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S im la 's B u s y . B i l l
lie
H a s I ’ le n h
though Santa Is some-
ictured as tra ve lin g by
r by je t plane, his fa v-
cxle of tra n s p o rta tio n
ms to be the famous
-d ra w n sleigh
The
o n ly w o rd e r Is th a t he can re
m a in as jo lly as he tra d itio n
a lly is, when he has to cover
the w orld in one n ig h t, d e liv
ering g ifts by the b illio n s
P e rh a p s th e e x p la n a tio n
may be found in the num ber
of helpers he has. and also in
the fa c t th a t C hristm as Eve is
In S candinavian and some
not his o n ly day fo r delivering o th e r countries, Santu gets an
g ifts
assist fro m St Lucy, who is
St Nicholas, a real bishop, responsible fo r the d is trib u
was the firs t S anta
M any tio n o f g ifts on her day. De
legends grew up around his cem ber 13.
name, and m any centuries a f
C h ris tm a s com es
a ft e r
te r his death on December 6. C h ristm a s to m any homes in
about 342 A D , he was h o n France and French Canada,
ored as a frie n d to th e young w here the old tra d itio n o f g iv
December 6 became
C h il ing g ifts to ch ild re n on New-
dren's Day. and St Nicholas, Year's day is observed There's
tra v e lin g by horse, brought a resemblance to C hristm as In
g ifts to rew ard c h ild re n fo r th e placing o f g ifts beside the
good behavior
fireplace, o fte n in stockings
A lth o u g h Santa has to a
Even then, the S anta season
large e xtent replaced St N ic h Is n 't finished M any Spanish
olas, in some European coun c h ild re n expect the Three
trie s c h ild re n s till a w a it the K in g s to brin g them g ifts on
a rriv a l of the bishop on the Epiphany. Ja n u a ry 6 They,
n ig h t o f December 5, and set too, set out shoes fille d w ith
out shoes fille d w ith hay and straw and g ra in fo r the horses
ca rro ts fo r his horse
the K ings ride
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S e a s o n 's
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It
Whatever the g ift-g iv in g
elate Santa lias a host of help
ers t lighten his load In ad-
ditto to St Lucy, S candina-
vian ountries have the Tum -
ta r. lit ttle
t
gray-bearded men
who are
re said to h id e g if ts foi
boys an
in d g irls on C hristm as
Eve Th. C hrist C hild or K rls t-
kind bri lgs the g ifts in m anv
count rie
In Itai the tra d itio n a l g if l-
Befana, sometimes de-
bed as a benevolent fa iry
and sometimes as a w itch
Legend says th a t she m isd i
rected the Magi or th a t she
refused shelter to the holy
fa m ily Now she goes around
the world, In repentance, seek
ing the C hrist C hild and do
ing good to ch ild re n on C h ris t
mas Eve
ru th e r than h lsio iv the t -
date ill I u risi s tin i l l is
know n
I he present «lay w.is sell i
as a means ol u n ifv ln c I lie
servanees of Chi 1st mas
mass of Christ
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Fust N ational Com
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Hanging >lin kmg«
Shepherds watched, angels
sang and wise men traveled
fa r to behold the m iracle of
the first C hristm as
Since th a t holy n ig h t a m u l
titu d e of legends and customs,
both religious and secular,
have developed as part of the
holiday Each legend was once
told, each custom once ob
served fo r the firs t tim e, and
though o rig in s of inuny tr a d i
tions are now lost in tim e,
o ther C hrlstm us firsts' have
been recorded fo r posterity
There are h isto rica l C h ris t
inas firsts, "uttested by church
records and by scientific re
search In to the early yeurs of
C h ris tia n ity , us well us "firsts
of later history and "firsts
th a t blend fact w ith m yth
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Selling ill«- Hale
December 25 was firsi as
signed as the date fo r I he
celebration of the N a tivity in
about the year 32U A I) .Since
the New Testament was w r it
ten as religious In stru ctio n
In ih
Idg,
Story ol the fir
lir is ti
stocking is a.ssiH'ii
I w ith the under
real St Nicholas
H irtli celi- Amene
urge
tu ry bishop known for Ills
as tn
manv kind deeds W ishing to
present an anonymous g ilt to
help the daughters of an tin
poverisiicd m erchant, he threw
u bag of gold down the c h illi
ney. where it fe ll in to a itlock
nig hung up to dry
The legend Is reflected 111
< For
to d a y 's c u sto m of tu c k in g
j- Kiwwillg
gold
an orange or lunger
me
into tl^e toe of a Christ
maa stocking
¿ g.<uo "'h o rn o s.
I'rmiming I rce-
Trim m ed C hristm as trees
firs t appeared In the United
.states probably during the
Am erican K evuiullon Hessian
soldiers w ith the B ritis h forces
started tlie practice to relit -ve
th e ir nostulgia fo r then home
tand
An early d ia ry, w ritte n at
Fort Dearborn. I l l . in 1HO4 re
lutes the pructice of trim m iu i
the C h ristin a . tree w ith ornu
m e n u of the tim e
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