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The Customs Of Christmas
out a candle-Ill tree. l Among the vtorld's more un-I
D! David Damping y . Christmas he is for Germanyusual Christmas customs is that
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At Christmas in the llampsliire Village of Overtou the hooded danc- chiidccn the most eagerly awaited r I gyrate through the streets ulllhl ut the year. l-tor their festiv- ling the tablecloth with wine so
As the men of the VlllH':' have iiies bcgtii that night when they that a guest who happens to due for 300 ygarg. they all out an: pt-ritiiiied u tather round their knock over his glass need not ih.'e story of St. George and the lJfi),'l'lIl)'-lll tree and see their pres- be a named, For in that country d- , cuts. , . y
famasm. L.mt.n,.,,,V ;, P”. In their line of the Chrtstmaaichristmns. I med by farm labum.em hm, tree, the Gerinans are unconstiiou-I Anna," Yawn" custom is ,0, speak their parts in art ancient 513' P”P9l”a”"E ll” 9"” ”' umrlchildren to bind their parents to
Anglo-Saxon dialect liant by father to son over the centuries.
Ouriously none of the mumnicr know why they should i'es':iiiittt the story of St. George at Chrisinias- time.
tree uas the principal religious; Wen the-u. "semi. 1 s)llil)0l ut the Nordic god Woden.;g1n America Kuhnds or en,-. Since'ih:' PI'lDi'9 C0n50",59l "P gree and holly on the trout: a tree in Windsox Castle in l84lLdoo, symbol”, goodwill from "ml for the Yulyal it.-Jleiildren, the (ihristbihousehoider to th paaserby, WllllGi . . A . . mas tree as 901119 I?0l1".0 ;in the West of En land such I place anwm; Cmhlmm had IIS repercussions in Americawdgvrl out nnd good luck "L
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t - Id itir y , - . . lll;eVElEI0ll-9lr(l))l'I;1llls ill IIIL) ftiriiiiueti mm W,” d"””j" l-9 59' :1P "1 Christmas morning we feast of as, "W" VI” ”l””" 9V" argerithe hoar's head is celebrated. P ' 0995 3l'””"d Mm" they mlgll-Tor centuries the Provost and?
urlziilelluglllsilitiiiltifrlhclliytlil:1llllle Rem d height '0 hr BIFQHINS luv” wdked In Elem"; . i r ,. t- i ' ' h i Thllee W”? 31”” '” 1”" mix” ' Beluiiini and France. while l10ll:r'?i(lEssd(l)f;I t:ail':leaK?'.et fllllllgk TTIIEI by 3" (mm llmlw H” for-salvtinu their traditional Newibo-3,75 head, muted Ind stuffedl ll"-in ll3”H””'””l l'”""M"”,"ll Year I('SilYlllf:S. are becoming mm m. apple in its mouth '01.! ll 599m5i 31'" ””l””” t" 'W5”' Chrlsllnas-tree conscious and areihms. held high on . my" 'd',5hyI when " wnwl m dhM)M,.U.”HP.l:.r increasingly adopting English or This was the Enghshmm-I tr... :::::t:i.:: ::l:.:r...:.” i;ri:s'm:.:"-':";:. .. so "- y . Ky ti rl Elly 0 3 i t ur ey arrl rom Ic- 0Hh9”' P"95”I”” ”"fl I'll" "" K. Front-t-. ltonever. the custom D(ir(:)r5: the Atlantic and is believed ed in F0595 "l”" 4 r"-'””” ll ””” burning the iule log Itill holdsito be it relic of paganism from lhe Magi lie” N” l”"” I "M suay - as it does in the northern the time of the Danish conquest They Wear 1"lll"'l ” "M parts of Italy ind SDain- till the seventh century. C8219 l(1:1h0l"l5”9 1'L1l:”i. A ht-lief held in common is that In Denmark today - as in the; D r15 nlah P l J i ” 5 cmld".e"l” l9S"”” 7"”, """”), miraculous powers. The Breton be-lthe chief item on the yuletide laden Wllh 5W9”-5 "W1 ”l Mml lieu-s it ensures protection fromlmenu. l of Sills. V M liuhitiiiig. The Italian and Spam; The Danes follow this by eat-; on "" Qlh" 5”” ”' ll” ll iard never fear hailstorm: when Int! a rice iluddinil which has at :1! Atuitralta. tahn ihrrrrm.:..i. fllzjlrl li,(.y have some of it in their bitter almond inomiit. The finder II I 93 07' ' 3 "Vi ” i pocket. is guaranteed g fortune. "Clem '”d'””" l5 ”',e l'””'”""V The ceremony of burning the. The Serbs hide a lucky coin in 9! "C””" by Ca"dl9l”3m yule log varies from country to their Cake -
