be as fresh'as possible,: ^ 5 always better to buy British; -j I which people tend to forget is14
|ven cut ones! need water and s’) t more than a pint a day.
-Ik i how to care for a Christmas' / .
; bought; keep it outside in a .;, drably standing in water, until : doors. .
. .■■'v.-:. ■
Icket with pebbles. |ay from direct heat., ...-.
I in a water-holding stand or - ., ..w
- : ‘
lefore potting the tree in moist I
■ a tree with roots, soak the , .i I
plebrations are over and it is .. i your tree, it is possible for it -•<.
be useful. • l like more information on how
[trees, and where to buy them, fetish Christmas Tree Growers’ : lOlSl 946 2695.
|iging the tree inside, cut about .-■ ' the butt in order to open up ; Itree.
"'p' w
«r}fy V-?.*,, r)1
r ,1A 1 sit ViiM $,
f .C p M E AND;EXPLOjRE t .P r e s t o n Ma r k e t
OFFERS A WHOLE LOT m o r e !
W h e t h e r B u y in g o r S e l l in g - G iv e u s a g o !
CAR BOOT EVERY TUESDAY AND
THE wreath..; hung for ’ luck ■
Christmas cards had taken off in a big way. By 1890 the Post,
• Office was already being over whelmed: at the last count it dealt with over 1.57 billion cards at Christmas.
a custom th a t stems from a. Celtic fertility ritual - so be warned! Links with Christmas date back to the 14th Century, •when families used mistletoe and evergreens to decorate the Holy
.>'• if *'h
CHRISTMAS comes but once a year - and. when it does we spend-most of the' time opening presents and visiting relatives. But how much do we know about the origins of the age-old cus toms?
FATHER CHRISTMAS Father Christmas and Santa
one up as Old Father Winter and give him food and drink to ensure the winter was less severe.
THE TREE ■ -The tree has been part of festi
vals since pagan times in Ger many, but was adopted by Chris tians as a symbol of the Trinity or
■ the tree of life. Martin Luther, walking home
Claus seem one and the same, but the characters did not really com-> bine until the 1870s. Santa started- life as St Nicholas, a bishop who lived 1700 years ago and became
anonymous gifts to the needy. . After his death, his feast day- December 6th - started the early Santa Claus visits as we know them; with'children told they would receive sweets if they left food out for his horse. Sinta Klaas was the Dutch name for St Nicholas. — . ■ Good old Father Christmas has
i ■ i ■ ■' i t i
more, pagan roots, aiigure who, since Viking times, represented
■ /
one Christmas night in the 16th Century, was said to be struck by the starlight shining on frosted trees, reminding him of the Nativ ity. He recreated the scene for his children, decorating a small fir
patron saint of children, famed for - .tree with candles at his home. • »i
D . ! « A n A lVint«l- I v k im ir r l i f V*1 c> n A tn o _
Prince Albert brought his home land tradition here after, marrying Queen Victoria.
GREETINGS CARDS The first official Christmas card was published in Britain in 1843
! ,,;,By the early 1870s, with the;
• to provide people with an easy way of sending a message to those they were not going to see during the festive period.
!. Bough - an effigy of. the Holy Family hung in a circlet of green outside the front door.: In Victorian times, a berry
was removed from the mistletoe every time someone was kissed. When the berries had all gone, the kissing, sadly, had to stop.
THE WREATH The evergreen holly with its
red berries represented life in the dead of winter, so was often hung around the house for luck. I t was hoped the sharp edges would keep away evil spirits. For Chris tians, the holly symbolised Christ's life and death - the crown of thorns and the drops of blood.
HANGING THE STOCKING : We have St Nicholas to thank for this, as for most of his life his gifts to the poor were anony
WE have St Nicholas to
5thank for the Christmas stocking
IPS! ihtsthc m to offer ; Our I
Dinner Party | held in our
iction Suite 3 courses and entertainment
for only
£16.95 Accommodation
packages can be
^arranged 9 5 06 01Z 00 4Z3130
R o y a l O a k Shawbridge St • 01200 423304
Open as usual throughout December showing all Premiership football.
T r y o u r d o u b l e s b a r £ 1 . 8 0 (plus mixer) every
• Dec 15th Childrens
Chrismas Party. To guarantee a present; put your child’s name and age behind the bar.
•Regular drinks offers' •Shot bar £1
• Christmas 1 entertainment planned. Don’t miss out. " /
I*' • Karaoke competition >/ • oh Sundays £100 prize
/ v y- s- :/.•»»< . . i a l t ’s r t t i e B r i d g e '* ^
i s M m ' l l
C E S
Karaoke • every Sunday 4.30 - 8pm
s Enjoy a.drink with us this Christmas. Open for the festivities (and turkey sandwiches) on
' Christmas Eve and / . 1-2-2 Christmas Pay.
