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101111MINNIMOM.,
FACTS AND FANCIES
THAT HAVE GROWN
WITH THE FESTIVE TREE
One of the most joyous elements of the Christmas
season is the Evergreen tree. Yet it is a fact that they
were first brought into homes at a time of fear. And
primitive man thought that they harbored beneficent
spirits. •
In the North, primitive man watched with mount-
ing terror the decline of the life-giving sun. Lengthen-
ing winter nights carried the threat of unending cold,
darkness and hunger. Frozen fields held no promise of
another harvest. Fruit trees stood bare, apparently
lifeless, deserted by the spirits.
Alone in the bitter cold and gloom, the evergreens
stood as a document of faith in the revival of the sun
god and the return of light and life to the frozen
world. Living conifers in tubs were brought indoors
to prop the householders' courage and to shelter the
sylvan spirits. These earliest trees of the winter sol-
stice ritual were not ornamented. They were a testa-
ment of life, not mere decoration.
The frivolous elements in the Social observance of
the Christmas holidays came not. from the North but
from the Mediterranean countries, In Rome, the cele-
bration of the winter solstice was an imagined return
to the simplicity and brotherly goodwill of the Golden
Age.- During the week of the Saturnalia which began
on Dec. 17, all class distinctions and rules of decorum
were suspended. No official business was- transacted,
children were released from school and truces were
imposed on battlefields. Houses and public buildings
were garlanded with flowers and evergreens. Gifts
were exchanged, feasts were rampant and masks and
mummery roamed the cobbled streets.
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bad luck, for the robin who
loves these berries was
said to have plucked the
thorns from Christ's
brow. This was how he got
his red breast, according
to ancient legend.
When they had heard
the king, they departed;
and lo, the star, which
they saw in the east, went
before them, till it came
and stood over where the
young child was.
—St. Matthew 2:t)
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2 04'4 :News-Record, Thursday, December 23, 1971
A Week ago Sunday, Mr,
Milford Durst found a rosebud
in the garden. Ike took it in
hoping it would open up. We
wonder how many others found
roses blooming much later than
usual this autumn, The cold
winds of last week and the snow
this weekend will certainly put
an end to such unseasonal but
lovely happenings,
* * *
We were glad to learn that the
dwellers of the Senior Citizens'
Apartments in Clinton were
entertained recently by members
of one of the Guide Companies.
The girls were much enjoyed.
The residents were favoured
last Sunday with a religious
concert in the afternoon by the
Salvation Army Band of
Wingham and Goderich and a
song service in the evening by
the Christian Women's Club
from the Exeter area.
The Huronview Orchestra,
with Miss Della Peart — piano,
Mrs. Mary Taylor — mouth
organ, Norman Speir — violin
and Jerry Collins — combos,
provided the music'for Monday's
program of old tyme music and
dancing, Following the activities
in the auditorium, Mr. Cecil
Skinner and Mrs. Thelma King
of Exeter joined the orchestra
for an hour of music in the TV
room.
The Bayfield Brownies
Fait,. Monday morning
(about six a.m,) the fire
department was called to the
home of Mr, and Mrs. Lawrence
Young on Osborne Street, There
was no fire but the house was
full of smoke which was caused
by a burned out motor on the
furnace.
* * *
If you are going away for
Christmas or having guests let us
know about it, for the New
Year's issue of the paper. In the
meantime we hope you all enjoy
the holiday period.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO
ALL!
assisted by the Senior Boys Class
of Bay field United Church
entertained on Family Night.
The Brownies, with the help of
their leaders Carol Penhale,
Donnalda Sturgen, Debbie
Turner and pianist Barbara
Graham, presented a Christmas
`pagent, a skit, piano solos,
recitations and several carols by
the chorus of twenty-seven girls.
The boys class puppet show
was very popular with the
residents, especially the snowball
fight with marshmallows. Mrs.
Gairdner presented the girls with
a candy cane and thanked all
those taking part. The Bayfield
Anglican Church ladies served
Christmas cookies to the
audience following the program.
stories that.
shod light
on Clristinas
The good St. Nicholas
would often make his ap-
pearance . , riding jolly
among the treetops, or
over the roofs of houses,
now and then 'drawing
forth magnificent presents
from his breeches pockets,
and dropping them down
the chimneys of his favo-
rites.
Diedrich Knickerbocker's
• History of New York,
by Washington Irving
*
From a telegram by
General Sherman to Presi-
dent Lincoln, Christmas
Day, 1864: "I beg to pre-
sent to you as a Christmas
gift the city of Savannah."
*
And the angel said unto
them: fear not for behold
I bring you good tidings of
great joy, which shall be
to all people. For unto you
is born this day in the city
of David, a Savior w'hich is
Christ the Lord.
Luke II, 10 and 11
A miner's Christmas
dinner in the Rockies,
1858: pork, elk, antelope,
buffalo, grizzly bear, squir-
rel, prairie dog and moun-
tain rat ; then swan, crane
and quail.
*
England's Henry V lift-
ed the siege of Rouen just
long enough to permit
food to get through for a
Christmas celebration,
* *
There is no record of
JesuS' birthdate. Some
early c h u r c'h scholars
urged that it be celebrated
in January.. Others 'press-
ed for March, April, or
September. If, as Luke re-
ports, shepherds were in
the fields at night watch-
ing over their flocks, the
Nativity must have oc-
curred during a warm sea-
son. In winter, the sheep
slept in folds.
The industrial revolu-
tion sharply cut back the
traditional twelve days of
Christmas. Massachusetts,
in deference to • the Puri-
tan tradition, didn't de-
clare Christmas Day a le-
gal holiday until 1856. But
in the agricultural south,
where December was a
slack season, the slaves
were on holiday as long as
the Christmas log could be
kept burning — sometimes
more than a week.
Hessian soldiers had in-
troduced the Christmas
tree to Americans during
the' Revolutionary War,
but it was 1856 before the
first tree was put in the
White House, by President
Franklin Pierce. Several
thousand years earlier,the
Egyptians brought date
palms indoors during their
winter solstice rites, to
demonstrate life triumph-
ant over death. The Ro-
mans trimmed trees with
trinkets and masks of
Bacchus during the Satur-
nalia,
Modern man is apt to
take holly for granted, al-
though it is much ad-
mired, and used, during
• the Christmas Season, Yet
even before the coming of
the Christchild, holly held
a niche unique in the his-
tory of men's relationship
with plants,
Writings of the Greeks
and Romans record the
giving of holly branches
and wreaths on happy oc-
casions. Wedding guests
brought holly to the newly
married couple as an ex-
pression of their good
wishes, and boughs were
frequently given as gifts
to friends to signify good-
will. Its lustrous leaves
and glossy berries enliv-
ened pagan revels through-
out Europe, most notably
the notorious Roman fes-
tival of Saturnalia.
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Householders from the
frozen North to the Medi-
terranean isles brought
holly into their dwellings
,to protect themselves'
from- evil spirits. They
considered it a haven for
friendly fairies of the for-
est (hiring the winter's
cold, dark days. Branches
were put in the barns, too,
because its cheery bright-
ness was believed to make
the cattle thrive despite
the bleak weather.
Persia's followers of
Zoroaster believed the hol-
ly tree casts no shadow.
They made a tea of holly
leaves for use in religious
ceremonies. In Germany,
holly was called Christ-
dorn, for it was thought
that the crucifixion wreath
was made of holly. In Eng-
land, he who trod on holly
berries was cursed with
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