The B.B.C. Christmas Programmes
The King's Christmas Broadcast
THE CHINA MAIL, CHRISTMÁS SUPPLEMENT, DECEMBER T8, 1948.
Radio Round The World
Sandy Macpherson, whose friendly voice as he introducca hk programmes at the theatre; organ is well known to radio 1leners throughout the world, known artists. at his Christinas
Customs Older Than History
By Freda A
Whittaker
TO ALL OUR PATRONS
There are many attractive cus- of the Elfol mountains tho Gert 'n Daisy's Christmas toms and tales connected with Chinbrand was burnt on Christ- King's Christmas, and none more de-mpa Eve, and the charred randing Theatre, Hammersmith. The shitful than those direely con- taken on twelfth night and put; Hemsley, will be a guest, on Conous child Impersonator, Hurry cerned with the Christ Child. In the corn bin to keep the mien whose mystical presence was away. There was fairly general Other star Varlety programmes
believed to talte dil power from bellet that lightning would never this week and next, full of the
evil spirits. That is why ghosts strike a house where a plece of WE EXTEND A JOYOUS Christines spirit, will be Wiltred
und the like, not to be mentioned the yule log had been kept, ifti at other times of the your, for Be fragment were put on Live fear hey trade an Pickles Have a Cio quiz show
appearance, from a gathering of old.
fire whenever a storm broke. will be read by Alan Wheatley age Pensioners
coming
could be talked about with Im- on Friday and a Christmas hyme and fleyshan: Christmas editions unity at Christmas. So we have will be sung by the BBC Singers of
our ghost stories, which we still ITMA.
Much-Hindi-in- The Christmas Child' -Marsh Waterlogged Spa, consider fitting to the Christmas
As in previous years, H.M. the make contact with the Canadian broadcast from the famous Lon-treat, in Christmas at Sandy's." King will speak & his peoples in Aretic and with a meteorological don church of St. Martin-in-the- all parts of the world on Christ- Į survey expedlilon in the An-Fields and will be conducted by Party conten from the mas Day. It is expected that he turelle, and it is hoped to hear the Rev. W. D. Kennedy-Bell. will be speaking from Sundring how Christmas Ja belig peni 'Christmas Half-Hour ham, and his Christmas message with the British pioneers of the Saturday will consist of carota will be carried In the BBC's East African ground-nuts scheme, and hymns from Forster Green Home and Overseas Services. Robert Bons will be the narHospital, near Belfast, led by the Proceding and feuding up to rator of "Good Neighbours' wilch choir of Saint Bartholomew's the King's broadcast will be will he Jointly produced by Church, Belfast, round-the-world radio link-up of Laurence Gilllem and Leonard A 'Christmas messages of "good tidings to allCottrell, Music will be played by men of goodwill, of which the the London Symphony Orchestra, theme is expressed by it title ronducted by Walter Gorler, 'Good Neighbours. For sixty minites listomers win hear ordinary simple
star
voices
of
friendly people speaking frozes their homes to similar pouple in their homes arross the nod frontlers.
cem
How the people who will take part this
were chosen
brondrast plained by Laurener Gdan joint producer of the programra:
The search, in all parts of world, was for people, meenally young people, whos ww actively engaged on vital worlt of freons- truction, of motuud help, of in- ternational understanding; propie who
ya king For ingher Blackprak of health and frukt, fur a freer passage,
teas across the rontiers. Ja Buta
Carols. And Bells
Carols play an essential part
Eve
Epilogue
"The Christmas Child," pro- in the traditional English Christ-duced by D. G. Bridson,
nins, and so, of course, listeners modern nativity play, and tells to the BBC this Christurius will
the story of the birth
of any
in able to hear some program-child into the world of today. Its
er anes of English caroi-singing atharacters are The men
come
ancient
Olgi
Morecambe
IBILSON,
The idea of reconstructing the manger seeng cone from St. Fruncis, who, in 1224, set up a inbleau of
the Nativity in a village church in Italy. The Holy Family were represented by real perrons, aut an ox and an 183 were tothered
near by. SI,
and the hunter, informance of the Kentuclty Minstrels. In ndition, there will be an Arthur Asly programme; Bastl Rad- foul and Nasanton Wayne in The Curse of ise Blockleths; witty Juve Grenfell in an intimate interlude with Viola Tumur at the piano; the George Metochino Francis preached on the Praeseplo Orchestra
Gwynne, -the Christmas Crib-and ever Harry Dawson, and Jan Muzurus since thon Roman Catholic
ol Christrúng as programme
enurches the world over lave *Mal Memories Christmas Ireluded the Praeseplo in Chair Christina celebrations. Realistic and lovely manger scenes are set up in the churches, and in some Darts of aly, children make a Nativity
fableau in their own hames
Cradle rocking Is another and charising custom that
#unive Ji fourteenth-century
Bauchstund'; Bertram Mills' Cir-
cus; Two-Way Family Favou rites: Music from the Movies: and a Christmas Variety Bumi- box.
