HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1900-12-20, Page 3rUS mea of every color. sod men
of every clime,
ging out is Corium, anthem and
the grand old Christmas chime, I
e and In a flowing bumper we win
drink Ir.(„ra we rt,
1.0 Lie gulb,ut boy that kitred _4fr
girl is neat!' the mletletoe.
” A merry, merry Christmas. end good
cheer to nue and all."
t In-jlyour tones goes ringing clear
th-rppglt yalttcr. cut mud Iwll ;
" Let everyone be happy, lIghtbeart es.,
glad and gay. •
For the merrli•+t day in all the year
Is royal Christmas Day."
CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS:
How Christians Have Imported Pagan
Customs Into Their Celebrations.... .
in "ye Aden time" the holidays
were ushered in on Christmas eve,
and twill Twelfth Night, known fa-
miliarly as the day of the -iinag' or
Little Christina., nothing was done,
nothing war thought, save fun, rev-
elry and feasting, while the watch-
word to all was eat, drink and make
merry.
If we trace the origin of btlr woe -
ern Chrlrtmar we find that from
time Immemutlul It was celebrated
with religious worship and social
gayety of all kinds, just as it Is now ;
sad that many of the festive prac•
aces. the beautiful customs which
t two bulls were sacrificed, and not
1111.0(101nlsumnn victims also were
Irunulattel In this strange worship of
false gods. Than followed varies.
featly. ceremonies Indicative of the
JAY they experienced over. the advent mutual the muutl fenmt of the sun.
e The mistletoe thus gatheredidwa•
then dived into small portions and
ter eighties; thus the name Yule has
COMP down tt tie through the
botch awl English. and It still ob-
twee utuung all Eugllre .peaking na•
thew. The mut commonly heard ea•
preeel ou to eouue,:tton with it is the
Yule Lug. Tlns burning df the Yutu i
log. or el ig. originated with the very
uIJ Christina's ourWm (with thorn par.
takiug ratter more of the uitture ut
t)' distributed amongst the people, who
he f
e!`r !!✓fee-e-rereer_eees,,rs r entrances of their dwellings, hoping 1
Seemlier/elan roythol t thereby to propitiate the glebe, while
the run. In the )shit egends Its s
called Mlthr, derived from the Per -
shin itithr.tr, while to the 1'hoen14ctatr It was known by the appeila-
tkw of Bel or Baal, a name which
took It' haute nndl hung It up In t)
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characterise the occasion, are derby- to
.d from age long antedating the corn- Ify
Ing of the Redeemer. and from pec-
pies win knew naught of the true I
God. I / e t for • v
The Warship of the Pun. / • Oa -r•r ''f sent is tilt e se no• s sLao r_oc.n fir fiitsi on '
Menne all the pagan races of anti -
city there seems to have been a unl-
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furnlehing the sylvan' spirits, whout 1
they iwugated rested amidst the 1
boughs. a hhelter from the bitter
winter weather, until spring.
' Sprays of the mama were also hung
up within doors, ■usptrnted from the •
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"1 briing'you—good :
tidings of great joy es
drained and en endless round of Tule
garuoe were played.
After titers, amusements palled the
kindling of the log begin. This was
,.Tways done with n portion of the
Yule log of the Chrlstm is previous.
which had been c:rretully rerved
for the purpose. Security (rseum fire
was supposed to accrue to the h ase
from the saving of vest year's log.
Woe betide, too, If during the burning
of the Yule log a barefooted or flat-
footed or squinting tars in ehonld
come In. es this meant the worst
kind of bad luck.
The Christmas or Yule candle, n
candle of huge proportions. was el -
ways burned on the supper table on
three ore •.lone ns a sort of accoro-
patilntrnt to the Yule log. The pule
log. with nccompenying feetivitlee of
various kinds. le Woo a prom'nent fea-
ture of the Christine' relchrutlons In
Provence, where It te called the
"Cachofto," and among the tiervlans.
Wassail Howl.
The wassull bowl, which in ditye
gone by played such it prominent part
In Yuletide celebrations, was In the
beginning hurt a toast or pledge
drunk between friend.- The word
w,iasall Is from the Anglo-Saxon.
"wee hal," meaning ''be whole," ' ted
well," or, as In mo tern usage, "here's
to your health." No mediaeval Eng.
