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December 26, 2018 Volume 34 — Issue 21
Julian, CA.
ISSN 1937-8416
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How The World Celebrates All over the world, Christmas celebrations reflect local culture and traditions. The festivities can be startlingly different from country to country, focusing on different aspects of the nativity story. But whether you're celebrating Sheng Dan Jieh in China or awaing Pere Noel in France, you're sharing in the wonder and magic of the Christmas season. In the following pages, we'll take a look at Christmas traditions in countries around the world, from Sweden to Australia, from England to China. Christmas Traditions in Australia In Australia, December 25 falls during summer vacation, so many of the country's Christmas festivities take place outdoors. The most popular event of the Christmas season is called Carols by Candlelight. People come together at night to light candles and sing Christmas carols outside. The stars shining above add to the sights and sounds of this wonderful outdoor concert. Christmas Traditions in China The small number of Christians in China call Christmas Sheng Dan Jieh, which means Holy Birth Festival. They decorate their homes with evergreens, posters, and bright paper chains. Families put up a Christmas tree, called a "tree of light," and decorate it with beautiful lanterns, flowers, and red paper chains that symbolize happiness. They cut out red pagodas to paste on the windows, and they light their houses with paper lanterns, too. Christmas Traditions in Germany German families prepare for Christmas throughout cold December. Four Sundays before Christmas, they make an Advent wreath of fir or pine branches that has four colored candles. They light a candle on the wreath each Sunday, sing Christmas songs, and eat Christmas cookies. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, homes are filled with the delightful smells of baking loaves of sweet bread, cakes filled with candied fruits, and spicy cookies called
Pine Valley Gets Their New Fire House
by Michael Hart (photos & background from County News Center)
Wed., November 28 W 1-0 Home vs Hamilton Monday, December 3 L 0-7 Home vs Maranatha Christian Wed., December 5 L 0-9 Home vs High Tech (NC) Friday, December 10 T 2-2 @ Tri-City Christian Wed., December 12 L 0-6 @ High Tech (NC) Monday, December 17 L 0-2 Home vs Gompers Prep Tues., December 18 L 0-1 @ Calvin Christian Thur., December 20 L 1-2 vs Hamilton Friday, December 21 L 0-2 Home vs Liberty Charter Friday, January 11 3:00 @ Borrego Springs
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In a little over a year Pine Valley’s fire protection has gone from a volunteer service run out of a facility built in 1974 to a state of the art facility within the San Diego County Fire Authority. Over a year ago Pine Valley agreed to join the Fire Authority to improve service and add resources to its’ side of the mountain. In that time they have seen additional resources brought into the area culminating in the new station. The ribbon-cutting ceremony took place last Tuesday(12/18) in Pine Valley and celebrated the opening of a two-story, 13,090-square-foot fire station that is almost double the size of the previous building. The structure is designed for full-time firefighters and ambulance service. The new fire station has three and a half double bays for fire trucks, sleeping quarters for 15 firefighters, a kitchen, dayroom, fitness room and lobby/reception area. Solar panels top the roof and the structure was built to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification standards to conserve water and electricity. “This new fire station will better protect the residents of Pine Valley and also support the surrounding communities of Descanso, Mt. Laguna and Boulevard,” said County Supervisor Dianne Jacob. “The County has spent more than a half-billion dollars on firefighting lebkuchen. Christmas Traditions in England It is cold, wet, and foggy in England at Christmastime. The day before Christmas is very busy for families in England. They wrap presents, bake cookies, and hang stockings over the fireplace. Then everyone gathers around the tree as someone tells a classic holiday story, "A Christmas Carol." Children write a letter to Father Christmas with their wishes and toss their letter into the fire so their wishes can
go up the chimney. After the children fall asleep on Christmas Eve, Father Christmas comes to visit. Christmas Traditions in Ethiopia Ethiopia follows the ancient Julian calendar, so Ethiopians celebrate Christmas on January 7. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church's celebration of Christ's birth is called Ganna. It is a day when families attend church. Everyone dresses in white. Most Ethiopians don a traditional shamma -- a thin, white cotton wrap with brightly colored stripes across the ends. Twelve days after Ganna, on January 19, Ethiopians begin the three-day celebration called Timkat, which commemorates the baptism of Christ. Christmas Traditions in France Christmas celebrations France begin on December 5, which is St. Nicholas Eve, but Christmas Eve is the most special time in the French celebration of Christmas. Church bells ring
improvements over the past 15 years, and this station is the latest big-ticket investment in protecting the backcountry.” San Diego County Fire and CAL FIRE Unit Chief Tony Mecham said Fire Station 44 is more efficient and expandable, so it can keep pace with the community as it grows. Changes to the fire engine entrance and road are expected to reduce response times. “The San Diego County Fire Authority has completed more than 15 fire station construction projects in the past four years,” said Mecham. “The construction and modernization of Pine Valley Fire Station 44 is the latest in our efforts to provide year-round, around-the-clock service to 1.5 million acres in the unincorporated county.” Officials broke ground for Pine Valley Fire Station 44 last December. The $8.2 million structure is expected to serve the area for the next 50 years.
Tues., November 13 F 0-1 @ Bayfront Charter Tues, November 20 L 16-75 @ Del Lago Academy Thurs., November 27 L 27-69 @ Hamilton Monday, December 3 L 45-47 @Calvary Christian Thurs, December 6 L 36-67 Home vs San Diego Jewish Academy Mon., December 10 L 74-29 @ Temecula Prep Wed., December 12 L 43-55 @ Calvary Christian Tuesday, December 18 5:30 @ San Diego Jewish Academy Friday, December 21 @ Borrego Springs
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Tuesday, November 27 L 42-17 @ Hamilton Tues., December 4 L 19-39 Home vs Horizon Prep Thursday, December 6 5:00 @ Guajome Park Academy Wed., December 12 L 17-66 Home vs Guajome Park Academy Thur., December 13 L 23-35 Home vs Hamilton Sat., December 15 F 0-2 Home vs Preuss UCSD Tues., December 18 L 17-31 @ Horizon Prep Friday, December 21 4:00 @ Borrego Springs Tuesday, January 15 4:00 Home vs Warner
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and voices sing French carols, called noels. On Christmas Day, families go to church and then enjoy an abundant feast of wonderful dishes, ending with the traditional buche de Noel, a rich buttercream-filled cake shaped and frosted to look like a Yule log. Christmas Tradtions in Holland Dutch children in Holland, or the Netherlands, eagerly await the arrival of Sinterklaas on St. Nicholas Day on December 6.
Sinterklaas is a kindly bishop. He wears red robes and a tall, pointed mitre on his head. Sinterklaas travels by ship from Spain to Amsterdam's harbor every winter. He brings his white horse and a huge sack full of gifts for the children. Families celebrate St. Nicholas Eve at home with lots of good food, hot chocolate, and a letterbanket, a "letter cake" made in the shape of the first letter of the family's
Monday, November 26 L 1-4 Home vs Ocean View Christian Tuesday, December 4 L 1-8 @ Ocean View Christian Tues., December 11 L 2-5 Home vs Calvin Christian Wed., December 12 L 0-7 @ Calvary Christian Wed., January 9 5:00 @ West Shores Wed., January 16 3:00 Home vs Calipatria Friday, January 18 3:00 Home vs Vincent Memorial Wed., January 23 3:00 @ Borrego Springs
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