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of Saint Mary’s College 900 Hillsborough St. Raleigh, N.C. 27603 December 1992 •TIs the Soaeon to bo Jolly . ■ • The Yuletide season is associated 20th the disap- yvith feasting, get-togetl^rs, and hav- /^^hole forests due to indus- mg a jolly old time. The Medieval 'Xh-bum farming, and English yol and Icelandic^o/ referred t . ’, tree’s vital place in to the midwin^r feast going to g is increasingly recog- ancient days. The wordyo//;f probably ba ondents were right to honor stems from them. So Yuletide means ^dX^^e mite House jolly feast or jolly time. , „ „ced’a living tree transplanted from But how does decking the halls wth u nation’s official boughs of holly come into it? (Not to Ne current trend seems to be mention the Yule tree.) mward borrowing” a tree for Yuletide . At least 4000 years ago, the E^- j-gnlanting the still living tree bans held a celebration in honor of the an P ^ donating it to a forest. : sun god during the time which corre- deckyour halls and your tree with ; sponds to December in modem times. , °^Qfjfghts and holly and jolly; let j Their symbol? A palm tree, of course, p^^ ^ty^^^ “god-like spirit” be honored; Moving on to ancient Rome, one ; finds the Romans holding the Satu^ , nalia (7-day festival of Saturn) each t year beginning December 17. ■ nierce ceased, everything shut down, ■ ®ud gifts were exchanged. In addition, the temples were decorated with green- Auburn Avenue especially holly because of ite rjjurch in Atlanta, Dr. Martin Luther shiny green leaves and bright red ^ 3 berries. The Romans also hung masks ^ in the world. He spoke of, Bacchus on trees, which was sup- rfhe interdependence of all human- Posed to impart fertility to those who sacredness of life, ^ gazed upon them. _ ‘^’wer of love and of social change ’•■S&XT^cialsjgniflcance December 21. Their festivities often m- " ^orld faces the faXhf eluded green boughs, pine cones, and world order, as berries.TheTeutonsalsobroughttrees ^new^^^^.^^ during Kings day now from the forest into their homes. This become friends, and newly J^as to show the godlike spints they ^^yntries rekindle old hatred^ M 'fe LU.H. MS3-.~ sf lant religious reformer, is credited oy together as fools. some with introducing lights on tn ^ •tile trees. Supposedly as he simile ...oc ,a„tranced bv the and then return it to the soil from whence it came. Tis the season. King’s Hope: P'E-a-c-e Dn rhristmas Eve, 196/, at ine Auburn Avenue Ebenezer Baptist One evening, he was entranced w tne beauty of a starlit sky and snowtlaKes Spariding in the moonlight. borne, he attached lighted candles me tree to represent tne starry mgn Records show that Yule trees wtn hghted candles were the custom in me bpper Rhineland since at least 1W». Homesick Hessian troops in the boio- bies during the Amencan Revolution brought the tree custom v«th them. 1 ^840, Prince Albert introduced the household tree into Britain, and tjesi- bent Franklin Pierce had the first Y iJllVorking c^irac/es Every Day The next time you pass a Salva- iecial tradition COntlDU^ ftQO jhtlng o‘ the Grove 19»^ By Stephanie Dudley roughout the many years f Saint Mary's existence, everal traditions have been d that continue, even to this 'S Christmas is slowly but creeping up on us, one ot traditions has survived the time. When this celebration I in December of 1981, it ailed "The Lighting O' The "• For this annual gatheririg Merits and admirers, bright Were wrapped around tall taes near the chapel, ar*o »f food for the needy were oiled beneath the f whteh°ire^!gMed « rrsain. Mary, stude^odv had a luminary. Jhe^scen _ been described ujnsborough Is bea y '^a gift Street.' All of h ® to the d°"’h;'“r7.„ual event is ''"If d^-The Lighting O' The called The . all year Po’r?;noron,:" i| beauty, but lo?L season's cheer. Exams Stress Students By Elizabeth Ash Christmas vacation is the time that every Saint Mary's student looks forward to, but the week before the much-deserved vaca tion is exam week. As we all know, "Exam week is the most important part of the academic semester." Most exams count a fourth or a third of your final aver age for the course. Exams are not to be ignored, but they are also nothing to stress out about. Some students at Saint Mary's were asked about their own hor ror experiences with exams. One Saint Mary's student replied, "! forgot to set my alarm clock before I went to bed, so I did not wake up." Another student said, "My mind went blank when it came time to take the exam, but, fortunately, I remembered after a few minutes. Another Saint Mary's student said, "I had gone out to celebrate the night before because I had just finished taking my most dreaded exam. I told myself that I would study when I got in, but I had celebrated a little too much." One student said “I was so stressed out because I had two important exams that I could not even sleep that night." There are preparations that we can take so that the exams don't get the best of us. Be sure not to cram for the exams because that definitely causes stress. Just sit back, relax, and study. At least studying is not hard labor, if that is a comforting thought. Remember to set your alarm clock so that you won't miss the exam. To help relieve stress, eat a balanced diet (if that is even possible) and exercise. Also remember that exams do not prove to be fatal. Good luck!! Merry Cfrristmas and Mayyy Mezv ^ear
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