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Show 1 -. . , . , . " " j.t GIFTS AT CHRISTMAS ft $ I V vfiMFTS at Christmas time b! i K Vt7 ere common In medieval Jj , Jl times. Accounts tell of the ft ; j chandlers' guiltf sending out grat- .ij i x I to every one a special sort of ! K candles which were burned with ' j' the Yule log to light the hou-ses jjj for the coming of a supernatural ,J visitor. Bakers also sent out Jf- V "Yule cakes." Gradually the sen- ij j u tlment of "Peace on earth, good M will to men" and the celebra- -h tlon of the spirit by general Jjj gifts seems to have spread J l through the other guilds, and J j finally to have become general. jj |