Hall Yule celebration but had Its was-
sail bowl with well -spiced contents
It war the centre of the board not
only then, but on New Year's day,
The drink It contained was com-
p/vent of good ale, sugar, nutmeg, and
roasted apples -crab apples being
frequently used mete cd of the larger
kind. Tide brew wain also known as
"lamb's wool."
While the gentry were regaling
themselves Indoors the young wtmen
of the poorer classes went round
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THE CHILDREN'S DAY:
Kriss Kringle, the Christ Child, end
Saint Nicholas, the Gift -Bringer ....
The greatnewi of a festival Ilea In
the spirit of lir celebruteuth. From
tho historic rtaodpoitt the atudout
to well aware that all teetttalr urc
hybrid compositor of old and new
legend" and beliefs ; that all -the
church (emit days were originally
Puget reasons of rejicing and that
what a day comae to magnify, ratter
ttutn the purpose wtd,lt it «ltd or-
iginally Int n.led to serve,
tette qtr aulur. This Christmas war
reeked In the aa.lent church as only
third In Intpor,itnoo on the ealendsr.
precedence having been given to both
biuuter and Whitenuutlde. Whiteun-
dity- or 1Vblte tiun.bty tlk,lnitdctt Al
bo)-waa Pio styled front the enaowy
alt., or robes, of the rn.nly baptised.
011CP a Alovebie Fried.
Then there was Epiphany, the
• Euglirh Twelfth Night, l•onme nlIOra•
• the of the adoration of the hole• ill the
manger by the Magi. Later this day
was alto observed us bait. of the
('hrtet C'hllt'r baptism and of 111s fleet
miracle at Cana. when
"The col.cioue water caw its Lord
and blushed.'
Eplpllttny waa at last celebrated
alae, aa the day of Natltlty, the exact
date of which war trot determined
until iaccordlag W St. Chrysottom)
Pope Jullits bade tat. Cyril fix a
1 pret'Ire date. While a movable feast
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veriest tendency to worship the ■un _they_ afterward enrrIO4 to the
at tide season. just as there 'vas ut shores of Britain, where the strange
the change of the other •camas, it, rites Id this god became firmly
war regarded by them as the giver mutest
of light and life, and the visible mann- The Yale Log. ' -
Notation of a supreme Deity, and The burning of the Yule log, a
when the shortcut day of the gloomy Dame taken from titre Jul or Yulo
winter had paned, end be -began bit (stet of the=ii lest Guth `end SIX
return oourre. bringing whiti h- inT oat, war one of the „must important
the reanlmatlen of all that was ceremonies on Christmas eve, and
dead, there was general • rejoloing ono of the most highly favored of
everywhere. the Pagan practice to be later on
The Christian Festival. engrafted upon the Christian festl-
o• *idling, sad aay_ca ofthe
fair sax who chanced. Inadvertently,
tx nn purpose, to paws under the mts-
tletoe, she incurred the penalty of
being then and there .kissed by such
a member of the op;oulte rex ns de-
, sired to avail himself of the prlrtle•ge-
i- item* Lite 1l.Qettd of the mirrt:letuu
that ins/ --.menti en many -Moiety
kis..., that baa proven a butt • to
pretty mai lens and lov*,Ick swains
through ag•w without number; and
iltubtlen until the end of time It will
so
figure In tae dotratk•s of Chrlst-
nuts, If tor nothing more than Its
romantic histori of love and Mmes.
the 'part it has played in song and
'tory almost since the world began.
The dedication of the 25th of De- vat.
ember fur commemorating the In the old feudal days the bringicg
birth of Christ dates back to the in and placing of the giant lug- on
fourth centore. Previously it had the- hearth of the wide chimney In
th I I h II w the laddest
been the most nova e o e c lure
feast days. and confounded by some
woe tits' Mptphatry ; by °tiara - wt t n
the feast of Tabernacles, held In Sep-
tember, while mare of the Christians
celebrated the event In March, abort
the time of the Powers., and _Mine
am late as Aped or May. The
actual dnteof the Nativity could not
be learned with any degree of melee---
arr, at the evidence regarding It was
trdditr•,naj and llkeo•l.o conflicting
and confused, s ., after n confe•ren•e
of the the.loglanr of tho Eon and
West, f or the sake of uniformity, It
was thought beat to settle upon one
particular day, and after all, it was
the event, not the date of Its occur-
rence, which was celebrated. This
agreement was the result of an in-
quiry brought *bout by the earnest
solicitations of St. Cyril, of Joruse-
Nm, to Julius 1, who granted an
order for an lutestlgpttoa to be
• n ale enneerehttg the right day: The
eblef grounds for the final decision
w as the Information obtained from
the tattles of the censors In the
Alves Of Rome.
the Christians from it very
period observed the ('hrielmns
fest al at thin especial time of the
year, •which .nadir It oolaetdent with
ths one heti by the nnclenta at the
winter epistle° In honor of tho sun,
awl from this It Is easy to see hew
the loathen and Chrlstlan obeer-
vanoes beoipte Inseparably mingled.
