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Brussels,
Facts about Christmas
Yes, there really was a St. Nicholas. He was the beloved
Bishop of the Greek Church of Nyra, and he lived in Asia
Minor. during the early part of the 4th centurey
Under Oliver Cromwell's regime . , in 1644, the
observance of Christmas in England was forbidden by an act
of Parliament.
The man who set December 25 as the date of Christ's birth
was Pope Julius. The time he set it: 340 •A.D....
The inhabitants of Alaska carry a star around with them
when they go from placelo place on Christmas Eve singing
carols ...
Before the 5th Century A.D., there was no general
censensus as to when Christmas should fall on the
calendar. Among the dates considered: January 5, March 25
and December 25..,
"Xmas" got its origin from "X" an abbreviation of Christ
deriving from the Greek letter X (ch)- beginning His name ...
Lights are put in windows on Xmas Eve for a reason. To
guide the Christ Child wandering over the world.
In the Philippines, Christmas is known as Santo Nino, and
children sing carols and parade through the streets behind a
band ...
Christmas Seals originated in Copenhagen, Denmark in
1904. They were the idea of a postal clerk named Holboell,
who dreamed them up as a benefit for a children's hospital...
Tradition says the first Christmas was celebrated in 98
A.D.
In the Ukraine, singers on Christmas Day go about the
villages carrying mangers and singing folksongs.
In Czechoslovakia, fortunes are told after the evening meal
Christmas Day by pouring melted lead or wax into water and
studying the shapes formed ...
Poles in Poland don't have their Christmas dinner until the
evening star is seen . . .
In the U.S.Eastern South, Christmas Day is often greeted
with fire crackers, pistols, cannons, horns and bells ...
In Belgium young belles still take candles to the well on
Christmas midnight to see the faces of their "future
husbands" ...
Mistletoe over the door at Christmas time owes its origin to
the Druid priests of ancient England. They used to cut it down
and hang it over doors to bring happiness to those passing
under...
The colors of the Christmas flag are red and green...
The lamb is the symbol. of Christmas because this animal
once covered Him like a canopy when Roman soldiers were
searching to kill the Child...
France has no Santa Claus — only Pere Noel ...
In Austria on Christmas, the people bake two big loaves of
• bread. One typifies the Old Testatment;• the other, the New
Testament...
Another name for Christmas in England is "Boxing Day."
Came, from the custom of Old English servants going around
on December 26 with earthen boxes to collect their Xmas gifts
in .the form of money...
In Puerto Rico, children at Xmas time — instead of hanging
up_stockings — put boxes on the roof ...
THE, BRUSSELS POST, DECEMBER 25, 1974