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Story
of
St.
Nicholas
PATRON
SAINT
OF
CHRISTMAS
LIVED
IN
ASIA
MINOR
INFOURTH
CENTURY
On
Christmas
Eve.
Canadian
children
will
be
tucked
snugly
Moore,
being
a
professor
of
di
in
their
beds
while
visions
of
,
vinity,
publicly
acknowledged
toys
and
sweets
dance
through
their
heads.
Listening
breathlessly,
they
may
hear
sleighbells
In
the
snow.
Santa
will
be
about,
his
pack
laden
with
dolls
and
drums,
painted
carts
and
picture
books,
and
unrationed
good
cheer
for
young
and
old.
The
real,
live
St.
Nicholas
was
born
in
Asia
Minor
and
lived
during
the
Fourth
century.
The
Dutch
settlers
brought
many
legends
centering
around
him
to
this
continent.
He
was
an
extraordinary
studious
youth
and,
after
his
father
died,
much
con
cerned
about
the
fortune
he
had
inherited.
He
therefore,
conceived
the
idea
of
supplying
financially
embarrassed
maidens
with
dowries,
the
young
ladies
having
no
idea
where
the
money
came
from.
In
his
youth,
Nicholas
visited
the
Holy
Land,
and
as
a
result,
desired
to
spend
his
life
In
a
monastery.
However,
he
was
bidden
to
"Go
on;
live
among
men
.
.
."
Later,
as
the
Archbishop
of
Myra,
he
was
renowned
for
his
graciousness,
kindness
and
understanding
of
children.
Feast
or
St.
Nick
In
Russia
The
feast
of
St.
Nicholas,
patron
saint
of
Russia,
is
celebrated
on
December
6.
On
that
day.
In
many
European
countries,
the
children
are
visited
by
St.
Nicholas
and
given
nuts,
apples,
candy
and
small
gifts,
providing
they
have
been
well
behaved
throughout
the
year.
The
modern
conception
of
Santa
Claus
was
first
expressed
by
Washington
Irving
who,
in
1809,
described
him
as
a
tubby,
jolly
little
fellow
speeding
across
,the
sky
in
a
reindeer-drawn
sleigh.'
In
1822,
using
Irving's
description
and
supplying
additional
details,
from
his
own
imagination,
Clement
Clarke
Moore
Jtold
his
children
the
story
of
"The
Visit
of
St.
Nicholas."
A
year
later,
the
poem
was
published
To
Our
Friends
.
.
.
Our
warm
wish
is
that
your
Christmas
will
be
H
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p
p
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and
that
a
G
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w
Year
will
follow.
That
is
the
spirit
in
tvhich
we
expres
sour
regards
for
you
all
.
.
.
patrons
or
PHILPOTT,
EVITT
&
CO.
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All
Our
Friends
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having
written
the
now
famous
poem,
which
has
been
translated
into
several
foreign
languages.
Legends
dealing
with
the
origin
of
the
use
of
the
Christmas
tree
go
as
far
back
as
the
Tenth
century
when
George
Jacob,
the
Arabian
.geographer,
declared
that
all
of
the
trees
in
the
fores',
blossomed
and
bore
fruit
the
night
of
our
Lord's
Nativity.
It
Is
believed
that
Jacob's
story
might
have
led
to
the
later
custom
of
hanging
apples
and
fruits
on
the
evergreen
tree,
and,
as
is
the
habit
in
certain
parts
of
Europe,
of
using
a
blossoming
cherry
sapling
in
the
home
as
a
Christmas
tree.
One
August
Imgart
introduced
the
Christmas
tree
to
America
I
100
years
ago
in
Wooster,
Ohio,
and,
In
so
doing,
preserved
the
tradition
that
had
been
handed
down
in
Germany.
In
1851,
Rev.
Henry
C.
-Schwan,
pastor
of
ZIon
Lutheran
church
in
Cleveland,
Ohio,
put
up
the
first
Christmas
tree
in
a
church
in
this
country,
for
which
he
and
his
parishioners
were
severely
denounced
by
other
congrega-;
Hons.
!
Beautiful
Story
of
Christmas
Tree
j
One
of
the
most
beautiful
le-1
3ends
concerning
the
Christmas
tree
is
the
ancient
tale
dealing
with
the
forester
and
his
household,
who
had
just
gathered
around
the
fireside
on
Christmas
Eve
when
they
heard
a
timid
knock
on
the
door.
The
forester
opened
the
door
to
behold
a
little
child
shivering
on
the
steps.
Touched
by
the
,
child's
cold
and
apparent
exhaustion,
the
forester
took
him
in,
and
he
was
welcomed
by
the
whole
family
and
warmed
and
led.
Later,
the
forester's
son,
Hans,
gave
up
his
bed
to
the
little
child.