Then it’s ‘ Shaken not S t ir red ’
this New Year’s Eve
'with our / Jam e s Bond P a r ty :
'Disco and Karaoke, j f a n c y
dress loads of / -----------( Tun .with quizzes anid - prized;/ < ■s;-;
Post Code:; Daytime Tel:/
Eos) lonaahra Newipopwt bd wJ we )he InlomoBon you Inw given w. for tfta purpose of processing your reqvest, including br venficobon ond- . credit control purposes. ^
„ < , ^ >\
From Kme to lime wo ond <Aer eompories in our group also havuome gre oHenandspeaal promoironsondvre,
• : „
must for every true Glaret fan
The Pride and Glory
The official Burnley Football Club Book 120 years history of the club in a 184 page hard-back book.
Buy a copy now for your
loved one this Christmas. Available from The Clilheroe Advertiser office on King Street or Burnley Football Club Shops.
NOW ON SALE
Alternatively order your copy by telephoning 0128242616.1. i ■•Poatacc & Package is an addmonat M.00
^ o u r b e s t e u e r . . .
c k f i - s tw A S ? Win Christmas on us...
Already attached to the coupon below is your 5th and final token. For your chance to win our £2,000
"Family Christmas Prize Package" simply attach the four tokens you have already collected and send the completed coupon to the address below.
Lourl best cotr..'. i r i i m t w A s
attach
token 1 here
attach
token 2 here
attach
token’ 3 . j here'
• r -• r. r - r r " " “ " n
/a tta ch / ! s'.token m
. „ 9 klhereAl- u i ' ________ 1 ___________ ___________ j I
Entries to: Your best ever Christmas Competition, East Lancashire Newspapers, Bull Street, Burnley,
Lancashire BB11 1DP A
Closing date for entries is December, 2nd 2002. Winners will be notified on December, 3rd 2002.
(Normal ELN competilion rules apply. No photocopies accepted) tWWrMaWM^
a , NELSON V/s/t Argos, Nelson, for all your
Christmas gifts and pick up your FREE gift guide in store to give you lots of ideas for'Christmas
For yo u r ch a n c e to w in a £ iO ciift vou ch or look ihrouyjh our C h r is tm a s p a a e s a n d a n sw e r ihe sim p le quebhon
b o low ab ou t o ne of our ad v e r t ise rs fe atu red w ith in our C h r is tm a s c am p a ia n .
■ ‘,v !.
Computer Services North 4 West Ltd
I installation, upgrades,?,- ’ - reloads, fault finding, etc.
r-New systems, repairs,
f Hschool and home users.'; f . On-site service available., 1 '
> - Support for business,?:-, O JOBTOO SMALL
N , , ’o r 07960 693850 W m
Tel: 01282 411508', il--------------------------------
STONE FLAGS WANTED
, ----------h ire N e w s p a p e r s * Z - ‘ ",■ 5^!;purpo^oXofipcc>e^sl|iB'iyourf>aSuo»t,V(nBludrnojfor?verine»tQj^M *
I s p B u l l S lre el/Bu rn ley , la n c . ,s B B l U lO P b /D e c em b e r> 5 lh J t2 p p 2 ,fk l B^lLEaWl5nbaslilrfl'Nawspaps(.]ulll«vlll1u8a'.tlia:Informationlyou:.havfl)fllvfln,us:forithB'nJ
B5|fpuipoM8:'FrbWUmetoUriielwBai)d.ot50r,companlosln,6Urproupa[8o^vasqmepraBtr| “ yj-roffapandVpe’clalpromotionaand’wowoedllkataha ablawaharovaarlntormallon^vnthrj
d^cfodrtrconttor,;j.
f.J r; troughs’wanted.^; '/We'lifCand collect \\ ^ K ^ best, prices/ \SM P A ID ,g |i (TELi'01282413177 ..
„■ siate ana oia stone . ,S|09 73'4 539 I5K |
t BURNLEY. STONEfcf |gA» SLATE LIMITEDM
B LA C K PO O L H E S K E T H H O T E l !
i All en'suite/liftj freef parkmg,TV, te'a/coffee.
im <• , * - *
? !>.v. ^ " i A si 'Ut
M ^ m i Fitted Blinds
, Roller and Awnings . -rr Vi Supplied and Fitted North Street, Clltheroe;
■ ■ Vertical, Venetian . .. i;.
Clitheroe For your local blinds
‘ 01200 428855 t
www.abbeymilluk.co.uk
i i , h .^ ,u o r . .S « , s k , , . t „ n n r 5 6 ■ ’9S5^5, _ g?t to the caller is £3.50 which will be charged to your
l>ne bill. Letters' & the gift will be posted prior to 19th ch Letter will be personalised and addressed to the gefyfee provided by 365Teletalk Ltd, London EC4A 3TS. If you-
J
rave|any!^uerles please call our helpline number on 0207 395 [5i7TCj)aurlng normal office hours.
