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At Oral tha midwinter holiday waa
a celebration of Jot that tha gather*
fait darkening of tha days had
topped and that tha days were
growing lighter and longer again.
Early man had a terrible fear that
tharp might come a time when there
waa no lijght left on earth.
The christian era likewise area
uahered in with a symbolism of light
in a dark world and so the celebrnHon
of Christ's birthday was set at
this midwinter time in the fourth
century A. D. ,.?f?
But the church regarded ns
heathen the use of lights and evar*
greens to deoorate tor Christmas
festivities. A vigorous effort eras
mad# to suppress thalr use and Tar*
tnllian writes: "Let tha heathen
kindle lamps?they who have no
light. Let them fix to the door poets
laurel branches to be burned, but i
thou. oh. christian, art a" light in
the world th?t is evergreen. \
Make not a pagan temple of thy own
house door."
Symbol of New Faith.
But the love of man for light and
for evergreens, even to symbolise
his new faith, persisted and (timing
early American times, efforts to
suppress the idea were still betas; I
made. Massachusetts in the ITU*1
oentury enacted a bBl reading,'
"Anybody who la found observing by
abstinence from labor, feasting or fit:
any other way, any such day as
Christmas Day, shall pay tor every
such offense ftye shillings."
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tian symbolism. The holfar her-.
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Christ's blood, the leaves his crown
of thorns, while the mistletoe berries'
became symbols of Mary's tears, i
The gay home customs of^ hrist>!
mas are likewise an accumulation of
many lands and many cultures. Thef
American panta Claus developed
from Holland's St. Nielses while our
Christmas tree came from Germany,
England gave us the tradition of the
flaming plum pudding and many
of our most beloved carols. Mex-co
is the homeland of the poinsettia,
and the Latin countries of Europe
gave its the creche and many of the
loveliest of the religious plctmes that
we like bety on Christmas cards,.
From Sweden we have the gracious:
gesture of die sheaf of wheat on the I
gats' posts so the birds can share'
the holiday.and the custom of gia>!
gerbreadf cakes in! ?h?pM,
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from earliest times as having taught
mankind the art of plowing by rooting
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the winter solstice, offered a boor**
bend to the ioddw Freya end, beowm
at its food value, boar ban at
ways been an important part at festive
menus.
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was studying Aristotle whfle walkine
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