"'0 dmid" '80 3" ll”'”” ”' cutlnlry. In southern France thefln the English Christmas puddiniz "010 3""0”""!' "Will-"ll ”” "I" uhole familv go on on Christmas" iihile Rumanlans bnke cakeslparently. which served well. were watching their flocks just idea with lhe Elm 01 hvllll”-I "ls 5;”. in milk;-1 hr win, h. poufedirnafle in folds symbolic of Christi Ruth was the great grandmoth- there. children. T0 his SUFPPISE ll" 1”" over it and, 3, h hm-M. the hem swaddltng clothes. I lar of David, the greatest of the More likely they were watching
slz:.:t2?.”..”;”?l::.:::”;::;:."xi; 3:, 1;: ';;”ul;; - gateway to Melbourne, to sin: the in mm, blindfolded favourite carols they or their f:vn- boa! H” "burning mg lllel sang back in their coumries the vmole famih, S-m'K an Avelmmherv '1' "mm 1" the Old world" ctimposedv especially for the oc-l 3”! Wm” "hm" SL Ni9h"l35- Now every Christmas Eve more cam" lor Santa Claus? He makes his Ch!!! I Quarter of I mlllihn PPWTIP: Anmiwl. and muchg appearance on December ii in nu pa" in the Ceremnn-V am loved tradition is that of thelmany Eumpeun c”""me'A Th” guests artists travel the world to Cnbypmsem to the "mam orlchildren welcome him eagerly, bepreaent. ' pull m the Germans Ind Ger. fory his arrival means an early A comparable galliertnsi, of the man.Amem,8ns delivery of presents. falthiful can only be seen in the The custom V1,” mined M 5. One of the more elaborate cere- famous St. Peter's Square outside Franas of Assisi. wlho m an uilrrionies in Switzerland at this
the Vatican. - t t time of Speaking of candles. we are told "9 8 m'”v"'V scene wmch m'lSL Nicholas. He has a bodyguard
there was no candle in the stable eluded live animals in ' church of about fifty white-robed dancers
. I C , I I . .h h . . -c mieiem. :!i....;:e:?;: dylirslvehool :;::;'":.;l::r'";ll..:r".::::.'::
played I large part in (iiristiait g . . worship throughout the new. and hllrlgeatmlgg beurglgarme mm unithrough which candles shine. particularly in Christmas reres he seen in Italy not only in the. While hanging up a stocking is m”"l”' churches and rivate homes butuhe more wldesprem c"5mm' Symbolic of Christ, the I.l2ItI mm ms bankylichmn "0" dlliasque and Dutch children pot of tht World, they are said to have realm V . 15"” 5 3" llhlelf shoes or sabots on the been adopted from Ilnittmt and Nufi; arpaprehgred with extremeywindowledges into which Hebrew "'"s'0ms' rind the figures of the Hol Inn” Kmgs can pm the” -gmst Certainly candles um-o tlsxvlllllll I; .I, U h hiid d my Christmas boxes. are believed to many pre-Cliristiziii ct-t-cittoiitt-s. wi3m' -l' I0 .5 9V .r 5, E" 9 to be of pagan origin. the practice ise Men. with their finely car-lo; exchanging Ems being pan of
ancient
The Romans used them in N')!lll)()l- V . ' lse the return of the sun to ti.-irth (”””:;5- I 3):? 9l5b0"3l9lY the Romanslaturnaila and Nordic in their great Safiirit.'ili:iii lt':lIl'r'lI lpfsvd II '1 col, 95' TYUI9 l95llVIllPS.