Thr Saturnalia.
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Incident of the 1: day. frolic. This 1 Harks l e lie I I
leg, dstl..od t., cookie- a w►kt„a. Mirk! the herald Angels sing,
and good cheer to all comers, was o 1
hauled in great- glee and triumph. "Glory to t.u• n.•w h ill ICiug;
each wayfarer who chanced to lin Peace on earth, and merey mild, 1
near, raised his hat, fix he knter,it and and sinners reconcttedt' s
►ee-lan re -fele premiere. and that Joyful. all ye national rim,
the flamer (bet IeiVwd from It woitl lJ"In the triumph of the rkles ;
omemit/goo-whilesrtue alt old emit/goo-while th • ttth the antora
ti"q t tweed:d .
Merit of anger and revenge: -surto:, : "-Cfrlet la bizn 1a e.thlobrm '
e d pus'Ibly for years, would die out Christ, by highest 'heaven adored,
as did its charred embers. it was ' Christ, the everlasting Loral
thought. tut, that a piece of this leg In the manger barn a King,
taken out before being entirely burnt obits adoring angels sing, 1
and kepi, would peeserve the house,"Peace on earth, to man good w111;" •
from fire daring the mewing year,led the trembling soul be still,- 1
and when the ' anniversary clm.t . Chalet on earth tau come to dwell,
again. the new ,Yule was lit with Jews, our Emanuel!' • - • •
the blackened remain• of 11.1lied•• 1
Hall! the heaven -born Prince of 1
Pence ! 1
Tien! the Sun of ritthteetumess 1 V
Life and light to all He brings, `
The Romans worshipped the sun
under one of tide oharac term nttrl-
bated to Saturn, atter of the gods,
sad tits (rest alts oatte,d '.tato..--
&Oa.'• tee,
and antlquar-
Lees seem amabie to Of thus ort.
gin of this festival, the Romans
o01rlved it from the Gr Inns, as they
Vd many otter of their uotome, and
It le sot Improbable the It war In-
. tlt1.'t!d lo sono• rude per of etn-
tlpulty and by other races resioui
Ito Its •&!vent Into ()ruce.
it was kite favorite recrea a on of
&enaction arta was marked by ,tnl-
vereal license and perry -ma' ng•
Rinses were for the time being
and recognised as the eq.tais of the
waeters, with, whom they were pets
milted to dine as guests, to cone
✓ erse with, and what was perhaps
more rehehed by this miserable class,
to tell their Imperious owliel'gfg
Unite to their face, treat them an
mentals and punldrh them for the min -
demeanors of which they might be
tedy, as they thetnetolven were pun -
for similar offences. No ono was
allowed to be angry, and ne who was
pit upon awl made sport of, If 'he
loved eta comfort, would be the first
to laugh.
All the city was In the wtl•laet
aommotbn ; lewdness was suspended,
all none were at work bot the emits
aid confectioners who prepared the
4nrgsnos feasts ; houses were gayly
• eurated with lairel and evergreens,
sod presents passed between par -
elite and frtends atter (/he same fash-
ieC cnetxnar7 today, wills the chil-
dren Invoked Satnrp, as they now
do the good old Sante Clause Oilmen
and ampesments of all aorta were
*Willed M by the cltlsens ; mos)°
WWI dancing wa. heard and wean on
every hotel, and the very air rang
with ,hrntts MO laughter, and the
Mowlmg bowl was a part of the tlat-
eirnella. as It now reigns; In a myriad
of different forme In the fewl.lvltles
of Melattmes• nod glasses of every
site were reedy for all to drink nis
often and as merit as they liked.
The eenedlnerlea Festival.
