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All these Christmas customs we delight inâ€"have they, in themselves, the essence of the high pleasure we draw out of them? Is it not, rather, that we put into them all that we have felt and lived and absorbed of what we accepted from boyhood, as the spirit of hallowed happiuess? Grave or gay, lively or severe, our C hrist. mases live by the genius of the peoples who have made us what we are. Like it much. or like it little, and change in the future as we have in the past, our Christmas began in En g- land so very long ago that, for its most popu- lar feature, as well as for one of its newest rites, we must hark back to the time when England was nigh to simple barbarian and the Feast of the Nativity was only a little while come into its own in Rome. began to appreciate the significance of mm. which hmemorial usage had mad. law 101' 91. En;- Nah Chr‘stmas. A: ms: specially Imported. u shamrock: m In.- dfilly imported afterward from Irelgn‘d in March. it bu 'Dread :rom the homes of the mveled rich and than 'Dread :rom the home: or the mvelea mu Inn umâ€" my tumbouses where the tradition Ind been cherubd through the centuries, to the trays and balk.“ at meet "New. until now none ’0 dull u to be blind to the "5“” Christmas mannaâ€"and for no 33 delicious 'pflv‘llexe. But we have merely rediscovered the England o: “93 and‘ages ago, which we tried to forget when we 0!- Wsed :ree mistletoe for tree tat. no that n night tax “mm ourselves back to the W!!! 0f 0“: oldelt Christmas emblem. the Christmas tree. -4“--. And we have hereticlzed ourselves from our very Christianity to don the shaggy banking tndfiear the hummus spears of the Druids that we were. - That no: Pope Gregory who. IS a. Roman demon. '"held the monde Brmsh same: in the mute: pm and Mr: thm the memorable compliment. "Not mica, but “1““. 151d a. memory as long as his ‘wlt was keen; “‘3 mm m mind those rah- :nd blooming meet. with “Mr ah'tfljl‘rs M flame and gold, which made him think '( mt heave-n he aspired to. and he could not bear to ‘3'“ or thus.- scrap}! soul: a: fallen forever into the pit ”Sometimesâ€"fin _ our n11. Obaerva thin happened: nor) Bu! :1 than. the went-eon hon! WM And the holly nro all forgot! And mm! ~hu then? Why. the men but: low. And hnnx up a bunch ofâ€"tho “10:03: 9h. byuvo 1: gm: up")! and bnvo is "0' holly! ,, ._L _.L _AI-â€"-I-A U! L. Unuvv n:- ~u .__-'-. __ __ But the mistletoe banished: Whoa Ah nobody known. not not mu know. Whu :- dono under the .nmktoor' ARRY CORNWALL said anteâ€"or. to be prod-O. ho wrote “â€"11: his prologue to the Mlle, “Recol- lections of Old Christina” which was performed. bv the desire of Indy Mahmuh. u Grim!- mam BACK TO THE DRUIDS US'I LINDSAY, mu mom 28. "akin. 1nd bear the L: we were.' - as a Roman deacon. the market DB“ “’4 mt. “Not Ansley but his wit was keen. blooming laces. with 'hich made him think he could not bet? ‘0 I.- to forfeit -v â€"â€"_' my v vw ,, They went out into the deep groves and peid tribute or venention to the oak. wreethinx its imposing strength withgruemlvineqmdnh-Dmidmudmhorehuped branches of mistletoe (or piece menace. Ali-embracing Christienity amend in the ma withthepeople:theliv1nttreeendthebuddinxtvizhe- eune put at the Yuletide festive]. ' AndtheChz-iltiInmddeneottodey.underther-uid mistletoe. have loetnothingbythechsmltjovium Comrd’ehintcanbeappermI-thecm wee notinnxhecauethepineiscutdovnuidtheoek allowed to stand in the forest over which it is king. , -7A_-7._4 L-__ Pope Grezoryâ€"mlous Christian. ye: liberal at! was opoltouc. but not tunic. tad npostouc. too. us win Augustine. He con-10d out his Worn. that accommodate tho Christin: worship on much u poo: to the custom ot the people. with ample act and o discretion. into the bitter mum winter. is the 1m nnâ€"un Yule log. 1.1a with more or lens may in tho will. fireplace: 0: the Amulm countryside from Maine to Tho Anglo-Saxons were fond of their (ems. for, with the midortunu of their rude living. they 1 the solemn pomp of the ancient churph. for Autumn entered Kent bearing 3 silver cross has with n benner painted with the figure of the Seviour, while behind him -- n- â€""â€"câ€"' one 920;“; kfndneas to man aid beastâ€"1:91:31: a tramiormnnon in thetspirit and character of the nation would follow! ‘ Christmas is a time of IeK-forgetfnlneu. By amnmfimntthomfionforamwm When it is celebrated, ChriStmas supplies the most potent illustration of what may be accom- plished for the betterment of the people. Oh! if all the families, towns, cities, corporations could be brought into one great combine for p‘rqmoting inst commandments, in humility and sacrifice. Ehriztmas Jin‘ 111$ Human uthoncoltult, probably.sndoortunlybom The high ideal is, I fear, largely lost gig ht of, and I am not disposed to plead for anythingdifierentfrom those who for the re- mainder of the year do ‘not live in the spirit of the Divine wv wâ€"vvvwvvvv -‘vv-v v'- Head of the Solutionâ€"Linn!- o: the World. HRISTMAS is largely a time of mutual co- operation for promoting the social hfppiness of the poo- p e. m- 1.2.]. :2--I 2.. little ' to acts will bring into other live: beside their gin. olJneonscioualy tlpy demomtnto the power and beauty of self-demol. And there a no -_‘ .. 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