In
the
morning,
the
family
was
awakened
by
the
singing
of
a
i
choir
of
angels,
and
looking
at
their
little
guest
saw
him
stand
ing
transfigured
in
their
midst.
In
the
Troy
Sentinel.
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years
l
passed
however,
before
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the
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figure
often
in
northern
myth
and
folklore.
One
version
of
the
legend
Is
of
Way-Jand
the
smith.
Wayland
and
his
two
brothers
leave
Finland
tor
the
.south
on
their
reindeer-drawn
sleizhs.
The
mountain
elves
try
to
stop
them
and
Way-land's
brothers
lash
their
reindeer
to
force
them
by
the
elves.
Angry
because
the
three
arc
deserting
their
homes,
but
even
more
because
of
the
blows
given
the
patient
deer,
the
elves
curse
the
two
.brothers,
singing:
"Because
Slagfid
struck
his
reindeer
Because
Eigel
struck
his
reindeer
Our
hatred
shall
follow
you."
Wayland
they
also
curse
for
leaving
Finland,
but
because
"he
struck
not
his
reindeer"
the
curse
Is
milder.
The
two
brother
die
violently
and
tragically,
but
Wayland,
after
many
troubles,
wins
back
the
wife
he
had
lost
and
becomes
the
"Smith
of
the
Gods
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SEVERAL
SANTAS
Tliere
are
several
Santas,
including
Kris
Kringle
and
St.
Nick
or
Nicholas.
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original
St.
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whose
time
several
churches
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Constantinople
were
dedicated
to
St
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huge
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In
England
on
Christmas
Eve
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and
servants
brought
In
a
log
that
was
to
burn
throughout
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the
Christmas
feasting.
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was
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customary
to
save
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brand
from
JJ
;
each
year's
fire
to
light
the
next
one.
ir
the
log
was
properly
burned
it
was
believed
that
the
devil
was
powerless
to
do
any
mischief
to
the
household.
One
story
has
It
that
stockings
were
originally
hung
by
fireplaces
to
absorb
the
odor
of
the
burning
wood
and
thus
give
the
wearer
protection
from
evil!
BRITISH
SANTA
Father
Christmas
Is
the
Brl-
uih
for
Santa
Claus.
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OF
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MINCE
PIES
;
The
Christmas
mince
pie
had
a
Christian
symbolism
in
the
beginning.
The
-pies
represented
the
gold,
frankincense
and
myrrh
brought
by
the
Three
!
Wise
Men
to
the
manger;
the
crust
symbolized
the
gold,
and
,
the
mixture
of
spices
the
frank-,
incense
and
myrrh.
Originally
i
the
pies
were
made
oblong
and
followed
the
shape
of
the
man-
ger.
!
There
was
a
superstition
that
I
there
was
no
luck
in
store
for
!
the
man
or
woman
Who
did
not
I
cat
a
pie
at
Christmas.
To
ear
one.
It
was
believed,
was
to
be
sure
of
having
at
least
one
happy
month.
To
enjoy
a
year
of
happiness,
a
person
had
to
cat
one
pie
on
each
of
the
twelve
days
after
Christmas.
said,
"Behold,
I
have
gladly
received
your
kind
gifts,
and
this
is
my
gift
to
you.
Henceforth,
this
tree
shall
always
bear
Its
fruits
at
Christmas
time
and
you
shall
always
have
abundance."
The
first
community
Christmas
tree
was
set
up
In
Paris,
France,
in
1840,
but
was
not
popularity
accepted
throughout
the
world
until
the
advent
of
electricity,
when
the
lighting
could
be
stabilized
and
proper
effect
given
to
its
display-Albert
of
Saxe
Coburg-Gotha,
who
came
to
England
In
1840
to
wed
the
young
Victoria,
Is
credited
with
bringing
the
Christmas
tree
to
the
British
Isles.
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Child
choristers
once
again
herald
the
Christmas
season
with
the
lovely
carols
of
long
go.
Here
children
of
a
church
make
an
Impressive
picture
when
viewed
through
a
huge
Christmas
wreath.
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King
For
Night
At
Wassail
Fete
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to
thec
Old
apple
tree.
Whence
thou
mayst
bud,
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whence
thy
mayst
blow,
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whence
thy
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rendering
or
this
doggerel
rhyme,
followed
by
the
pawlnj
of
the
elder
jug.
was
a
popular
feature
of
Christmas
during
th
middle
19th
century
at
Devonshire.
This
completed,
the
male
members
of
the
party
discharged
guns
into
a
selected
apple
tree
said
to
result
in
bumper
apple
crops.
The
men
would
then
knock
at
the
farmhouse
door,
guess
as
to
the
kind
of
roast
In
the
oven.
The
one
who
gueesed
correctly
was
king
for
the
night.
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CUSTOM
Christmas
caroling
was
a
thriving
custom
in
England
of
the
fourth
century.
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