In the blank north, where the were
tier at this seaman was bitterly
cold and the world enveloped In n
Mantle of .now, as we of the M-
eant Imagine the ideal Chrl.tm*e
.night to lo, the ceremonies were
morn rade end barbarous than thorve
4f sthenic. climes. Mtt none the lees
et11.1, ani of that gnalnt eel
ct,irrsgas .nature whish line ron•
them rimming to s,teere,ling
and more teeillsel generetlons. 1-Iren
Oars kindled In and oat of donre,
and greet blocks of wood plated In
toiler 01 Odin and Thor, who In the
ti\ ej\Nf/ r . i•a - • • f A4d IIehetLtdtle VY1i
e lldres cheat •un tjt%0,21 Oo. W>
eo' 0
v.from holies to house with deny deeo- flirt/Mute was several times oelebrat-
_e rated woman bowls, singing carob ed on December 6th. and it 1s owing
salted -••wassail• songs.' For tills, of f. 1 W1'ectthiar feet issue early eons--
• course, they expected gratuities mentoratwn. that the holiday deeel-
• opal Into the .upr•mc Children's hes-
• Ural of the human rote.
• 1 The Yale Log. The &toys' Paint.
1 ' • Oh, the Yule log snapped and sparkled In the fourth century. A. D.. there
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1 T111 the red flame quivered htgbj-- -I_kwrls't bxd noted Llwltop of !Lilo Minor,
hnr n m..• the p, tlighg_gI oisia
, » • Steeping watt and 'roof and and of tho Greek Church. tkc. 8T
In Ise rich toil vivid dye,
%I I rli l And around the bowl of wassail was the day sacred to thea Stint each-
'! !'dU - Ran a cart, Incessant chime- cine memory on tib, calendar of the
'Twee the greybeards clinking glasses Eastern Church, awl mo, because -ire
Tb the Joy of Christmas time. wee associated with the hallowed
memory of t ',Infant l'hrlst,the blessed
Ob, the dance" waxed mad and merry Iwbe' St' hlchutas Flaw up to be re.
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gnrded at feat as th- patron saint of
toys, as &.tint Cath wine wee of girls,
Indeed,. this tratu,ference of sig iifl ranee
Is peroeilele In Aha later name given
Claus 11,• was
styled Krim Krhegle-t - • C it
Al certabt traditin/I concerning the
'old Aatatic blibap Untitled to his per,
Ocular love for eh.ldr'n tesleel.11y
sdtadrefltti .Plea ---Christmas
myth was also thus httored In Ise
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The Christmas Candle,___ _.
As no n••companilnent W the Yale
leg, th •re w ti to bo hound in every -itime with healing la Hle wlttga,
h Kee held r ('bt monster taper called titre Ild tie_ la}•..Hlk..gbuy by, 0
1 u drfeiu ich tancAudle, whwatt Born that man no more may die,
lighted early est Xmas eve and left . [lora to airs the ons of earth, 1
loaning all night In humor of the Dorn to Ire them t.ee otwl birth.
nom'ng of the Sirtour, or tw tee ow g Charles Wesley..
reentry people quaintly put it, 'to
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nein the Sakur Into- the world.;
Tit w entitIle could never be too deg, and +++++++++++++•f -++++N++++
wirers ear TIDE es .
mu h .hairy existed amongst horse- r
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h the the largest sperlmen of the ,
cun.ii mak •rd art. and (he one tarot OF OUR I
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With the light heels ov'erltend,
$ utdtt across and down the middle
Went the gayly measured tre*d,
telever-y- e
equenked the fiddles, and- the a
Swept a stir et revel o'er us
Ae we sat beneath the stair.
Ohl the sweet and subtle magic_.]
That at work witTtn tine heart:
Drew ea tnlnoferly tetgethet grow;h into general-neeeptnnre. Then
Held. Its, tremuouglitlour apart
Why, tau thought our lips nem o'l acfi.;; tis r trwtith>tt ew+tx+rulupf-8:..Xicli
trios inspire -1 th iu xlere conception of
ting
Just for lose -we did not know tilt l hrbttane benefactor.
It will all because above us The cart-urnt,trr.
Hoag a bough of mletletoe. The legend gone that ha wished to
-Acton. preserve the thaw daughters of a
poor nobleman from ,•,110110r wlustt
th, father. having no. money for mar.
