Springville Herald | 1947-12-18 | Page 20 | Alms Giving Custom a Christmas Charity |

Type	issue
Date	1947-12-18
Paper	Springville Herald
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Alms Giving Custom a Christmas Charity
Type	article
Date	1947-12-18
Paper	Springville Herald
Page	20
OCR Text	Show Alms Giving- Custom A Christmas Charity Giving alms at Christmas originated origi-nated in the belief that the Christ ca-.-ie sometimes to the door d's-guised d's-guised as a beggar during the holiday holi-day season, and it was feared that he might be turned away unrecognized. un-recognized. This is an old legend that tells of the Christ child going from door to door on Christmas Eve in search of those who were kind, and deserving. His test was to plead for aid and often he was aimed away from the door. This story led to alms giving on Christ-ma-; Eve and it wai rare that a beggar was refused.
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65x6brn/15364119