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Nearly every one ex changes gifts at Christmas time, and this year we expect to see the custom Observed to Its fullest possibilities. Glancing oyer the ages, we find that gift-making has always existed In some form or other. Our savage ancestors were great hands at the game. But gift-giving In primitive man did not spring from any thought or Idea con nected with generosity. His was not the simple desire to please. Being selfish and unutterably superstitious, he feared and distrusted strangers, Just us some of us do today. He scorned the weak and cringed before the strong. The conditions of life forced him to these reactions. Whatever impulses primitive man may have had to share his possessions or to make a gift of something which he really preferred to keep for him self,'grew out of fear.. From what we know about the nature of our earliest ancestors we cannot believe that he would have parted with, anything he wanted unless he was afraid.- When the lightning flashed and the thunder roarejl, an overwhelming, tear pos sessed him. Unable to reason that these; were natural elements over which he could not possibly exercise control, he shot at the storm with ar rows and shouted at the thunder. When these efforts'failed, his fear In creased. What had he done to anger the gods? Perhaps a gift would ap pease this anger. To him the giving of a treasured’ posseealon meant real sacrifice. For instance, If he made a bonfire ajtd burned some pf his'hard earned food, he expected the gods to appreciate his sacrifice and turn Off the thunder. The Egyptians made great gifts to their kings. The Israelites gave a strong man tn the desire to- gain his friendship and protection. The. Bible gives expression to this thought Says Deuteronomy 16:19: "A gift doth blind the eyes of the wise.” Meaning, of course, that it Is easy to obtain what one wants If one distributes gifts Judiciously. Among many peoples, the making of a gift became a sort of ceremony. A gift meant much more to primitive man than It does to ns. When he brought himself to part with a choice bearskin or a sharp flint wear, he felt that he was parting with something akin to himself. Thus the exchange of gifts came to be a common way of formally binding two persons to gether. When the Dasuhs of North Borneo exchanged weapons they were sworn friends. In central Celebes, even today, the exchange of gifts Is recognized as a ceremony for estab lishing friendship. In Patagonia, no chief is allowed to enter into the ter ritory of-another until gifts have been exchanged. The exchange of gifts at-Chrlstmas time possibly grew out of the desire to emulate the amazing unselfishness Of Christ. The custom was nurtured In Germany. Here it became the habit to make periodic exchange of gifts among friends, relatives, acquaint ances. It became an obligation, and to escape It the-man with many friends sometimes took an extended trip at this period. ~ .AiSyfe.:. ^ From Germany, the custom of Christ mas gift giving spread 'over Europe. It crossed the .sea an# was brought to the struggling colonist* who had cut loose from alt Old World Influences. It haw become more and-more an insti tution, as the generation* have slipped by, and today we exchange gifts as a matter of course. • , > It was a custom among the Homans tor the priest to put a bo* on all out doing ships. to put something ship *us reedy to ' sealed and went to the return the bo* to the priest who Cbri*tinii*gat w said' and the be* ■p required the box was t lfc On until was so. And custom, among superstitious : peoples, Is sacred. They were afraid that evil would befall them If tb4y did not make gifts to the singers who caroled Christ’s praise. From actual records we know that gift making to children goes far back into prehistory. At various museums here and abroad there are on view dolls, animals, and other toys which have been taken out of the long burled tombs of children. We can easily pleture a savage fa ther of long ago bringing a curious shell for his child to play with. We can see a savage mother carefully fashioning a-flint or bone toy that her child might have something with which to busy himself. Among these primi tive peoples, marriage was not con sidered binding until a child was born. The birth of the child therefore must have been an occasion of great cele bration, and perhaps all the clansmen presented gifts to the newcomer. It would have been a ceremony—to show the child be was welcome and among friends. Painted; clay dolls, some In the form of humans and some In the form of animate, were given to early Egyptian children as playthings. Among the early Romans, the man who adopted a child gave it rich gifts to prove that hewaaable.to_takecareof.lt. Gifts have always accompanied christenings. In the Middle Ages the godparents usually presented the child with gold or stiver spoons. It Is bare ly possibly that the phrase, “born with a sliver spoon In his mouth,” may have come from this custom. The custom of presenting children with gifts at Christmas time was most pronounced among the Germans in early; life. Kris Krlngle is their name for Santa Claus. It Is derived from We can understand why' the holiday would have been recpgnteed as b«Siig particularly a child’s festival , Salat Nicholas, or Santa Clans. I* regarded as the patron saint of Christmas. 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