_________ fedi lA A r T h c V ^ 6 1 1 1 m v* .... „ * ■ : . • v ; " - m ' M i l® * mous; The story goes that one >
: night, after dark, he went to the house of a family who had lost all ., their money and threw a bag of gold in through their window. By chance it fell into a stocking that - was drying by the fire.
MISTLETOE Kissing under the mistletoe is -
ROAST TURKEY The bird, a native of America,:
arrived in this country in the - early part of the 16th Century. Before then, families would eat a goose, a swan or a peacock at Christmas. I t was not until 1851 tha t
Queen Victoria replaced the swan with turkey at her festive table and gave the royal seal of approval to yet another tradi- , tion. .
CHRISTMAS CAKE More than one. hundred years
ago, the Christmas cake was bet ter known as the Twelfth Night Cake. Then, as now, it was a rich mixture of fruit and spices and served with great ceremony. One half of the cake was'■
served to men and the other to ' women. Inside the half served to women was hidden a pea, in the other half a bean. The man and woman who found the pea and bean became the mock king and queen for the festivities. In the 1870s; the cake became
a Christmas cake and the ritual of hiding the lucky beans, or a
.y - v
form of it, was transferred to the Christmas pudding. ■
MINCE PIES They first started life as huge
Christmas pies containing all sorts of minced meats mixed with fruits and spices. A popular leg end says that if you eat a pie in. a different house on each of the 12 days of Christmas you will have good luck in the year ahead.
DECORATIONS
’ ■ These date back to the hanging of evergreens for luck. The paper and tinsel ones we hang today were first made during the Indus trial Revolution for the growing number of people who lived in towns and cities and could not easily get their hands on tradi tional greenery.
THE YULE LO G In pagan times, fire worship
was practised in Winter to coax back the sun. The log was always huge, so that it would keep burn ing right through the festivities.
THE turkey arrived in the 16th century
f I'if
c p ^ THURSDAY Phone01772 906048 /257213
Breat. nto dio
0 ? r 1 Sspects..of hairdressing
lour consultations al.OAP rates
night openings’ When Christians adopted the
tradition for their celebrations, the burning of the yule log (or the eating of it for those who had to suffice with a chocolate, confec tionery one) came to represent a ■ warm welcome for the baby Jesus.
BOXING DAY The day when tradesmen came to collect their Christmas boxes -
. a tradition which started in the Middle Ages when people put money into alms boxes and when employers and customers put money into boxes for low paid apprentices. The money boxes were always
opened the day after Christmas. Even now, the tips sometimes given to the milkman and refuse collectors is referred to as a Christmas box. As for the reason why sport is
so popular on Boxing Day. December 26th is the feast of St Stephen, patron saint of horses, which led to the custom of horse racing, Boxing -Day hunts and, later, other sports.
THIS YEAR!
Ip e tA L IS TREAT
S'lBadley Hall Rd,1 ToLOlJSJ.ejOM
H l g R i s E N T l l ^ RfS^MEPHEW'S, NIECE'S OR LOVED
COMPL^pITH A PERSONALISED LETTER DIRECT FROM SantaI .
I*. STICKERS FOR GIRLS!
iil^CLUDESGLOW IN ATTOOS FOR BOYS & . (
i---------------------------- _ _
Under New Ownership • Registered for Children aged 0-8 years
llnMieaG' Msmm OPUS PRO AUDIO
• Excellent pre-school facilities • Self contained baby & toddler rooms • Open 7.30 am-6.00 pm • Nursery education grants accepted
For further information please call Alison Pullevn on 01282 777277
35 PAK TEL 01282420795 RER LAE BRLEY N UN
Forget The Puppy !
^ From D e c k s A r e F o r L i f e "£269.00 PLUS Monitor, £70 UJW'triosajirp
Proprietor: Lynn Barnes f formerly of Kaos in Whalley
01200 425794 8 WELL A
1 Eshton Terrace, o Clitheroe
A gn Victo ccrinto ► h rian #lark fet£ ^Christmas Shopping Bonanza^
- MAttKKT DAYS & TIMES - Market Hall - 9am - 5pm
Bus station adjacent to Market« FREE PARKING
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday Open Market 9am - 4.30pm Tuesday, Friday & Saturday
Antique / Bric-A-Brac Market 9am - 3pm Every Thursday
Car Boot Market 9am - 2.30pm ■ Every Sunday.
Christmas Lights Switch on 14th November with an Evening Market 4 - 8pm
Every Sunday till Christmas Market Hall Open
For further details telephone tlx Market Office o 01254233816
con ^ * I B a r g a in s G a l o r e , >
.fjr*.
% 'W M \V*>\ ' i f
I - 'll
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48
