The first Nowell
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Part of The Young Citizen: The Magazine for Young People
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- The first Nowell
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- 1940
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- December, 1940 THE YOUNG CITIZEN FOR THIRD GRADERS THE FIRST NOWELL * THE first Nowell the angel did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay .... They looked up and saw a star Shining in the east, beyond them far .... And by the light of that same star Three wiSe men came from country far; To seek for a King was their intent, And to follow the star where ever it went. •Nod is a French word meaning Christmas. Songs for Christmas were known as N oe/s Nowells,- in English they were called carols. KEEPING CHRISTMAS 449 WHEN we keep Christmas we you give or receive a Christmas honor the birthday of Jesus. We present? give presents to each other, because Or have you forgotten why we all Jesus was a great Gift to the keep Christmas? world. Let us remember that Christmas Do you always think of Jesus when is a holy day. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT How can I help the poor and the Do I just want to get many presneedy at Christmas time? ents at Christmas, or does it make me happier to give than to receive? How can I make some boy or girl or· grown-up happy at Christmas? What is the meaning of Christmas?