The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 22, 1921, Page 6, Image 6
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First Christmas
??!: Ansgarius preacned tne
fe Wft White Christ to the vikings of |
the North, so runs the legend |
, ?f the Christmas tree, the Lord sent
I his three messengers, Faith, Hope, and
Love, to help light the first tree. SeekBtev
ing one that should be high as hope,
vv, wide as love, and that bore the sign
MBSsii rot the cross on every bough, they chose. |
IfSpv;' the balsam fir. which best of all the
^ trees in the forest met the require;
>/; ments. Perhaps that is a good reason J
S||?'/ why there clings about the Christmas
tree in my old home that which has
preserved it from being swept along in
;1. the flood of senseless luxury that has
swamped so many things in our moneyfcv;.,
mad day. At least so it was then.
Every time I see a tree studded with
electric lights, garlands of tinsel gold:!
festooning every branch, and hung |
nrtcflv tmVktnfloks
I the storekeepers Invent year by year
"to make trade," until the tree itself
disappears entirely under its burden,
I have a feeling that a fraud has been
practiced on the kindly spirit of Yule.
*Wax candles are the only real thing
for a Christmas tree, candles of wax.
that mingle-their perfume with that of
the burning fir, not the by-product of: i
some coal-oil or other abomination.
t'Vy What if the boughs do catch fire?
Imiey can be watched, and too many
candles are tawdry, anyhow. Also,
red apples, oranges and old-fashioned
V cornucopias made of colored paper,
and made at home, look a hundred
^ . times better and fitter in the green;
and so do drums and toy trumpets and
waid-borns, and a rocking horse that
need not have cost forty dollars.
U/ath!nn Windows.
t If windows are washed when the j
I sun is shining on them they dry before
j there is time to polish them, and look i
j streaky. Always dust windows before
| washing them. Add a little ammonia
to the water to make the glass shine \
\ and polish well.
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' i\ MERRY CHRISTMAS !|
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. J l /JJVJJHr HETHER we shout it jr
&;t i [ or sing it, we must be i
i\ sure to mean it; for if U
41 we really mean it when we \[
* say. "Merry Christmas, every
!f'V~ jt body," we will do all in our 2
|i& '; . power to make Christmas a day j*
jt of unsullied joy for all those
Sg < [ within reach of our influence. j[
jt Christ came into the world to U
I <t bring light which brings joy. He \l
6 ft came to bring deliverance to \t
E?.'*?*' ? _
4[ men; to solve their difficult
Jj problems; to inspire a higher
hope in the spirit of men. Tha* \ \
J | is the cause of the deepest joy jj
v 1 \ to mankind. Yes, Christmas is \f
11 a joyful day as well as a sacred j J
r 4[ It is a day for doing good j|
J* deeds, as well as thinking good
4 \ thoughts. It is not a day for
gv receiving gifts only. There are
4\ so many opportunities for doing
good, that we may receive joy a J
| 4|i hundredfold, with the expendi- $
E Z ture of just a little time and ?
t':; thought. There are many who \f
r " \\ have little; many who do not j|
j | \ know the meaning of this day as 11
I i \ you know it; many whose spirits
I are crushed by disaster. Re- jr
Z member them !?Boys' World. \ [
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5 CONFESSION "
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-he ne^er made a sound,
ee, witk presents all around!
>ught, my books and all tKe rest,
Ala mM rlollO J
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) MARTHA HART, in Succ?*ful Farming.
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I THE FEAST g
| OF LIGHTS |
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lights on the tree are said to
iJjy be of Jewish origin. In the
month of Kislev, of the Jewish
year, corresponding nearly to our December,
and the twenty-fifth day, Jews
celebrated the feast of dedication of
their temple.' It had been dedicated on
tliat.day by Antiochus.* It was dedicated
by Judas Maccabeus, and, according to
Jewish legend, sufficient oil was found
in the temple to last for the sevenbranched
candlestick for eight days,
and it would have taken eight days to
prepare new oil. Accordingly the Jews
were wont on the twenty-fifth day of
^Cislev in every house to light a candle,
on the next day two. and on the
the eighth and last day of the feast,
eight candles twinkled in every house.
It is not very easy to fix the exact
date of the Nativity, but it fell
most probably on the last day of Kislev,
when every Jewish house in Beth
lehem and Jerusalem was twinkling I
with lights. It is worthy of note that
the German name for Christmas is
Welhnacht (the night of dedication),
as though it were associated with this
feast. The Greeks also call Christmas
the feast of lights, the name
I given to the dedication festival, Chan|
nkah, by the Jews.
WHY THE CHRISTMAS KISSES?
Osculation, Allowed by Custom, Celo>
brates One of Most Charming
Events in Tradition.
