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Show 10W The Sait Lake Tribune, Sunday, December 8, 1965 Historic origins of Christmas traditions ,, By Elaine T. Ashcroft Department of Family .. and Human Development Utah State University ; LOGAN Harold MacMillan of ' England once said, "It is no good living in the past. But facing the future . we are fortified by " traditions. Tradi- tion does not mean that the living are it means jjiead that the dead are . .ilive. ntiAt Christmas protected from the rigors of winter. The early Greeks and Romans sent holly boughs to their friends as a token of their friendship. Today it is-symbol of good wishes and good cheer. The Romans then began exchanging gifts of sweets, candles, lamps, copper, silver and gold. This is probably the most recent origin of exchanging Christmas gifts. If your children have long lists that seem impossible to fill, that also is not new. The Emperor Caligula upset his subjects by publishing an edict a listing what he expected in the way of presents and stood on the stoop of his palace to receive them in person. Today, in some countries gifts are exchanged on Christmas day, but in many countries they are exchanged at Epiphany (Jan. 6) to commemorate the coming of the three wise men to Bethlehem, bearing gifts for the Christ child the ancient reason given for the origin of exchanging gifts. from the past to "ttfe, and yet we are Ms. Ashcroft "really unaware of the history of the traditions In northern Europe, St. Martin and later St. Nicholas awarded good children nuts, fruits and sweets and those that had misbehaved with rods and switches. The Dutch called St. Nicholas Santa Klaus and he was taken by them to America and became Santa Claus. The Christmas card is a purely English invention. In the early part of the last century it became the custom for English school children to write and decorate Christmas pieces for , their parents. In 1843 Sir Henry Cole and John Horsley created a more i professional version of the Christmas -pieces and the Christmas card was born. As you prepare your home for" Christmas this year, enjoy the tradi-- , tions from the past that help keep the ' "dead alive." INVENTORY CLEARANCE MULUiA w srSitlAL sew shipments I PRICES IN EFFECT THRC DEC. 31, 1985 of us share jnany 'traditions which wiring the dead -- but by the beginning of the 17th century glittering ornaments were added, along with fruits made of gold paper and festoons of silver. Legend says that Martin Luther, after wandering one Christmas Eve under a starry sky, set up a tree for his children and decorated it with candles as an image of the heavens. Holly and Christmas have long been synonymous. The ancient Druids, an order of priests who lived 2,000 years ago in Britain and Gaul, believed that if they decorated their dwellings with holly they would be SIMPLICITY SERGER 3 or 4 SPOOL -- SIMPLICITY team of physicians, psychologists and dieticians guide you through a program of Let our FREE-AR-M we use. The term "Christmas originated (the Mass of lhrist) in the year 1038. Prior to being Christmas, the commemora-tlo- n was known as the Feast of the from Cristes Maesse tailed -- nativity. The Feast of the Nativity was first Tleld Jan. 6, and was apparently Changed to Dec. 25 in the 4th century iA.D. in Rome. tJThe star which many of us put at top of our tree comes from Bibli-C- l accounts of the birth of Christ. The gospel of Matthew records, JJWhere is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east and are come to worship him. The use of the Nativity scene raeems to come from Spain. Even to- dy most Spanish families have a Nativity scene. After midnight Christmas Eve all of the family gathers for a special dinner and then around the Nativity scene gathers .and sings carols. While both the English and the used wreaths and greenery in ; their celebrations, the Christmas tree !is considered to be of German origin. y !The fir tree represents life in winter, when other trees are barren but the fir is green. Pagan Winter festivals used the evergreen ;tjree before the celebrations were oonverted to Christmas. 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