1948-12-18 — Page 19

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

01

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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