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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1958-12-04, Page 6VAtfOrSIX .••reo..,- orld-Wide Traditions a The biggest of yuletide customs ant wrapped in colorful folklore. ,..Ancient peoples thought of the tun as a wheel which ret'olved around, the earth. In "winter, at the hif,�hest point of its orbit, the sun stood still. They ,,calledthis Well -gleaned, well -pressed clothing proclaim to all that you are metiru- .Ilitus abate your appearance and That you are likely to be so about your work , , . that you can hold your own among other 'successful men. Lot us call on a 'certain clay each week r., um.^. period, or solstice, "Hweol." We call, it "Pule," 'the Christmas sea - S'011, This is just one of the Christmas legends collected by • Wrightson Christopher, a 'Boston gentleman who collects Christmas legends the way you or I would make a hobby of stamps, coins or old' china. "The roots of our Christmas customs go back into e fo4,1tlor,t' of ..the Scandinavians, Mie Romans aklti even into prehistoric Druid times," Mr.• Christopher. leaatint through his scrapbooks of ancient holiday tales. "We maty) think we' are i11odern in our Christmas greet ings and celebrations," opines the general manager of the Rust ('raft greeting card company, "but wt' are actually practicing the customs of an earlier day," Let's look at those t';arly customs ;and' translate thein into our mod: 'ern rn day observance of ('hri•titlas. Druid priests, t)r coniu•rers, \a;.&'1'c i .the first to use a burning log as a symbol of the Yuletide. \With blush ceremony and - incantation the earr►ed in the huge log and ll;�htt' 1 \I it. E\'ery )ear a brand, \vas .,,re 1 t rto,rekindle the 1101\ `ife. The 80111811$ \5 t'i't' the first 10 et'It'hl'a'te tib $e`asllil 1va111 a pagan ceremony eonsisting of .1 procession and the� 1Wiltilielof candles 1 att't'1 ;he Christmas Inerged c.inelle' :ItjaIn:: CO1'031611\ \‘ it'll ,a ft'sit\at :erillnle'111torating the hll'th of l'llrist. I'he traditions e't e'hrlstinail are Ill.11l� . 11051 .are lost in the dint Christmas crib is more widely known as', ,a symbol: It is the creche in France, the Nacinliet,to in Spain and the Krippo ix► 'Ge r aa . Ln,many European Cuuu •• N 14J...t1 .0 i w,c,a Y t amu' •h,y. k •4� .ear r� .r t • «�a � children and is displa�in most homes during the Christmas holt• days, just as the tree is used in t l northern European countries s .ad here. The custom, of exchanging gifts at Christmas time, now almost uni \ersaal, waist. stapted, by Roman emperors who "invited" their sub- jects to bring a little something to the palace'around the holidays. Strangely enough, Santa ('latus is not ' the most poPular gift'bringer ill many areas of the world. In eastern and southern Purope, the Wise Men err Christmas ►its. In 'Hungary the presents come from the angels, in Poland from , the stars, in Gre`'ce St, Basil is the gift•bearing patrt>i1 saint, lti•hilc in Denmark it is an elfJtele hiss(11. Among the ancie,t 'legends of Christmas is thert,pry 01 the'.[ Ii -girt mans t'altdlc 11 tells of the alalic maker \\ ho li\ .'d 'in :l eottai,c on the edge of the village Although a poor !nail', he placed a lighted taper Ila his \\•ludo\\' each night to! ''aide travellers. Despite wars and hardships and illness, his candle In the \\ indou never wavered. Soon all of. the villagers adopted Its` e:1sttin1• at Christmas time a•:;hteti e•a'tidle glowed in every window in town, :and to,1•ly t cand.e :s a un..\ el s al s, ally, tiie 1 U;.t Retic. .. ll\''r i\ In 1.11e t� Ie,gt'nd of the Christmasrosetatty' shepherdess, natehing t afar, wept because she had no Lei offer the Christ child'. • As tl`'ar� f t`ll tel t 1 1C e', e1Unt l► l of the 1'01 1 ::lit re:t`saes 'of history. 1'11e story of her t' i t1 \\ e rs St Niellot;ls, Patron saint of chld• 1'e n. is'•one rooted in fait. A ]than ,i name,,Nic-holas 1\.1S 1,01'/1 to ASIA M1110.1.',1;`, till' P.h 'ontllry. the son \\o,dthy !`;shop and a kind he'art('d :pother If pen their d'eaths h'1s pai.onts left hurt every:hitlg they OW11e1 Nit'ho1:1s;• proniltt'� c:r\ e 11 all a\Y.1t 11":01* h:ts death he uas named the patron of i hl',,iret'. whom he partl,r1.11•tl•1\ AM often asked.' ," itotrs Mr Christopher. "whet hex, hollies alt ' o\ er :he iv. r1 i ha\ e Christ ina8- treas. The answer is , lio The e v r ^' r ;.+ tas�'•%'" 1 '" air of ti �' `^' +r tlF9' �`. ,tt= r air' r V PI" ,`o:CCs ftrr filet, \\-as approxi hed Cc > ><,-•v't,� , l- i1 �:w'"�. by ;a n e l f Who Po al t ell to a ce t• t :a i n INV • 1heoman iathercd the 'ones beataa•th-hat trot'; '\\he'n she arr!v ii 11\:lit'. Sht' ieulltl 11131 the 4 ,'ones h.ui nirnod 10 pore \:.\ cr spa:014 lip. 'These the e'htld :;tliher, I t`ti •:k11ei e.11't'it`d tt7 flit' 111ta111 .1t's11s • tit :a,hi to the g;fts of gold. tra;'1: 10001'. SO ansa ni rl'h brought by the i Wise Flan , ! t.\ ery corner of the \vorld • is filled \\ nth' rentntdcrs of an:lent i'hris:n1as customs The "wassail bowl. 1, \\ 111, 11 we call the 1101 l,1ay p111:11 howl', dot -lye's from the. Sax- ons '•\1'aSsall' vas a greeting t w hi. h tttc'c1tTt '`What hails?" 4r "How fare you1' A German 1e:end (Ail:bins the origin of the silvery pilIC 01000 A\e uSP lit out. Christmas wreaths. 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