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'I‘h-1t it was on Christmas Eve m the year 1241 that a ce-tlun daring son o.‘ a noble house. 011% "R: ill Hood" bid g1‘ -Jye l3 his dcughty comrade “Little John and breathed his last beneath the tint-lent oaks that witnﬁssed their

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A Legend 0f Nazareth

It was in the garden, and the children we.e at play. Tiny laugh- ed and clapped their hands.

"I can see you," cried e118. "even roses cannot hide you. Corrie, play with 1m."

'lhe Christ Child, who stood deep among the flowers came from be- hind the rose tliXs and gall)’ P811 to his companions.

"We will gathtr flovrers," He said "We can pick freclv in my Father's garden. It will not take long to fill a basket."

So saying. He hastengd down the

brown basket. “We will line this w vh leaves, and then the flowers will keep cool and fresh."

“Oh, yes!" said one o1 the little ones. "Then we may pick as we choose."

Together they freely gathered the sweet; blooms. "Be careful you do not prick your fingers with the thorns on the bushes,” said the Christ Child tenderly.

Very soon the little beds were stripped of most of their flowers. walgiight now lay red and white in the

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. “Lot us made crowns of the roses that are left. We can wear them when we go home," cried one of the children.

Eagerly tlhev gathered the re- maining blooms, and. sitting upon tho ground made circles which witlh many a laugh, they placed on their heads. Then they danced round. the ﬂower circles nodding merrily upon their foreheads. Sud- denly one child stopped and gazed at the Christ Child.

" ." he said, "your crown has no roses left upon it. The leaves and the ﬂowers have fallen. and oxlly the thorny stems are left. We will make you a new crown from the the flowers left in the basket.

But the Christ, Child replied, "Gather the flowers and be glad 1n them. Dance and be gay and en- Jov the day. But crowns are made of thorns as well as r05 es, for roses grow with thorns."

And t-he others, forgetful in their play, danced and sang. Tlicn, tak- ing the basket with them, they left Him smiling and alone.

Christmas Candles

The candle is the true symbol of Christmas. Its flickering taper shining on the sill of the city house or the country cottage sends out the message of ‘peuse on earth" quite as much d5 the vllime of Chzist-tnas bells. No Christmas tree is complete until the can- dles, WhBLIICI‘ of wax or of electric lights, have been fastened b0 its boughs.

A charming elderly lady gives each child in tho neighborhood every your a "Pivcltth Night" candle. 'l‘llis a very lazg: ca- illGd.Gl candle, which is to be lighted on Christmas eve GJLI placed on the window-sill set in a wreath of holly and so placed that its fiante bulls at t-h center or a Chrisinnis wreath hanging in Lire window‘. It is then ke-pt bilrning swery evening llilil the eve of the Twelfth Night, Jan. 5th. Tile Twelfth Ngh. eve, the unburned pcrton of the candle and all the Cirrinllnws greens are placed in the open fireplace and censtuiltd, this endure the Cllzisi- mas season.

The significance of this pretty rite is as follows: The candle is symbolic o; the sta r which the Wise men saw in iilp East, and it is kept shining tlroitgh the twelve day; during which the wise men were following the slur on their journey to the manger when the young Child lay.

Children especially love this beautiful custom of having a lighted candle represent the Chzistnras star, and in some of the homes where the Twelfth Night candle is kept burmng, each child cares for the candle for an evening. all taking turns. The candle is ligthed, the wreath lowezed to encircle its flame, and when the child goes to bod it ls his dutv to blow the candle out.

" IVoru-lay, Sweden-Babies

Are loaded With Gifts

In many districts of Norway and

"‘ Sweden every baby born on Christ- .-.' mas day is the recitiient of many

gifts and bounties from all quart-

' ers. He receives a bounty from both

the ecclesiastical and civil au- thorities, and in some districts these bounties amount to a consid-

. erable amount of money, which is

generally invested until the child is of age.

‘The children that are born to some classes of’ the people in Naples on this happy day are vis- ited by "Wise men“ -who are

l selected by some philanthropic so- - ciety —-anpl are

presented with imitation stones which are valued in later years, even supernatural qualities being ascribed to them

In spite of Winter,

The oxen in their stalls, they say, Go down upon their knees

In honor of this Holy Night,

The heavenly Child to pledsc.

