THE MICHIGAN DAILY

anukah Holiday Festivities

-Daily-Robert Kanner
SERVICES-Students from B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation participate in the traditional
e Chanukah candles for the Jewish holiday which begins Dec. 18, an lasts for eight' days.
it'of the holiday, another candle is added. to the Menorah, or candle-holder, until on the
11 eight candles are burning. The Hillel Foundation will hold candlelighting services on
e nights of the holiday.,

'U Hospikal
Patients Get
Gifts Early
Santa's special helper and Mrs.
Claus will visit University Hos-
pital in mid-December, bringing
an early Christmas to more than
150 children.
He'll have gift-filled bags with
him for each child-red for the
girls and green for the boys.
With the presents piled high in
a big cart, he'll visit the wards,
the respiratory center for polio
patients, and the Children's Psy-
chiatric Hospital. Because he's
Santa's helper, he knows every
child by name,- and there's a gift
for each Johnny and Susie along
his way.
Music Program.
With Santa's helper, who is
really Aldrich Locke, past gover-
nor of the Kiwanis Clubs of Michi-
gan, will go Mrs. Claus, Mrs.
George Muehlig, known to the
children as "Muzzie," For the
Christmas party she'll be playing
all their favorite Christmas songs
on her accordion.
Presents in the bags come from
the Christmas fund of the Galens
Medical Honorary Society. The
gifts are individually selected and
packed for each child by hospital
staff members, who handle the
whole Christmas program for the
youngsters.
Other gifts will come too. Many
campus, city and state organiza-
tions, as well as individuals, con-
tribute. Last year construction
workers on the new food service
addition "chipped in" and bought
a television set for the Galen's
Workshop.
Christmas Eve Visit
Some presents, will be used to
fill the stockings of children who
won't be able to go home for the
holidays. About half of them will
stay in the hospital. The real
Santa will come Christmas, Eve
and fill the stocking left hanging
at the foot of each bed.
Although Christmas is planned
primarily for the children there
will be presents and festivities for
all hospital patients.
The King's Daughters, an inter-
denominational group of local
churchwomen, makes bed jackets
for the women patients and aprons
for teenage and younger girls, as
well as doll clothes for the little
girls. They also buy gifts for the
men patients.
Church Support
A local church group makes
hundreds of decorated cookies each
year-enough to supply both the
children and the adults.
"When Christmas comes it's a
rather hard time to be away from
families," said Mrs. Mildred Wal-
ton, director of the Hospital
School. So the staff takes or
double duty during the holidays.

The Christmas season is prob-
ably the most profitable and hectic
time of the year for the merchants
of Ann Arbor.
Because of its economic import-
ance, the season's length increases
each year. Early in November the
Christmas spirit is stacked, sus-
pended, propped, tacked, taped
and otherwise displayed, in hope
that the customers will soon draw
near.
For some stores, preparations for
Christmas are an all-year affair,
especially those stores which spe-
cialize in the bizarre and unusual.
These novelty stores actually "live"
for the season. Imports are re-
ceived in June, cards in September
and some ordering may be done
soon after the previous Christmas.
Christmas vs. Thanksgiving
A five and ten cent store usually
begins to display its Christnas
merchandise soon after Thanks-
giving. In fact, the holidays seem
to blend in the card rack.
"Thanksgiving Greetings to a
Friend" ansi "Greeting You at
Christmas" cards can be .surveyed
ina single glance. Santa Clauses
and goblins are found indiscrimi-
nately mixed throughout the store.
A week later, Thanksgiving is
completely packed away and the
browns and yellows of fall dis-
plays are replaced by the bright,
'U' Television
To Feature
Special Show,
University Television will pre,
sent its first special Christmas
program this season, which will
replace the regular "Television
Hour" the week before Christmas.
WWJ - TV will broadcast this
program at 10 a.m. on Sunday,
December 22.
The program will be divided into
four parts with Prof. Guy J. Pad
lazzola of the art department host-
ing the' entire show.
A'. specially written Christmas
story about a newly-born outer
space planet, which has a very
advanced technical society minus
necessary human values, will be
presented.
Prof. Percival Price, University
carillioner, will play one of his
original compositions duriig the
show.
A modern percussion arrange-
ment of traditional Christmas mu-
sic, arranged by Prof. James'
Salmon of the music school, m-
ploying the use of chimes, swiss
and sleigh bells and other unusual
instruments will also be presented.
The final portion of the program
will feature the Men's Glee Club
singing Christmas choral music.

glistening red of December. The
store is converted into a gay profu-
sion of color.
Red upon green, green upon red,
stack upon stack of Christmas
card boxes, tree ornaments, rolls
of wrapping paper, stockings,
candy canes-displayed wherever
space permits. "Get everything out.
Dust off the merchandise and put
a ribbon on it!" seems to be the
motto.
Card Sending
Realizing that card sending has
become Practically a mania of the
American people, the stores offer
a great variation of selection.
Cards range from those with a
religious import to those 'with
smiling dogs and cats to those of
a satirical nature.
One of the cards which puts its
finger on one of our weaknesses
simply said, "Merry Christmas" on
the corner, and on the (nside,
"Now You Send Me One.' And
who could dare refuse? It's only
proper to send cards to those who
have sent you one, even if you do
have trouble remembering their
last names.

ALL-YEAR AFFAIR:
City Merchants Annually
Lengthen Holiday Season

Half the fun and sparkle of
Christmas morning lies in seeing it
through the eyes of children.
Children will come to appreciate
Christmas more if they are per-
mitted to take part in prepara-
tions for the annual festivities.
One easy way of getting children
to participate is to let them help
decorate the tree or wrap presents.
The "small fry" like tb feel that
they have a definite part in
Christmas preparations.

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