Partner: in Northern Europel The Christian msmm can be
which took place al llitl HUI
December. Jews still ccIcbt'tilc lldllllltiili or
spend the long winter evenings l'DDLIll”lnL' their cribs. which some- - llmt-s Ctilllaln so manv figures ' fl.i ii i ', it illt (”IllfIlIW 3 4 't(,)'ecI(:renSrl:Cz:!lu:1ramLl'h;,l. w.m;.v (N. that a uliole room is filled with rclirzitius frcctiuitt unit on I)0('illll- lmllmo ber 26. 165 ii C. (in lIl.'ll rlziv Jiidns "
traced. some believe. to the boxes into which sailors and travellers on long sea voyages Dut thanks offerings to the monks ll" Saying Masses for the safety lmanv pa. : of Germany, of their vessels. These were pre- M.'iL't'zibctis slIf:('-T(lfl9(l Ill lllilillisllll 'M"x.l'lliI. -Italy and houlh -4"."-'r"r'a semed '9 "'9 "Willis at Christmas, we Templem JN.lNm,m mm. M lllflyfr are clubs where children H The cusltom of opening the pmmnmmn by "H, 'h,.M- (;”.,,k learn to build their own tcrtbs, poor box byvth-3 parish priest Overlords lxiiiii: encouraged to use their lm- on St. Stephens day. December The early c.".hmInK mm mndrm auinatton in producing difterenti26. and the distribution of its con- !” their scum s(,l.W.(,s styles and shapes. item to the needy has added an r Americans of German tlescentiextra day. Boxing Day. to Eng.
in the
of the Yugoslav housewife sprink-I
it is no disgx..:e to get drunk atiatone houaea spreading easily ov-
led duh" pagan ancestors for whom thechai" and rein” mem only whenlout of EEYPL
ilsethlehem in order to be with her flocks by night,"
P "K the ash from the log has somelrest of Scandinavia - fish formsjllld the complicated mores of the;
like the lucky charms I duty by his deceased brother -1 were rich and grew corn, 1: is en-I
in the Tyrol milk is left outlllebrew kings and nearly. perhapslheir flocks on the hm which;
I Eve It was from nd ghen:a gift for the Child and His village of his birth, that David went u
year is the arrival ofi ness of his cause and he believed.
the,
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The Story Of Bethlehem
th nd I ha i hi. djfd ill: " uheynhh ouaa s 0 years men va iv- goriy l and led in Bethlehem. hour to build Irina . '
No one knows for how many-
It was there s a tiny triangle of It is strange, 1. y lehem never did ”ul:y er a limestone hill six miles from portant town. n-on in M" R Jerusalem on the road to .Ierus- commands 'a gig; Inn "13 I alem - when Moses led the Jews main road. To . "mun "cub y . ian. it bristles '13 nuihmu". An ancient people. still only dtm- (Once. lndaedl 1. . "now P”. ly known to Archaeologists, had iod. never property mum” the named it Ephrata. The Jews. when Philtstinea did hum . I," dun they came to the promised land.0lt does not, howg",-' new to H"; named it Bethlehem! or houaeuof laatgd long) - bread. They did no. IPPITOII Y. T eexplanntlgh nun.
reflect long over the choice of It was set nun. A. fu.'nb:km:: '"m'i lu” 3”” ”' Rlllh. as least it
It appears to hbeta simple trans-y had a lsplrltual i lation of old ED ra a. I . . was no to be umpu."