}}++,µµ++•F+++++++++++++++; rbigo portions, Will a•euut to force
+ ' tis an to support themselves by a de -
Some Don'ts jI grading life. A:. Ni belie, passing the
home at night,, threw n puree of gold
in at an open window for three nights
for Christmas In sttcccee.q.q that lural+huge a twowrr
for each daughttr. On the third night
++++++++++-t+++++++++++++•'+ - the noo,lt•tnatt wetttrheel fur sed dlrrew--
Dfurgrt X -moa to the day to east Win; bat the stint made him
',mimeo',mimeo not W reveal lt•' mu,ililccnee.
blowon't to In.dclduaUty, Neter buY From Abba Incident, in all probability,
thing. for the whole family, theta-
With tk•rivrtl th• custom of placing
lure.4, • gilts In tit • show or storktugs of rhll-
Don't repeat yourself. Ikm't give dren one l hristu as 'et e.
to others thle year what they did The 1 hrlrUnra 'free Idea.
g you Inst. •That le very bad tante. The klatch ehllelree used tenet out
band
buy father, brolhera or- htne '-
baud ties, ellpp•r■ or pipes. Cliwae their "klompen" Otexeden shoes) on
rather something they will not wear the night of December 6th, and fih-
Out and w111 appeal to their •taste,' ally. their parents. conceived the
Don't give your mother a "useful betiutiful Idea of tee Ctirlrimas tree,
gift, unless you ora too poor for •which was introduced Into -America
aught ornamental. She may be 'Vet-, bythe early thrtch eettlere. 'Chit
ting on," hue ate stili loves pretty German Knecht (lobes, a curious tlg-
tslOketn. Gratify has. trr • of• folk -lure, twain also klentified
Don't decide not to gtre at --all bin- . WI 1 Stint- Ni _ltot,_ who there-
.0.- esnnot -dale bandeomal ele-af s.7 •i_ i11 Igfetiire4JILfi -
mittens. The actors were the 'Muds•
ter', and the boy Bishop—cbuseu trout
•!tong them-la•l t a bare:Mote kuru•
dlct:on until Innocenti' day (Lee. _v).
The ritual war an exact burlew.t.0
o: the eppb.op.tl funetlou. Nu won•
Jar that thlr custo.n Mod oat with t l
eetablbbmebt of Protestantism, and
that the plitycouJrmthleg Puritans
luag after held even Chrlrtmrs is
euatempt because of the •eetwtatiolk
of the esasoa with thee seeming ri.
txtldry.
(Iroteaque Practices.
And yet there is for us of today •
curious tntereat In this custom of
electing a boy bishop at Christmas-
tide. lu Its-Koeptto t, no doubt, this
Innovattou upuu the Romeo oreattos
of a carnival Lord of Misrule teas de-
signed to bring the festivities of the
eraser.. more Into accord with the
Church's celebration of the birth of
the bhtne Child. Rude and shocking
as this. and other mediaeval customs
now appear to have been, there was
re:illy • rellgioue ■plrie behind the
eccentric and almost grotesque prae-
tlee. With it little elealltstlon of th•
figure of the boy bishop of yore w•
can even now picture Mtn ua the typ-
ical symbol of the .Spirit of Christie
m stoic, the notable holiday of child-
hood.
It 1r the Innocency and earnestness
of children -"Idols of hearts nod n1
households, angels of trod In dlsgulre"
whlth adds the culminating feature
to ('hrlatm in, along with its other
aspects of "pence on earth, good will
to men" As Lowell has expressed It,
"heaven Iles around us In our In-
fancy." Tho great mister• of yore
loved to pilot Jesus as the Christ
Child, and the Christmas carol which
rises on our lips this morn le first
of all that written by Dinah Muloeb
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God rest ye, llttteohildren; and noth-
ing you affright,
For Jesus Christ, your rtavlonr, was
biro, this happy night ;
Along the hills of lialilee the whit•
' f1,cks sleeping lay
When Christ, the Child .)f Naeareth.
was born on Christmas day.
beautifulev anolliden_ _tine decorated.
rught while the liolLia-ia
t h • huge Viper wile Ili and Mood epee
race to th • MI:Joey ailorned. heavily- .The Tule 1.1;s
gist or Dons. were
faden board; all during th • evening it
kind of Chrietnetai cake. foetid of old
burned. to am to upon . , of Northern Europe.
end -poeti:,-/iF4' /WIT. lieftvint; unit - -171°4- Were -efiPeelaille.-hh__diflirthelion
ming the goatee polite. In slimy
aitev Twelfth bi Ott. neither mom were a rot h Imitation of a
woman or c *lid doomed uf human figure o very tie eng _ nem
hut having fun.
