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Extension Publication No. 4.
DECKING THE HALLS
Decorating with red am
green, traditional at Christmas
traces back to the early use o
red-berried green holly t
"deck the halls.”
Beasts and Birds Skare In Yule Legend
!
In the lore and legends of;
Christmas, the beasts of the
fields and the birds of the air
, play their part — and appro
priately so, for the oldest and
[ holiest Christmas story of all
, tells of shepherds with their
. flocks — shepherds who went
to seek and find a Holy Babe
lying in a manger.
Animals of the manger in the
time of Christ were likely to be
the sheep and goats, cattle,
horses, donkeys and pigs. All
of these figure in Yuletide
songs and stories—even the pig,
who has held the place of hon
or at many a Christmas feast.
Telling of the First Christ
mas Eve, the famous carol,
“Away in a Manger,” says,
1 “The cattle were lowing,” and
, religious paintings through the
f ages have depicted both the
) cattle and the other animals in
the manger, as well as the
YULETIDE
CHEER
May your holiday
be bright with
warmth and
cheer.
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flocks of the shepherds.
Feeding Birds
In Scandinavian countries
people place sheaves of grain
and bits of suet on trees and
rooftops, so birds can feast.
They Feast
Because an ancient tradition
holds that animals helped to
spread the glad tidings of the
birth of Christ, barnyard ani
mals in many countries are
still served a special supper on
Christmas Eve.
Cattle Speak
SANTA'S ELVES
The little elves who help
•Santa in his workshop prob
ably came from the Scandina
vian countries. In Norway,
Denmark and Sweden, children
are told of the “Tomtar,” little
gray-bearded, elf-like men who
hide presents for boys and girls
on Christmas Eve.
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... may it bung yen an abundance of good cheer.
DR. VINCENT N. S. HIKE
VINCE
MYRT AND JESSIE
An old German legend has it,
that cattle kneel in their stalls
at midnight on Christmas Eve.
t hen, for a moment, they have
the power of speech.
From Spanish Lore
On the first Christmas, says
a Spanish legend, a cow in the
manger breathed on the Baby
Jesus to warm him.
Kneeling Deer
Early French-Canadian set
tlers in Quebec bewildered the
Huron Indians by their strange
—to the Indians—preparations
for the celebration of Christ
mas. As a result, many legends
about the Day developed
among the Indians.
On Christmas Eve, the In
dians believed, the deer kneel
ed to the “Great Spirit.” In the
hope of seeing this wondrous
sight, the Hurons would hide in
the cold winter night of the for
ests for hours.
Food for Puss
Cats get special treatment
YULE SERENADE
Serenading their neighbors
with carols is a community en
terprise in St. Louis, Mo. More
than 50,000 carolers participate,
under the guidance of the St.
Louis Christmas Carols associa
tion, established half a century
ago. Voluntary contributions to
the carolers are used to help
handicapped and underprivil
eged children.
during the Christmas season in
French sections of Canada.
Special food is set forth for
Puss, since according to leg
end, if the cat meows in the
house on Christmas Eve, bad
luck will follow.
Thom Tree
Blooms In
England, D.C.
A phenomenon occurs every
Christmas, not known by
many, that may be witnessed
by anyone in the Cathedral of
the Close in Washington, D.C.
or Glastonburg, Somerset, Eng
land.
It is the story of the Holy
Thorn Tree that blossoms in
England every December
25th and in Washington some
time during the same month.
The legend relates that two
days before Christmas, St.
Joseph of Arimathea approach
ed Glastonbury. He carried
with him the Holy Grail used
at the Last Supper.
As St. Joseph came toward
the town, he stopped to rest on
the crest of a hill. He drove his
staff into the ground and it
took root immediately.
The next day, Christmas Eve,
it had become a Thorn Tree
and was covered with blos
soms.
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Readers Still Loyal To
Dickens Favorite
“A Christmas Carol in Prose,
Being a Ghost Story of Christ
mas” was published at Christ
mas 1843, and since that time
its popularity has never waned, j
Generation after generation
has laughed and cried over the
story of the miserly Scrooge, j
who through the revelations of
three spirits—Christmas Past,
Present and Yet to Come—be
came a man who “knew how to
keep Christmas well, If any
man alive possessed the knowl
edge.”
Charles Dickens, creator of
the “Carol,” loved it as well as,
or perhaps even better than, its
many readers did. He told of
crying and laughing again and
again as, captivated by his
story, he wrote the 30,000-word ,
book in six weeks.
When Dickens gave readings
in America, the story of
Scrooge was always the prime
favorite with his audiences.
Perhaps the best known part
of the story is Christmas din
ner at the Cratchits, where
Scrooge and the Ghost of
Christmas Present observed
the family of his clerk, Bob
Cratchit, making merry over a
simple Christmas dinner, high
lighted by a goose —- “There
never was such a goose” — and
a pudding “Oh, what a wonder
ful pudding!"
And a favorite' character is
Tiny Tim, the Cratchits’ crip
pled son, to whom the reform
ed Scrooge became “a second
father.”
One of the most famous
speeches in the English langu
age is, doubtless. Tiny Tim’s, at
the conclusion of the Christmas
feast, “God bless us, every
one!”
FROM QUEBEC?
“Angels We Have Heard on
High” is a French carol, al
though some sources say that
it originated not in France but
in Quebec, Canada.
Merry Christmas
to all my patrons
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WHO ARE INVITED TO
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Yule Cheer
Christmastime draws near and each c;
us here wishes to extend our greetings c i
good cheer to our many iriends so dear.
REED’S HARDWARE
JOHN & AGGIE
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HU HAVE A VERY
MERRY HOLIDAY!
FANNY, E3NO AND GEORGE
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