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Show H Christmas Day. B ' Chrstmas day, without doubt, B a n0 IU0!t widoly celobrated hol- B '('ay- Noing a festival of the B Christian Church it is co-oxton- B sivo with Christianity. Though B celebrated on tho 25th of Dccein- B bor, in momory ot the birth of B Jesus Christ there is dilliculty in B accepting this as tho date of tho B Savior's nativity, December being B the height of tho rainy season in B .India, when neither flocks nor B Shepherds could havo boon at H night in tho iiolds of Bethlehem. B More stross, however, is laid on B tho' importance of keeping tho B holiday in memory of tho nativ- BP ity of Jesus than on fixing the B exact date of tho event. B I nail civilized countries Christ B uiiis is celebrated with festivities B of various kinds. H In England the "Old hour" B basnet altogothor lied. H The caudles are still lighted H and a hugo log called tho Yule H Log thown on tho flro. Then bo- B gins a time of merry making and H Jbslivity woll known to English B people. |