| Show Superstitious Villagers Fear Year o of 0 Bad Luck uck 1 If II Candles Die on Tree LONDON Early Early Christmas traditions traditions tra tra- still endure among English Yule celebrants No Christmas tree is considered complete in to rural areas unless it is bedecked with little candles of dif dif- different different different ferent colors Many people count it itan itan itan an an ill sign if once lit the candles go out or are snuffed out before they have burned to their ends In old days the candle was made such sucha a size that it would burn from the time it was lit until midnight If it went out before beCore that evil was portended to the family for the coming coming coming com- com ing year The Yule log which many hold should be lit by a brandy preserved from the previous years year's stock should be blown bl wn into a blaze blaz by the maids but these must have clean faces and hands or the log will not light easily In the north of England England Eng Eng- land it was once customary to let the servants have free drink so long longas as the log burned |
