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HUMOUR - JOHN ALLEN
COVER DESIGN
MARY-JANE KILDALL
4th YEAR and PUBLICITY
IRMA MATTHEWS
SENIOR ADVISOR
MR. FRED, A. AMESS

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EDITOR
JESSAMY CAREY
Ist YEAR REPRESENTATIVE
MARGARET AVWMACK
2nd YEAR REPRESENTATIVE
CEELY HORANE
3rd YEAR and SALES
JOAN BREUN

Official Organ of the Vancouver School of Art Student Body
VOLUME TWO CHRISTMAS , 1935 WUMBER THREE

EDITORIAL

Christmastime! Christmas Greetings, Bells Ringing, Carol Singing, Happiness
Gifts and Gaiety! Christmas holidays and all the preparations, v.o bustle
and excitement, shopping, posting and delivering. What do we not think of
at Christmastime! Customs, we have read of, many have gone out of fashion,
but there are many interesting ones we still have, Christmas Day is The
Day of the Year which people all over the world celebrate -- each in their
own way. We think of others and how people in far away countries will spend
Christmas -- And this leads up to one Christmas Custom which perhaps would
interest you!

This is a Mexican Christmas festival, called a Posada (Posada means Inn)
It is partly religious and partly amusement and is a sort of Drama. For 9
nights before Christmas, the ninth being Christmas Eve, a group of families
take turns in holding the Posada at their homes so that a sort of chainwork
of parties are given to which all their children and friends are invited.
The Drama is based on the story of the wanderings in Bethlehem of Mary and
Joseph, looking for an Inn in which to rest. I think this Mexican Drama is
very pretty and teaches the children what Christmas means. Here is the
setting of the Pasada to which I went. We arrived about 8 o'clock, the road
outside was a dried mué one and the pavement was made with large flagged
stones, Along the pavement a high wall in which was the front door - like
a garage door. To the left were three windows (the drawing room windows)
with the usual iron bars - Spanish fashion, The door opened onto the Patio
or yard, and just on your left were steps leading up to the verandah which
ran down the side of the house. At the other end was the kitchen and dining
room. The bedrooms look out onto the verandah. There are no windows on the
other side of the house, and all round the Patio is a high wall, so that we
are all tucked in very happily.

By about 8:30 all the guests had arrived. The children form a procession
two and two, a girl and a boy, the girl carrying a candle, They walk round
the house and patio singing litanies. They are joined by a group of child-
ren dressed in white, representing angels - one carries a wax baby doll.
They all stop at a closed door (the drawing room door) and someone lets off
a shower of fireworks over their heads, Another group of children join the
procession (shepherds). Then a voice (Mary) from the procession sings asking
for shelter, for the night is cold and windy and they have come a long jour-
ney and are seeking repose. But from behind the door a voice shouts Né6!}

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