nom and eye*. Presumably these fig
prevails to a certain extent yet In n
number of dettnete of England. and
throngliout tireat Britain the cuatem at we se se AP 99 RP • • OD 00.•
universal! one still, esperielly In Ire•
land, whim, people. le spite of every•
theig, veld i•ling to their oin traditions
and winger of bygone elem. It Is per-
haps clue more to them th in to any
other natien that the praeti..e erne
tramplantol in th• new world, where
or center em •It flouriehed. and up
\ (II only ft few yeare agve the Knits
t se -n in almost
lc families. and Wna looted upon
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Mist letoe lictiot h.
of tinvi many of them
OMA keit much of
loterust.euti ;Aim
populnrIte, rut ,th4r.4 le one, however,
whali hat" net' declined In pill lle
Eton-, nnd Arent.;
-the lumen* up
th it pure, blIOW berr
which ao many gl comet enemories eine-
ter. Title ovate la noe Christlen
hem exclud,,,0 fm cherch
on account of Ite an nestenatIona.
Celtic enoretors. In Mee religion it
ern Mon, pertieularly
poised by them to be the
When the eagerly await
tined to retain it.
011.1 of the people
tha mistletoe.
plant about
I If BE LIFTED UP FROM THE ERR
WaRIN
h 'n It gin_LW nee were Intended to represent the
vorlto tree. Other cakes of nt de
d winter \only at title newton were La be founil
nwinv pleem. In Cornwell. for in.
0 forth. name, ench baked ft quantity
of entrant Niko' on Xmas eve, nn the
ettended be' great pomp, gather
ttip 011 reel' of WILIVII the l'IOUgh
mined up to form a sort of head.
Iwhich It eels held. Wee belle,' to piece oilleci 'the Chrletmes." A epec•
possess vconderful curative leo 1,,i mite wris fo.r. men member
time more Onolt nee tested tt littie
evil of n11 karts, TWO white hill
end when the oak was reached. up- Yule hebiee le the term npniled to
'in which the plant twined they were be iwentments given the tivenll,.
bound to Or trunk, and the chief Alnwth, at Inletkle. eharec er
ritothist ,t mt.," Baby %Cep, found In Iten
t. nit %tile' .1Ve-erlee TAM feteleretet the
as gumboil(' of purity, niseendol tee „,wel
nitwit enke.
tree. rind wl'h rt golden sickle eitt the
Vine. Am It. tell It war enught In the
gown of n almilerly gerbeil priest, Jets. Tale, wee anciently the name
who stood leneath ready to receive given by the (loth.' and elven. te
it. Wben tbe cutting was over the festive perked occurring at the win -
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I And yet this Smite Clans of the
nt integete did not imp lent
Saturnalia (December 1T-2.1). eof
«belt the sedate l'ryner, in his "lila.
tine holiday as "the very npe.
Issue." The Puritans cif Prynne's time
te-obeeheissinetvertivearke and thew
l'uritans New England -looked
upon Christmas askanie as wiirt of
heretical festival, and even forbade
lie obeervance. The good St. !ternary'
hail in the infancy of the Christian
Chnreh felt hitnself called upon to re-
buke the festive celebrants of Christ.
mam. When the unseemly revel* of
earlier daya Mel out there still re-
mained the notion of "Merry Christ-
Englane wee merry England {Vitali
Old l'hkittrntim brought it apart again.
'Twos Chrietotax hrearli'd his might-
iest ale ;
"None Christinna told the merriest
tale;
A Christina! gambol oft retell elmer
Thr• price Mall'. heart through halt
the year.
etplalned by Teener, in him 'Flies Hun.
/red Points of Gael Iliashandrge" as
SANTA'S
VISIT.
By Clement C. Moore.
ommenenVieessepossiessaftealleen
Twas the night before Christmas,
!when all through the house
Not n creature. was Mitring, not
even -a mouse- . _.
-This itockrng. were iUMeg' by the MOM -
bey with cure,
In hope* that let. Nicholas aeon would
' • be there;
The chlidreu were nestled all snug In
Ilhelr beds.
White vlsbts of sugar plums danced
in
[ilei. head. ,
And momma In her 'kerchief and I
to my cap,
Had Just settled our brnlus for a
long winter's nap -
•
re arose
such a clatter,
I "prang front my bed to see what
was the matter.
