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H<iiun and Christian
i » t o n » so ancient and n m o l »
that tliay have loat tlicir »irlgioul
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i- atlvltle* But the origin * o f th. *e
« ’ stoma an no loss later, sting bo-
ou s»< they conn* from long **■>
Th« in-me Christina» m ant o r
igin a l!) iT la le * tuasae. ' a chur. h
f. «tiva l of Christ ft la the Englt*b
i.auu- f»>r the season i h v conim*'in-
orat s the Idrth o f Chrtat. but It
Is kn> » n hat a festival v»t.s
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l ot .r»> It became th»- »yiubot o f th<<
Nativity
\tnong i>agnn t” up!«-- It
»».is customary to hold rarnlval at
the tlm .-o f the w inter *oWtl»*e
Th e
.»gall festivals were » e h -
brat-d with mu*.» and dan.ing,
.. » Is and fete*, that hardly would
so« m In kcs-plBf with the da> •>*
» . V: • w It Yet. many of th.»'«*
cti»'ii...* have b«-»-n incorporated
It-
r o e n Christmas »-«dobra-
fl'»Hh
No <-n» knows when the ltr*t
Chrlatma- a n » ob*erv»»«l Ttj.- pa
gan ’ festival la very ancient; *o
old that there are no record* to
fix th»- <’ *« Th e first Christian
cell*, at inn t* llhe-wlae obscure
The r- - n fo r confusion arises
from the fa t that «-.»rtv C hrist
ians »»»re opposed to birthday cel*
ehratl ns and that o f Christ « a *
not excepted It Is bell-ved that
In th» Kastern ~hur h !>• »-.nher
tw enty-fifth v.as not observed as
Christmas un’ li the t me of .-'t
Chrysostom. * h o 11« ed in the tth
century, although It was celebrat
ed much ea rlier by the weatern
ch rch For a long tim e there was
to■ u niform ity with respect to the
date. Some held the festival In
May. o th irs In A p ril or January
Th e celebration o f December 2".
became
Increasingly common
through-u*. the Christian world
during the 4th and "th centuries
Th e first English Chris mas cel
ebration o f which we have record
v. ts held by K in g A rthur In the
rlty o f York In e21 A D. Through
out the m iddle as*** the day was
a popular holiday observed by rich
and I oor alike. In the dav* of
Q een Elisabeth, festivities lasted
o ver a week.
No other Christmas symbol has
a greater hold on the youth o f the
w .rld than the character o f Santa
Claus. Probably he originated In
Z l i '1
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1 ben «II. ..n tv».» uf bla
tom It s i s t t p i'i' ' N to l.rlng g ‘d
r .t.-s and h'Intist at'C e t»-» cb
l k to * » ••»;« th»- cblmney at that
■sili» thè (it i a break.'* he taut
lime.
U »m l Tto n te blceiotgbed
Th era a t* hundred* »»f I* *»' n*i
t ‘n»ler «tUt-sUou-ng eleseo )iif»»ie
t> i»l I l e .»»uri »»tir tte-r batta I I» ssm >
mas tree f o i l ' attribute It In Mar
able lo rendi a «erdlct
'In l.wther, who wishing hi» wt'>*
« -i .f • *• tvn.pl -»f i» iti. aaul
and children to realise the b ea u iy. Ju» v llar.tn.-ti.o stri .1«
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f sa ttir «le» 11." re*;--ndeO
ught a llt ll* *r I f - * In*”
l l u t f l . 'l
o. er»l covered It mPh ■ .»ndb-a
,«-;t da’ a In Jalk" di.*» te«l ti. -
to riMfmblif a
I4d«n *
I !ge.
l 'u i t l )»»U. g«-titlvt-.-e«i
Another older Merman legend I
ttiak«-* Saint W in ifred the Inventor Maritai Kii» UnVnown
o f the Idea.
in Sixty-Year ^i -rriagp
This ll't le tr«**. a young child
\thrna. Ictin Mr» \ »! » Uary
o f th< forest, »hall t><- y»nir holy
\l*n Tra»
r I 11 est. eh«» aeja thst
tree tonight It Is th* wood o f
she ne«vr t l 'i o l ber huaf»«t»»l »lur
peace, for your house* are built of
■;( ncarl) attty jirwra of n>arrie»l
fir It I* th* sign «if endless life f -
lift * s ber flrst motte nere and
It l.-s'< « are sv<*r gr*en He* bow
ti .»I evelaime-1 : “ A!n*t st a stglit ,
It point* to lle a »"n l.< t this be
tr e tblt.es folks thlt.k up SO* a
called the tree o f the Christ Child
. ! « ) * ktnain an-t bug. n’ lU e tbal."
gaher about It, not In the w lldi
Mrs West, «b n ha* Itred In tbv
» o o t l ' but In your home*, there it I
ti'ountalna of N’»»rth « urollna all of
*111 shelter n- «1» -d* of blood, hut
h -r Uf*. I* Ih* mot her of t l cbll
loving gifts a . I rlti-* of hlndne*#' j
.'reti. InettKtlpg triple»* snd twtn*
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I T T U i n s l . l K f i t « i:i»w '!>
U) -acted by tea. her* o f grade
and high s«-hool. children pre
sented a delightfu l pprogram at
the Ca*ca«|e ta>< ks high aehool
Friday night, when they m«-t Man
ta Claus fan- to face The pro
gram. presented under Joint aus
pice* o f the Eagle* and the Parent
Teacher association, attra ctel a
crowd that filled the high w h «»'
audl'orluni
The children w er* presented
with a sa-k If nuts oranges, candy
»n d mnple# s f'e r *h« program
There wer» ample «a» ka for alt xr.»l
none went away disappointed
Parent-Teachers have presented
rr» grams every Christmas for the
past seveal year*
The program
Flday night probably drew th«
largest crowd that has attended
a community tree since th » ***/■•
clalon commenced the »njovah'»»
task o f providing yu letld* cheer
fo r the children
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bef» re hi» on* *;e«-;:ng frtet» 1« rr*b
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