Christmas Talks
its best. From the bomb wrecked women of our line, whose hopes inte round-the-world
the ruins of
Temple and fears still follow the age Church,
the Landon,
famolls d patterns of human life. 11 is Truplars Chair will he brand
a play with a message, put the staging carols as they have done
message-like that of the first mutty yeste
Christmas story-ig a message of at Christmas for past. Two other pudramines of hope. curols which should not be mis-
The
illustrated ert will
story in
Dy from royal Some of the lesser-known carola
Wundsor, George's Chapel,
in which the story of Christines beautiful King's College Chapel,
was Best celebrated
in Bestal Cambridge," Fantasia Chris
These carols, chosen by A. La. mas Carols, by the grand old toyd and arranged by Matyas
English musicBuluh Sethes, are among the loveliest i Vaughan Williams. O.M.. will be melndten which have come down rearched for the right people to
Long by tell the
the combined choirs to us from an earlier age. world this Chirstmas (AS BY
Bone School and the Lough that the old country is suff
on School for Guls, young in mind and spirit, ngen
A programme
which Britis Brourfcast muskę during Christ- bouling ber moral well as her machines, alive and enjoy will be one of the Christ- Messiah,"
people overseaAN
wyck expecially wilt na
includes. Handel's awake to her destiny in the new mas bells ringing out
which will be Over the farmed nud sung by the taking Commonwealth that
countrysidh and towns of Bri- tier.feld Choral Society conduct- shope, as much in in the ne
min, coming from such widely}[vil by Sir Malcolma Sargent. The union of Western Europe.
separated places as the church of lots will fre subl Fathe rent St. Mary's in Cambridge Gladys Ripley, Erle Greene, and Kentworth church in the hear Dunfermline Abbey in Scotland Norman Walker.
'Sulders ur of
England, St. Nicholas, Carrick-Christos Day, is fergus (the oldest church in Nor- AAAAA their relunit) and the parish church of the village of Tuckles church in Gloucestershire.
tesouven N
The broadcast will range from Cheat Britain to other states of suffering Europe, and onwards to the Commonwealth. where. among other calls, it is hope to
Memorandum
Suet and crumbs for the birds, Pupersen and a catnip mouse
Fo kitiy, a spieval home
For the dot. and throughout Q: house
the
A festive un red candles, An evergreva spray at clexor.
REN Dis. and
The tr
cirarly
And sweet at the heart, o'er The song of the Saviour's com,
Ing.
And dive in the busy days And nights to tell you, my dear
10.
I love you in lovelier way
ELAINE V. Buans.
Music
A Christains message will be breadcast by the Rt. Rev. J. W. C. Wand, D.1), Bishop of don. Other seasonable welks in- clucie Life in Britain by Hu- ward Marshall, and "The Spiri or of Christmas in which Algernon per-Blackwood will present a picture of Christmas as shown in the werks of the English writey's
Geote Elit Dickens,
BUC
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the King's
programme
the massed bands of 11.M. Brigade of Guorits, with Dennis Noble, buritome, as soloist. An- other music programine on the
profitar me of
Christmas Services same day is called 'Musie Routl
Britain.