'A legend tells of mystic buds That curious on a thorn,

The Day that Christ was born.

The Magi came fom lands afar Their precious gifts to yield;

In fear and trembling to His crib Came shepherds from the field.

But hushed are the eternal hills That heard o'er Bethlehem

The angels sing, and saw the Star Shine glory down on them.

— STANLEY STOKES.

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Strange as it may seem, in many parts of Europe, Santa Claus does not bring gifts to the children, not: do they always receive them on Christmas Day.

According to legend 1n Spain, it is the 'I‘hreo Wise Mon who bring presents to the children. On the Eve of Epiphany (also celled Little Christmas) the shoes of the children are put on the balconies and windows. and the following morning they find their gifts a- Miiting them

Chrlstlnris in France is a day just for the children; they receive their gifts then, but their elders celebrate New Year's Day, the first of January, by the exchange of presents

Russia has a very strange super- stition, Santa. Claus appearing as a devil with horns and a tail. He switches the children with twigs if they have not been on their best behaviour, and leaves behind him a small picture for each one of hiirnself and the other devils as a g f

Early in December, when the holiday season begins in Hungary, the children receive a. visit from St. Nicholas (or Santa Claus) who brings them candy. They are very good after his visit and begin writing letters asking the angels for the presents they want, as the children believe their Christmas gifts are from the Holy Child, brought to them by the angels.

The children of Norway believe that it is the Christmas Gnome‘ who brings them gifts at Christ- tnas. An old le-gmid has it that these gnomes make their homes under- ground, and that they will bring bad luck to anyone who is unkind to them. In the barn, a bowl of porridge with a butter "eye" in the

Make Christmas Burden, Be Unhapppy Rest of Year

It is so customary nowadays to hear dfsparagement of Christmas as a season of vanity, selfish dis- play, greed and covetousnesa that we like to point out the other side. Some of our cynlcs declaze that Christmas gifts are themselves dictated by self-interest -that they are meanly offered in the hope of a return -with interest —or are an exhibition of vanity. And yet, who would dare to say this of a mother, who deprivm her self to give happiness to her children. or of the girl who ly for-egos: some little vanity for he pleasure of her parents? People who make Christmas a burden and a tax show the same attitude throughout the year —theh' own false standards of living are to blame. and not this

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The Christmas Spirit Lives

The Christmas Spirit sill! Ilves om;

No shattered hone can slay its thrill No faltering faith shall dim ifs glow;

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middle of it is left by the children for ‘the gnomes as a Christmas pre- sen . -

Old women in Syria, an the Eve of Epiphany, Twelfth Night, have the superstition that. if they have great faith their stores “i111 be in-

creased, so they descend to their _ ,

cellars and shake their fairs of oil and wine.

Bohemian girls believe that if on Christmas Eve they put a. bowl of water outdoors to freeze, a peb- tern oxvthe lee will reveal the occu- pation of their husbands-to-be.

In the Netherlands, the supersti- tion ls that whatever is planted on Christmas Eve will not die, qven if the seed 1s sown when there is snow on the ground.

One custom, very popular nowa- days, ls the Christmas Tree. Ac- cording to tradition, it had its origin in Germany as early as 1605. Egypt, so another tradition tells us, also lays claim to that dis- tinction, long before the Christmas era. The belief is that the palm tree, every month, bears a branch. A spray of this tree, having twelve shoots on ft, is used in t at the time of the winter sols 0e.

It was not until 1840, however, that the Christmas Tree came into general use, although we hear of it first in England about 1720. The story la that on Christa-ms Eve the apple tree produces fruit. and only a few generations ago apples were fastened w the Christ- mas Tree. Even in our day, among the ornaments hanging on the tree are apples made of ass.

some interesting genda tell us that the use of’ holly originates from pagan days, also that witches hated holly. .\t one time, a mis- chievous goblin is supposed to have Daid a visit to a maiden who had not decorated her bed with holly. Another legend has‘ it that holly is symbollcal of the Crown of Thorns worn by Olufst, use of its blood- red berries and thorns.

The mistletoe dates from the time of the Druids who believed that the plant had miraculous pow- ers because of its immortality. It

it was dedicated

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1ove.l"riga. Probably from this

comes the custom of Idssing under

the mistletoe; sometimes s branch of holly was used.

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