Perhaps the name came origin-i At the time of chrmzmgmh I ally from the richness of the corn-j David or even Ruth would tiny; fields on the field below. There been quite at home in th. yuuu. was always bread in Bethleliemi Christ, so the nor, :0" W"
It had not changed at all byyborn in a nun", 1oc.ud'h . the time of the Book of Ruth, one cave (thq New -puumgm 1' not of the literary gems of the Oldlclear about an an, while in Testament. The Book of Ruth Is a the nearby uemh, hceordlnl .6 5,. simple moral tale - the story of Luke angels .pp..r.d to ucuuin a young widow who returned to poor shepherd. w.tcmn' their
husband's people and who toiledi For reasons which -. "amid the alien corn" to sulwortlficult to follow, the 3,':.,r'L'f;',,d'.,'; her mother-in-law. iChrist's birth seem to have gone Life in Bethlehem, we learn i out of their way to gmphuiz. the from the story of Ruth. was 8000 I Poverty of the situation. . The cave. in the limestone. was people it described served to lay no doubt simple enough and no down a practical code of moralsy doubt It was used by the thrifty by which man could live with man villagers as a natural stable. with a minimum of friction. But St. Luke appg." to M”: It leema curious. now. to ihinkybeen misled about the "poor" of the rich and important Boa: shepherds." Historians are con-! marrying Ruth in order to do his vlnced that, then as now. the fields!
but it was an arrangment, ap-ltirely unlikely that the shepherd;
when the household go off to mid-'
chiidmmnight Mass on Christmas
the greatest of the Hebrew pocts.. Bethelehem. the
I forth as a water boy on the dread- lful day that Saul and his men fac- 1 ed Goliath and the Philimne Ar-; I my.
! Goliath dared any man to face ihlm and no man. at first. dared, ii David, the youngest. smallest; lllld least impressive of a largel land important family, did dare --1 ibecause he had faith in the right-I
Desi wishes for u very Merry I Clvisltnas to all!
that God would see him through.l The same sense of security and of the fitness of things which runs through the Book of Ruth seems to have infected David. . Perhaps he understood that the, Simple community in Bethlehem was better left undisturbed. In 91.29-.-lgiibswne kl-in-I i WNTD il shat t value! - and, of course.l the pleasure in giving one.
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an cntat-omiis . . . .. . . . Rtirtignm mcgk vm.,,,uS mm.,,.K. H". in P.;innsylvanta go plutz-vilsittnglliars:safijlirtstmashholiday. tradition has Slillletl iIl('I' into the at ( lnsllrnaf h "H" 5v V slmnl exchgnreistho (ow Pr95Ulll are present and. esptwiztlly at tlltmt- "1"? M91 Eff times to v lewyme wguld. beblaclkremalna thati mat are mnnmwd mm Kmmrttcir men s cribs. which mght; e ea without they
contain hundreds of figures. tan-Pleasant anticipation of receiving I
0 5. , . chI'1:m;3:n:l.2,std'T:.ru.lg M m.,d",i mlul landscapes. waterfalIs.Vhrl- I Christmas box iwhaiever its people believe that on ('liri.siinas d1”'-':- "I”"'9'"5 And-' 50m9l"7"35. Eve the Christ ('Illlfl walks ilirmiith lIh”I9 Vl"3l1i'5i I the land. So candles are placcdf ' "VAN" in the windows to guide him on his way. .
In Austria and Hungary the lame belief is carried a slot! fill"-y
ther. Doors are left open so that.t . if weary, the Infant Saviour can""I1.V bulbs "" ll" CHEW" "I3"
enter to rest awhile. KM that will burn for 2.000 hours Pifhlvi lhe 11105! Pharminsz use and save the consumer over 50 to which candles are put I: I'l v . , percent on his lighting costs. Get Sweden and in America a Swedish y communities. When tht-v come to mam may n sum"-mum! Hard church on Christmas mornini: they W”" "I" "M y””" "d" l” me fired that lighted candles hale been Island representative. placed on every seat to vielcnme I H GORMLL. them- " ' And Christmas would not be Christmas in many countries with-
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1aotindmpiurinta.ia...,”" ottlie village came Wllllthegr.
ingttclearthatitwaatoordlnary men that the angels chose to re veal themaelvea. Emu”, There is. too. I story to thelo!- He apparently believed that the feet that Christ. in fan, was a village. itself, had coma strange descendant of David and Ruth. If mystical. significance. . true it wouldeauiilah an iaf.ereat- l.nanycaaehehad.agro1reiiaIt- Ing continuity both in the history all for the worship of Adults over of the Blbleandtlielilatnry ofBetIr the cave in which he believed lehem. Christ was born
The records do not. however. The Grove of Adonis remained
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