MHY should men kiss girls who
stand under mistletoe?
Because they like it and bej
cause custom allows it. Every kiss
under the mistletoe, however, is a kiss
which celebrates one of the most
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CUciriLUUg C*CU13 1U V/MI isiuiug
tion.
The romance goes back te the days
of the gods of Scandinavia, when Baldur
the Beautiful was shot by Locke,
the Spirit of Evil, with an arrow of
mistletoe. But his mother, Venus of
the North, restored him to life by saluting
with kisses all who passed be
neath a branch held aloft in her hand.
Thus it became an emblem of love
and happy celebration. Ancient races
held the plant in great veneration, particularly
the Druids, who went in procession
into the forests to collect it.
After New Year's day it was distributed
among the people as a sacred
and holy plant. If any part of the
mistletoe touched the ground it was
regarded as an omen of impending
evil.
A FULL STOCKING.
Hock?Santa Claus apparently has
| gifts to please everybody.
Rock?Yes. It seems that there is
nothing he doesn't keep in stock. He
brought one woman of ray acquaint
ance a divorce with alimony and the
custody of the poodle-"
| Story of the J
I Christmas Stocking |
f~~~ EARS and years ago stockW
W ings were not hung on
Christmas eve as we hang
H || them now. No one ever
! || I tieara 01 sucn a imug as
1 JA J hanging up a stocking for
Christmas gifts. And if
children had thought of such a thing
I they would have said, "What a foolish
| idea ! A stocking wouldn't hold half
the things we want." So the children
throughout the world placed crocks,
big brass basins, and copper kettles
on the hearth on Christmas eve and
left notes in them telling Santa to
fill them to the brim. Each year the
| children left larger Vessels to be filled,
I children left larger vessels to be filled.
Up in the great white north Santa's
I reindeer no longer pranced and pawed,
impatient to W off on Christmas eve,
as they once had done. They hung
their heads and a tired look came
Into their big brown eyes, for they remembered
bow heavy the loads had
grown and how many more trips they
were forced to make year by year.
St. Nicholas no longer rested now
through the summer months, as he
once had done, but labored eveery
day throughout the year, and often he
built toys late into the night, for a
great many gifts had to be made to
fill the baskets that the greedy children
left. The twinkle left his merry eyes,
and he no longer sang about his work,
for he was sad and thought of the
time that would come when he could
no longer build enough presents to go
around.
Late one December day St. Nicholas
stepped from his workshop into the
deep snow. Facing the south, he
stretched out his tired arms and
called: "Hear, oh hear, children of the
earth, my loved ones, can you not see
you are becoming selfish and that your
greedy demands are too great a task,
even for St. Nicholas, king of the
Christmas spirit? Can't you see, my
children, that you are killing the spirit
of Christmas?"
| His chin sank upon his chest and
tears glistened in his kindly eyes. A
soft white snowflake fluttered down
and nestled against his cheek, and a
tiny voice whispered into his ear:
"Santa, I will help you."
"Who are you?" asked St. Nicholas
"I am a snow fairy," answered the
tiny voice. "As my sisters and I have
danced about the air we have often
swirled about your sleigh on Christmas
eve, and have seen the great
loads you have always carried and
how tired you have looked."
"What, O what, shall I do?" asked
Santa.
"Just go about your work as usual,"
answered the fairy. "I and all my
sisters will help you."
"Oh, thank you?thank you," cried !
St. Nicholas. And the fairy floated out.
I among the other snowflakes.
As the children went about the '
snowflakes whirled around them, and
it seemed as if they heard the chant- I
ing of tiny voices, and as the snow- J
flakes nestled against their ears they
seemed to sing: "Just a stocking? i
hang a stocking up on Christmas eve." J
"Just a stocking?just a stocking," !
rang through the hearts of the children i
on Christmas eve. And in place of '
leaving the great vessels as they once j
had done they just hung up their <
stockings. .1
Some children were too selfish to ;
hear the song of the snowflakes and j
left the great baskets as they always j
had done. But when they saw the
great joy the unselfish children had
in their gifts and how contented and
happy they were these selfish ones I
were ashamed, and they, too, began
to hang up only their stockings when j
Christmas eve came round. !
When St. Nicholas found stockings ;
in place of the great baskets and
barrels the twinkle came again into
his laughing eyes, his cheeks grew ,
red, and he sang as he drove through
the merry sea of snowflakes.
With just stockings to fill St. j
Nicholas had time to rest, and he j
grew strong and well, and the spirit i
of Christmas lived. So this is why .
nnwndnrs wp hansr un our stockings !
on Christmas eve. All this we are j
told by a writer, who learned it from j
a Christmas fairy.
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