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Christmas Day. The
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opie They, too, not only seem to
take place in millions oi' hearts to a
gre ter or less degree. The spirit of
rest onthe year arevdevoid of
lows.n The most interesting stories
t Christmastide are those which wiIl'_
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iverangsno i ngliose thoughts liaire
and pleasures, but have been awak-
ened, if only for a day or two, from
al self complacency, moved
haifconscious to do some act of kind-
ness to msitetiie 'dar happier -ffm'
someone less fortunate than them-
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'flie.Ci\rIltmas spirit. ,
a reindeer slei h and all
`sii‘iiis'is the sliirii bfgciiristmu.
"wt he-f They'v¢ personified that
and made a saint of him and invented
legends about him-for the children.
don., b-mn, in pins, ye stil_l are
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learn that
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closelyf rest the Lions ob-
served of old. in honor of Saturn or
Bacchus. ' ,
The Roman Saturnallo. which oc-
curred in the winter solstice, were a
season of great festivity and rejoicing.
honored. by many privileges and ex-
emptions. The spirit of gaiety had
free charter, and ev'en'»quarrels were
suspenrled,_to be resumed alter the
holidays. r
."As a manifestation of the ‘gratitude
felt at the renewed- prhspects of the
returning march of the_sun, gifts were
exchanged and special hymns were
sung. These latter were. really the
Roman representatives-_of the modern
carol. .
At the Baturnsiia the Roman feast-
ed, sang and dsnced,',as we_do at
Christmas. A rulsr1or;_,liing was ap-
pointed, who BIIJOYSQ 06rta1¥\‘l“`¢\'°8l'
tives. ' Ho presided over the sports of
the season. Probably _he is the an-
cestor of the lord of~'misrule, who ex-
ercised a similar pow? in more re-
cent times. ' _
Merriment was a matter of general
concern, and the joyous spirit of en-
tire districts is now masrowed to fam-
ily parties. .-_
it is the touch _thot makes the
whole world kin, snr nfs a pleasant
reminder that, afte_ l, history re
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belief that this was both Son of Man
An Irish legend tells that, on Christ-
in the darkneis and cold, and the
peasants stili_put_ lighted candles in
their windows to guide the sacred lit-
tle feet, that they may not stumble on
their way to their homes. And in
I-Illngary the pfople go yet further in
their tenderness for the Child, they
l9?`0a.d feasts hnd=‘-leave their doors
open that I-Ie may enter at His will.
while throughout Christendom there is
a belicf that no evil can` touch any
child wi'io`is born on Christmas eve.
The legend which tells how the very
hay which lined -the manger ~ln~which
the Holy Babe was laid put forth liv-
ing red blossoms nt midwinter at the
touch of the Babe’s body could only
have arisen from belief in the renewal
of life through the Lord oi’ Life.
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T is not so many centuries
"_‘*"' ago since there was that holy
thorn at Glastonbury which
blossomed every Christmas, and, so
ran the legend, had done ever since
St. Joseph of Arimathea, having come
as apostle to Britain, arid, landing at
Giustonbury_.~ had stuck his staff of dry
hawthorn into the soil, commanding it
to put forth leaves and blossoms. This
the staff straightway did, and thereby
was the king convertod to the Chris-
tian faith, the faith which preached
life from death.
The\ holy thorn of Glastonbury fiolir-
ished during the centuries until the
civil wars. During those it was up-
rooted; but several persons had had
trees growing from cuttings from the
original tree, and those continued to
bloom at the Christ-season, just as
their parent, which had grown from
St. Josepli’s staff, had bioolnod. And
about the middle of the 18th century
it was recorded in the Gentlem:in’s
Magazine how the famous holy thorn
would not deign to recognize the new
style calendar, which had then come
into force but would persist in blos-
soming as of old on old Christmas
day!
in those days the anniversary of the
advent of the Babe had certainly
meant more to the common people
than merely a time for feasting and
revelry, for giving and receiving; it
had been also a. season for holy ob-
servances, for they refused to go to
church on New Christmas day, the
holy thorn not being then in blossom.
So serious became the trouble that the
clergy found it prudent to announce
that Old Christmas day should also
be kept sacred as before. Only an-
other story of men's weak, supersti-
tious minds? True, perhaps; but they
are better who evidence some spiritual
weakness than those who wallow in
the wholly material, and when we
cease to be careful of the cup and the
platter, we become not over careful of
their contents.
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parabios is the legend of
' the Christmas rose, and it
tells how good things, ilt for giving,
spring up ready to the hand which
earnestly desires to give to the Child.
