Show IOU t I 1 ft V iff V 4 xa 10 q F W rm u U ma mm I 1 1 0 Y tit tilt world absorbed ti just W now lit in the process groces 3 of if mak lna 9 d 1 gifts fur ir i r 11 how mailly of u 01 akl to t think 1 1 I 1 uit ha t it Is IA nil fill diboni so 80 simply and til lilly ins has glet K I 1 fl ru 1 kl n y sll lilied into our sc scheme hellit it if thing thill we scar scarcely eely burnle it as it 11 liliar in itself alft buik i lias has if 11 history us as old ni as ahne und ahert nit anin I 1 an fn on oil which wv we devin deem it lu lit and proper day even een LorY to gle ghe i 32 change g n lt early etry eirv OK W O K changes girls kit s tit 1 l tam tittle find tills this year ear nt aptt 1 to lu rsvp the custo il observed to t its ith fullet po 1 11 allYing oi iiii I 1 lir ittes sf iv lind that gift liia 1118 ihus existed in III s some 0 file lorm jorin or ir other ii Mige van wert grat gr ki kait at it hand 4 ut at tin the kanie iut but gift kinlan giving in III did not liot pring front froni nuy imy thought or idea oil with etli gont rosity 1113 ws n the desare to please beilig bellish und ad unutterably lie ho feard d till abid distrusted dasti strangers jut ns HS some of us do oduy ll 11 lie coned con fd the weak muk nid and tinged beffre tile strong the hie of lift forced orcut ailin to these reavil ran lin ons whatever impulses primitive mail inay have luu had to share cliare ills his posses possessions siong or t mike it 11 gift 0 ift of it ho he i y pre preferred Jerred to keep keel for tilt liliu u self yew grew out of fear from what we know about the nature of our eari lest mic estors wo we cannot believe he lttie that hy he would have parted with ani thing lie he wanted unless lie was norald when the flushed und and the ili tinder roared roi ind fill overwhelming lear feor pos him unable to re redson tits m that chete were natural natu rul over liu lie could not pos possibly exercise control liol lit in shot lit tit the with nr fir t rows rowa mid find shouted at tilt hu thunder ter when these efforts failed his fear lu in n jird what had libil lie done to anger fingor the gods a gift would ap pease this linger to him lle ile glian of if treasured possession meant reul real Pa crince for instance if lie ho wade A bonfire find burned some boino of ills his hard hanl arnad earned aad lie expected tile roda gods tu to appreciate his tai sat billee and turu turn tj ili T f me thunder the ninde greit gifts to their blagg s the israelites Israelite 4 RHU kite a n tenth cintli of all their gruen their wine their cattle to tin tilt kins king this cu custom aiji thread everywhere and even cen christianity failed to 0 o wipe it out andis and is visiting foreign countries brought gifts we tire lire told that coneen Kl izabeth received rec elved sands of gifts from tier her at sew new yeas there remains remain little doubt that what other purposes may have lit in tiva ed the making of it gift there lurked behind it un till unconscious desire to win the of tin ifie pv jiin aun of power to gain onea awit buds cuds even an fn as the weak nion ut if 04 ariail tive tribe made it a gift tu to tit the trib 1 goo Q at a I 1 giong ofle man lit in the desire to gain its ft lend ship find protection file bible gives givel express expression lon lo la this alila thought says deuteronomy 1011 10 ia 1 A gift ft doth blind tile lie eyes ees ot of the ais se e buning 1 or of counse that th ft it Is easy en to Itt till wiatt luit ono one wants if one olle 4 gifts gift juddi bously khuong anany in no tin if making tit of I 1 a gift bithune it sort of ceremony ceru nony A gift anif gentit int much wore more if to I 1 mail than it does to its when hen lie ho lirou lit himself to 1 pirt art with alth a holce choice bt be n I 1 skin or it flint spear he felt I 1 alint lia t lio lie wag parting with something a akin kin to in himself thus tile exchange of gifts lame came to lie he it common asi way or of informally formale for mall two persons to tn 1 ether when the lie daruns of north borneo exchanged weapons they were sworn friends in central celebes Cole bea even eien today the exchange of gifts Is recognized as aa if ceremony for esteb friendship in patagonia no cliplef la Is allowed to enter into the lie ter or of another until gifts have been exchanged the exchange of sifts gifts at christmas time possibly grew out of tile desire to emulate the amazing unselfishness