The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-11-23, Page 24PRINCE PHILIP shares a joke with person-
nel at the Ontario Government stand dur-
ing a visit to the International Building
Exhibition, London. With him are George
Charlesworth and Maurice Chapman,
agents in the U.K. for bi-fold doors made
by Lloyd-Truax Limited, Wingham. De-
spite devaluation, Ontario firms report
high levels of interest in their products,.'
Yule candles have glowed for centuries
of Christmas,
Other explanations may be
found in the origins of Christ-
mas customs, Many of the
pagan rites which were absorb-
ed into the Christian celebra-
tion came from Northern Eur-
ope and, if not associated
directly with snow, at least re-
flected the need for warmth in
winter.
The Yule log, for instance,
became a parr of the early'
Christmases, and certainly an
open fire indoors is enhanced
by a blanket of snow outdoors.
HAD SNOWY SOURCE
Consider, too, that a num-
ber of modern Christmas cus-
toms-- the tree and its lights,
for instance -- came from
Germany, where cold, snowy
winters might logically contri-
bute to the legends and lore of
the season. The first lighted
tree was, supposedly, created
by Martin Luther as a symbol
of a starry sky on a snowy
night.
In modern times Irving
Berlin and Bing Crosby have
substantially strengthened the
vision of a "White Christmas,"
Bing singing Berlin's famous
song is now a traditional part
of the Yule season,
While many, perhaps more
people may be able only to
dream of a white Christmas and
create its semblance with cot-
ton and spray-on snow, it's a
safe assumption that the happ-
iest season will continue to be
envisioned as a snowy winter
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ngham Advance-'Times, Thursday, Nov, 80, 1967 Page $ W ing stars,
Today, electric lights have
taken the place of candles on
.Christmas trees, but candles
still burn brightly in churches
and homes throughout the
world,
One of the most impressive
holiday uses of candles is in
the candlelight carol and com-
munion services held in many
churches at Christmas time,
for them,
many .of the Christmas trod',
itions that have sprung up
around. the use of candles had
their origin in pagan rites,
The pagan Yule, nearly .co,-
ineiding with today's date for
Christmas, was accompanied
by the burning of a giant log
during the twelve days in which
it was thought that the sun
stood still. From this stems
Yule log tradition,
In medieval Europe the cus-
tom arose of also lighting a
giant Christmas candle that
would burn brightly till Twelfth
Night,
During their Saturnalia Ro.
mans fastened candles to trees
to dispel the darkness, thus
indicating the sun's return„
There is an old story that
Martin .I,uther brought a fir
tree into the nursery one Christ-
mas Eve for his wife and child ,
ten, To show them the glory
of the night when Christ was
born, he decorated the tree
with lighted candles, represent,
White Christmas scenes
are popular in the south
In northern climes the plaint
is, "We just don't have snow
for Christmas the way we used
to," and even in climates
where decorated palm trees
substitute for evergreens and
holiday picnics are more likely
than sleigh rides, snow and
plenty of it seems an essential
part of the vision of the Yule-
tide.
Country snow scenes are
popular greeting card subjects
and Christmas illustrations in
Southern states, South Americ-
an countries and many other
places where snow seldom or
never falls, Songs and stories
tell of a Christmas world wrap-
ped in wintry white.
IT WAS RAINY SEASON
The popularity and persist-
ence of the "winter wonder-
land" idea seems more remark-
able since "snow for ChristmaS'
must have been improbable, if
not impossible, as a part of
the Holy Night. Rain was more
likely, especially on the date
officially celebrated as Christ's
birthday. December 25 is
right in the midst of the rainy
season in Bethlehem.
Early art depicting the Na-
tivity and the events following
it was faithful to the probali-
ties. In these paintings, the
shepherds watched in fields free
of snow, and the Holy Family
fled to Egypt under sunny skies,
their route marked by palm
trees. Later, snow appeared
in paintings of the Holy Night.
WHITE MEANS PURITY
Part of the explanation may
be that white, rather than red
and green, was early chosen
by churches as the color of
Christmas. White is, of course,
the symbol of purity and inno-
cence, and a landscape white
with snow thus becomes a pro-
per expression of the true spirit
THE ULTIMATE IN
Snow Tires
Mrs. Jones: "You know, I
suspect my husband is having
an affair with his stenographer".
Maid: "I don't beleive it.
You're just saying that to make
me jealous.
Candles have cast a glow
over Christmas festivities for
centuries,
One of the very earliest of
legends tells of the Christ Child
wandering the streets of the
world in search of shelter on
Christmas Eve, Lighted cand-
les are placed in windows to
welcome Him.
From Germany comes a sim-
ilar belief that the Virgin Mary
and a host of angels pass over
the countryside each Christmas
Eve. Candles are put in the
windows of German homes as
an invitation and guide to the
food that is traditionally left
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