It 'is said that a certain maiden of
Bethlehem was so poor that she had
nothing to give to the Babe to whom
kings brought wealth from afar, and,
as she stood, longing and. mourning,
and- angel appeared to her, saying:
f'Look at thy feet, beneath the snow,"
and io! on obeying the maiden found
that a new_i‘iower had miraculously
sprung up and blossomed at her needs.
Every since then, runs this story, this
exquisite flower, with its snowy petals
just touched by suggestions of pinkish
bloom, is to be found at this season;
and, indeed, its half-opened cups are
like chalices of love, and its fully-
spread petals are like a happy inno-
cence, fit symbols for the Sift! 101' U16
Babe of spotless innocence; ' whose
heart was the vessel of love.
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_. _:gi HERE are several exceeding-
;Z _gi ly touching legends concern-
ing belis, which are heard
ringing from buried cities and viilaSeB
at this season. One beionsl 10 H Vll°
lage near Raleigh, in Npttingham-
shire, and the story. rims that once.
where there is now but a valley, there
was a village which, with every trace
of life and habitation, had been swal-
lowed by an earthquake; but ever
sinle, at Christmas, the bells of the
buried church are heard to ring as of
old. .
A similar legend is told of Preston,
in Lancashire, and yet another and
more moving one comes from the
Netherlands. lt is said that the city
of Been was notorious for its black
and shameless sins, as well as re-
nowned for itshesiity and magnifi-
cence. To the Sodom of the middle
apes' dame our .Savior on one anni-
versary of his birth, and went as a
beggar from door to door, but not one
in all that Christmas keeping city
liefs. like blossoms in_
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the city of sin was buried deep, clean
out"o_f sight, beneath the waves. But
ever it Christmas up from beneath the
ooverlht waters comes the sweet call-
ing of ohllioli bells -buried in Been. It
isis. legend whiehappears tp tell in "
parabiethat nothing which ever bs-
longed to the Christ, and was dedi-
catedjto his service, is ever wholly lost
that ever and again something of their
inherent beauty and compelling sweet-
ness rises from the depths through all
seeming ruin.
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Us nAni'r1oN aesi»nes_ that ~
_ within the stone manger'
_ ` there was another 0119*
the _hgipei o_i.f_4he Nativity is,-indeed,
peries, and radiant with a silver star.
which is surrounded by 16 lamps, ever
il-lit. But yet more glorious is the
Christ-child lay. It was removed to
the Mohammedan invasion ofthe Holy
strong brazen chest, from which it is
when it is placed on the Grand Altar.
which is inlaid with gold 'and gems,_
and the shrine in whicii it rests is o_f _I
purest rock crystal. In the days in
whatsoever may have been their
magnificently to the Church Visible.
~ 'stmas Bells.
hour of the llabe's birth
was the hour of midnight.
and legend adds that from iiicn until
held that whoso looks into n mirror on
lscariot looking over his shoulder.
hardiest soul to a. thought of the _inno-
Another legend tells that, on Christ-
mas cve, Judas Iscariot is released
isallowed to return to earth that he I
may cool himself in icy waters.
faces, they bear study and repay it,
for we then see that they are full of
subtle spiritual expression, as it were;
t`Iiat,tlley ure piiriibics oi' Certain spir-
itual fuels, and it, will be iii for us
should the Christmas ilaiy ever dawn
on which such flowers of tender faith
and wonder shall appear to us no
more than dry curious specimens from
the dead roots of superstition.
wlidi ¢|ii‘i$¥ilid$ m¢dli$.
Christmas means hope and
_ visit of Santa. Claus. While
tioned, the imagination
and ideals become so much
and commonplace can never crush
hood and independence, Christmas is
and hearty good cheer impress family
affection, parental thoughtfulness and
brotherly love. The duiiost and most
are uplifted to a vision of higher life
by the interchanges of souvenirs and
the merry meeting with children and
side. Few can escape and all enjoy
the meaning of the festival, the ies-
sons it conveys and the inspiration
_it gives, and we enter upon a brighter
future and a fuller appreciation of the
beneilcenco of the practice of faith.
hope and charity, The loved ones
the loved near and far who are still
precious memories, the old church
er cliiidhood, maturity and nge, love,
marriage and death; the schoolhouse
where the beginnings of education
were so painful, and the ever-incrcas-
ing pleasures "of the pursuit of learn-
ing through tlie high school, academy
and college are recalled and recited,
and there is exquisite delight in these
oft-told tales, and new experiences cn-
liven this blessed anniversary.-Lea
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first iliirisiiis observaiice.