Asta,y- to, the -window I flew like
'Tore open the shutters and thrirviegt -
The moon on the breast orihs new-
failen snow,
Gave a lustre of usidday to obJecte
below ;
When what to my wondering eyea
ehould appear
Bat n miniature sleigh and elght tlny
With tt little old driver so lively and
I knew in n moment it must be St.
More rapid than eagles his coursers
And he whiatied and shouted and
- millet them by name,
Noir, Dasher now, Dancer DOW.
;Veneer and Vixen !
'TO the top of' tho porch, to the top
Now dash away, dash away, dal&
As dry le "yes that fore the wild
ne fly,
.When they meet with an obstacle,
mount to the sky,
So up to the hocee-tope the coursers
With a sleigh full of tork\rtel fit.
they flew,
Vleholna, too.
And then in a twinkling I hes ea
protielnirittedildellnlror
little hoof ;
In 'My head and Wahtlirne
-lag around,
Down the chimney St -Nicholas came
with a hound;
He wee dressed all In fur from his
head te hie foot,
with *shoe and soot ;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his
back,
'And he looked like a peddler just
lbw°, hew they twinklitd.kifidink_
, pies bow merry;
His cheeks were like reset, hie mouth
like a cherry;
like a bow.
and the,. beard,..011 hitt .0hin was all
white as the enoW.
The sttimp of a pipe he held tight is
hie eeeth,
And the stnoke It encircled his head
. like a wreath.
Wellventer neer —worm iittiv
rolind
That shook -when be laughed like a
billy! of Jelly.
He wee chubby and plump -a right
Jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, la
spite of myself.
A wink of hie eye and a twist of tde
head
Soon gave me to know I hail nothing
Ile Amite not a word. but went
straight to hie work.
And lintel all the etnekings; 'then
-•• turned witty a jerk.
And laying Illa finger amide of Ills
And giving a nod. up the chimney he
rose;
fie aprane t team
And away they all flew like the down
Hut I heard him exeltirlia as he drove
net of sight
"Happy Christeme to all, and to el
a Knell -night."
Magee 'Ong of Christmas!
Ptetsts full of gold;
Mere than they can hold,
Puddler: In the greet pot.
Turkey on the wit.
Merry Mete, round the Meese
borrow Not & bit I
.; of tan herniae -el huge -boitfiree bleonesievalee isentheentelly
honor a their god Thor nt th.•Ir feast very often. Feely timee are three to
of Jul, oecurriog at the winter son every one. end the store! tiverflow
Wee. thinga that ?MON! email out-
' in England the bringing In ami lay.
burning of the Yule log on Chrlstmne Don't Ham book cleptirtmente.
eve still survives in isoine lova II Gee, There never wan much a r vent of
with more or less of ita original filo._ bxdre, nt astoundingly low prices', no
turrequeness. O. 0141 Dee .eud.oin wee new.
attended by mil -h ceremony and km Pa -tares of entlwa and Sargent
eivIty. A km was 44vcee..1,--essiesitvi---a-..panele, framed In doll black. are are
I Then wail began a port of triumphal. little. Tnpertry nitnel Orem'. Net le
prooreelen with it to lie resting place black (tauten. ere gimlet and inexpen-
In the hall. Feteh fewer by WM. PS. olive for lotere rif thr house beentiful.
peeled to uncover his heed to it ; there , Celesta yon know the fade of your
The Lord nt 111•rnie,
wee nmele merrim ,nt and shouting, 1 acquaintances .ton't buy them trent', •
and upon ite refrhing 11. pioneer dog to pi girl ite celebration during the Middle
to the 11 there were deteete the ielinasTrierwiMirlie Aar*. in (cwt. the I.orT of Ali. -rule
etrele. they greeted It with mimic , °home. p:-/teticelly survi•evi la the Abbot 00
and Hong If there were ne mineteele Oterhione "go'' with eolleglano ; Ito Unreneret. The eleltIon of bey
then the membere of the family In do rugs, silk blankets, gun-inetal Illehop on St. NIelrolme 'lay (Deo
turn perertned teem office. Yiee 'loughs military broom and -all viva wait an itnelent ceremony prevelent
1 were veto% wavvaU bo•rla wen boobs. in English cathedrals mil gramme.,
At Chreatene ploy. tied make good
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