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Harry Hagen
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Here’s to Christmas warmth and cheer,
May it linger throughout the year!
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ANN and ~ HERB
Christmas Tree
Legends
The Christmas tree which has
been used in America fewer than
a hundred years has a fascinating
background of legends some of
which briefly are as follows:—
1. On the night of Christ’s birth
all the trees in the forest blos
somed and \>ore fruit.
2. All the trees went to the
manger where the tiny evergreen
was crowded into the background
by the larger trees. Stars from the
sky settled on the tiny evergreen
and it received a smile of bene
diction from the Babe.
3. Angels chose the evergreen
for the Christmas tree because it
symbolized the everlasting life of
Christ.
4. A child wished to be carried
across a stream. The man who car
ried him across felt the burden
grow heavier and heavier until he
reached the opposite bank where
he discovered he had been carry
ing the Christ. From that time on
he was called Saint Christopher
or Christ Offerus, Christ Bearer.
He was instructed to plant his
staff in the ground and it became
an evergreen which is the type
of tree most used for Christmas.
5. Martin Luther is credited
with decorating the first tree in
Germany following a walk
through the forest on Christmas
Eve when the stars shining
through the evergreen trees im
pressed him so much that he at
tempted to show his family a
sight like it, so he cut down an
overgreen and decorated it with
lighted candles.
The first decorated Christmas
tree in England was introduced
by Prince Albert, German-born
husband of Queen Victoria.
Today in America the Christ
mas tree has come to be used in
every part of the country. Ever
greens are the most popular,
though cactus, palms and other
varieties are used in sections
which do not have evergreens.
Community trees throughout
the nation, from the “National
Christmas Tree” in Washington,
D.C., lighted by the President on
Christmas Eve, to the “Nation’s
Christmas Tree” in General Grant
National Park, California, where
services are held on Christmas
Day, give much pleasure to young
and old, rich and poor alike.
In China the Christmas Tree is
called “The Tree of Life.”
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bright Holiday, brimmed full of hap
piness for each of yod.
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