~\ Christmas gets its name
from the mass celebrated
in the early days of the
Christian church in honor
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though the hour isnt late
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yi* D _ ,~.\ to overhaul his stocking, ,
And ti1ere's scads of things we've_
got to do that really cannot wail.;
5. before we kick the clothes off (quite determined not to doze off)
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W°°de“ manger at R°m9- 'wld t0 be _ Let’s indulge in dreamy musing on
the veritable manger in _which the 1,9
Fill ourselves with sweet emotions
“Om in the Seventh century. during True, the minutes rust are gliding, hut,
Land- ‘md them lt ls Preserved in 3 Think of these long weeks of waiting
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this joyous Christmastide; I .
t us,-' _while the bells are peniing. get up some real Christmas feeling, '
that are not quite cut and dried.
consarn ’em, let 'em glide.
all the glad anticipating Y
Of. the gay and festive season that at last, at last is here;
ever resting, never stopping in our mud career oi’ shopping,
Searching over the ideal, notion cheap and not too dear; . .'
riislied audclbclveti in tho reciting crowds, that like ourselves are seeking
as .lust the verythiiig of all things that their ioveii ones most desired.
`mp and draggiod then emerging from
ance more heroic
Than we've irizinifeated through the
weary ordeal of that time;
a have stood the stress of barter with
the cmiriige of ti martyr;
Now we find sweet coinpcnaiition
llisifuing to the Christiims chime,
e have done with haste and flurry, no
ct no antiquated stoic showed endur- ,_
hose clear cntleiire, soft and mellow, seems to whisper to n fellow
That tba worst is nearly over, that we soon may breathe again,
con iuiiy ilnii siircr-use oi' sorrow, and that, maybe by tomorrow
Or thc next tiny, may he iificd sointzihing of ihis mental strain,
hat ii blessed sense of rest may sooliie tile tissues of our brain.
the pushing, struggling, surging _
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ii_oso experiences may be best described as “most all-fired."
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Lost some sensitive relation may have been quite overlooked,
ll the lists oi' names are checked :ind all tho walls with green are decked, and
Now wiiiiln a few short hours thc Cliristuias dinner will be cooked.
izlii to Cliristmzts! happy season! 'There is some substantial reason
To be gieciui at thy advent-ilie beginning of tho end.
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s tliou comest wreiitlied with holly, we can certainly be jolly,
\\'eicume thee with feast and wussail, and in general unbend,
or we know that we have spent for thee the last cent we can spend!
Now the door bell will cease ringing to
the people who were bringing
An endless string of packages from
morn to dewy eve;
We no longer will be running to con-
ceal thosc things with cunning.
And we'Il lose our wonted air of
having something up our sleeve.
There will be a deuced litter, when
the gewgaws gleam and glitter, V
Oi’ waste paper, string and coitoii, from the kitchen to the hall; _
-- But, with conscipiices elastic, wo will grow enthusiastic -
And "wonder how they guei_=seii," us on the donors' necks we fall,
To watch the looks of gratitude and pleasure and surprise
; this llmon remain; unqneg. That, at least to outward scoiniug, are upon loved faces beaming-
As the loved one opens his parcel and digs out his gaudy ties.
`. its realization. The child Looking blissful over dewduds that we didii’t want at all.
' grows eagerly expectant as
gy - the time approaches for the Ah, this blessed thing of giving! It is half the joy of living
opens new and wider worldg_ Arid the gentle wife and mother her emotion tries to smother
Wiien conducted by her husband, to some secret corner, where,
,I part of the mind that the prosaic As a proof of fond affection, lie has liid froui her detection,
His gift to her, a cozy, costly, well-upholstered chair
Of whose comforts, in the fiiiure, you may bet he'll get his share).
the happiest day of the year; Its gms Now this Christmas spirit moves us to
sense that it behovcs us
To keep- Poverty’s bare platter and
illi Qestitutiorfs cup.
irresponsive of fathers and mothers Bring turk auilpie and gizirlness to
the homes of empty sadness!
To_ help out-sweet Christmas char-
ity who would not loosen up?
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grandchildren at the table and fire- Rui. it's highly aggravating not to sn) exiisperaiing,
When we've given most nohly and without thought of stint, .
T0 111111 Dill, as we exper-lcd, that the modest are neglected I _
And our Princely bcnefnction hiisn't found its way to print.
(Certainly we didn't, ask it, but a man might take a hint). l
But away M I?" sad reflection! This is no time for deiection.
Merry Chriszimss, happy Christnias, as we said, has come at lasti
who have crossed t0 the other side, All the many trili.loti/.,
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