of if christ 1 the he custons was nurtured in Ger germany ninny here it tho the habit to ni make iku periodic asch usch exchange inge of gifts among friends relatives acquaint ancee it became an obligation und to escape it the man with many friends sometimes took fill an extended trip at ahli period froin t roin germany any tile the custom of christ nias iuna gift giving spread over europe it chromed the sea bea and was brou brought glit to the struggling colonists colonl sti who had cut loose from froin nil all old world influences it bits become more find more tin in insel aution us its the generations have slipped by and today toda we exchange gifts as an if 11 matter of course it wits a custom anion the romans fur for the priest to put if box on oil till all out going ships hips the people were crp required to put something into it when the ship was w really to io sall the box was wa sealed find and went to 10 sen sea wath it it Q oil tilt clr return trin the tj bo wits mis turned orar to the priest who place p cited it aside until nt at which tittle time muss was mas said and the bu aloy opened sometimes life contents contti iti were kept by the church liu reh distributed to the poor it la is related that frequently fri nt at the oem ing of lox box who had not placed anything in it t came forlani and offered gifts in tho the form of money ur or jewelry iti lo during tile the early 1217 tod of chrls chris fla tilty it was ruston fary for iwon men find bonien to slug 1119 carols in the streetly etli tit at time illey 1 I liy would be given food clothing clot liln und houpy not noi if V the songs they fang anu but ucc i use it was sit tho the to do d ia 0 o anil cust custom oln among superstitious peoples la in sacred they were afraid that flat evil e would befall them if they ald gilld not make sifts to tile the who caroled cajoled christs praise from actual records we know that gift making to children goes far back into prehistory at various museums here and thero there are on view dolls find and other toys toya which liae have been taken out but of tile the long burled buried tombs of children we ave cat can easily picture a savage father of long ago bringing a curious shell for his child to play with we can teo see if a savage mathei another carefully fashioning it a dint or bono bone toy that tier her child might have something with which to busy himself among these primitive peoples marriage was not considered binding g until a child was born the birth or of the child therefore must have been an occasion of great celebration and perhaps all tho the clansmen clansman clans men presented ted gifts to the tha newcomer it would have been a ceremony to show the child lie he was welcome and among friends painted elax clay dolls some to in the form of humans nod find some in the form of animals wore were given to early egyptian children as playthings among the early romans tile man who adopted n child gave it rich gifts to prove that lie he was able to take care of it gifts have always accompany pil christenings christen ings s in the middle ages the god godparents p parents arents usually presented the child with rold gold or sliver silver spoons it ii Is 14 barely possibly that tant tho the phrase born with it a silver spoon lit in his month may havo have conic come from this custom tile custom of presenting children with gifts at christmas time was mo most it pronounced among the germans in early life kris kringle la Is their name for santa clous cinus it Is derived from krist bundil which derais christ child wo we can understand why the holiday would have been recognized as it being particularly it n childs illda cl festival saint nicholas or santa claus clans Is regarded as the patron saint of christmas christinas tile the old nursery myth Is that lie comes coined down the chimney with a pack on his back to leave gifts for good children it la is possible that this myth originated with the custom of denning tile the at the beginning of the new year to enable good luck to enter the household A housewife budy cleaning tile cli linney ut at or nr about christmas time might have whispered to her children to keep them out of mischief that if they were good santo claus would conic come down the chimney an und bring gifts to them impressed tile tha children hurried to spread tho the news union anions their and ic c we have hae the myth today |