Wults,
and
On Thursday the Archbishop characteristic contributions from of Canterbury will be broad-England, Scotland, easting a special Christmas mes- sage in the
programm20 for
workers in the hission De
Northern Ireland.
Laughters And Games
one
A Lei Of Gardenias
of
Charles
gardenlos
Напа #cl
а round your neck
And dance the night away. It may help some other sor rowing one
If you seem gay. Sind
out the words of tho newest song
And smile in your escort's eyes,
I may lighten @omeone's skieo of grey
If you cinim blue skiesi Only the brave can play the
Work and Worship. This is
Radio parties at Christmas programme in which he has time include
given by always shown, great interest, mud Gracie Fields, another by Sandy he himself conducted the Arst Macpherson and Gert and service in the programine when Dalsy's Christmas
Working it was broadenst in July
July, 1946.
Party. 031 Christmas Day
fabl Our Gracie a having a real the res Jigisus service will be broadest family 'do', with Mrs. Stansteld, from મા. John the Baptist | her mother, Tommy Fields, her Church, Greenhill, Barrow, and brother. Cynthia Rawson, Tom- will be conducted by the Rev, ay's wife, Teddie Holmes and Joost de Blank, Time for Wor- his plano, and Robert |ship on Christmas Day will be] and his Orchestro,
Furnun
And laugh to hide despair- Hang a lel of gardenlos round your neck
And pin one in your hair! MARY CAROLYN DAVIES.
old
ori-
In Belgium tharreal remain of the log were pounded and
with water, and this was belleved to cure consumption. Switzerland calls the yule log Buche de Noel
In
Provence they named it Trefoir, and the log was blessed by the youngest in the house, who Other beliefs regarding the mag- poured a glass of wine over it,
tent properties of the charred wood were that it cured toothache vented childblains on the heck! and swollen glans, and pre-
fields Log ashes strewn 'on the we said to save the wheat from mildew.
From the Vosges came a lovely custom. The güleuche de Now! was put on the fire on Chrislnds Eve, and the same hight all the locks and hings were greased round the house, So no barsh noises should break the sleep of the Infant Jesus, It was believel In the Ardennes that the Virgin apow Pi Puli
visible and sat on the log before In England people Delaved
#hed
Germany. The Christmas Crib was was turned into a cradin that could be rocked by the priests, while the chele and congregation anne and danced round, showing thei
y at the birth of the Christ Child, Fron
the churches thi custom spread also to ordinary Istates.
a custom of
that no fiend could do bara 8- long as each year's yule log was tit with a fragment of the pre- victus
year's. West Shropshire. until 1830, kept up Offering hospitality to the Holy during the twelve days of 'Christ- lighting and burning a yule lon Child is an old custom of various cutintries. In Poland, on Christ-light ht
mas, and during that time де eBucks- mas Eve. when feasting begins at
Not rowed. the appearance of the first star, candles, too, were part
only the lux, but a vecant chair
al the is left for the Christ Child.
Christmas lumination, and it In Greece. after
was considered lucky to Rerp a supper on Christinas Eve, the piece of last year's candle. table is left untouched, hope Christ may come
In Dalmatia young girls de- during the night. Very similar issik, flowers, gold wire, laurel corated the yule log with red
in the und eat
a one-tline Welsh custom of un- bolting all outside doorg OR Christmas Eve, in case the Holy Familly want to come in.
The tradition of the yule log is one that is old and dies hard- but the yule log of to-day is a poor apology for the great tree blocks thut once filled capacious fireplaces!
The burning of a Christmas log is not confined to England. 11435 been a custom from one immemorial, all over the world, wild has its origin in the fire festivals of pagan days. In part
It
leaves, and ribbons, In) Serbia, I handful of wheat i was the custom to throw 0 over the troo chosen for cutting. Then at down on December 24, a short prayer was sald, and the tree felled s.. 'chat would drop towards the east at the moment tipped the eastern horizon.
the sun
Children were not considered in medioeval But to-day we regard Christmas primarily as a children's festival, coupling with it Santa
Claus. mas tree, and present giving. pantomines, cireuses, the Christ-
especially days.
CHRISTMAS
&
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
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