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Show Celebrations the World Over Chriatmaa In tha South. Klroworka ara halng alilpiwd Into all parta uf tha South fur tha Chrlatmu and Now Year holiday ceWibralluna, aya Uia Nnw York Trlbuna. Largo ouniiKnineiita hava boun going out avory day during tha pant three or fuur weeka. and thoaa ahlttnenta will continue until after Chriatmaa. It waa oatlmated by two prominent local dealnra lat week that not leaa than 11,000.000 worth of Roman eandlea, rocketa, plnwheela. crackera, torpc-doea torpc-doea and colored lira powder will ba aet off eolith of the Maaon and Ulxon'a Una during lha laat week of tha dying year. In the Booth the Chriatmaa celebration tnkoa the place of tba Independence In-dependence day celebration, there being be-ing little demonatratlon there on tha fourth of July. Thla hat bnen true for many yearn, both uf the cltlea and country illatrlcta, but alnca the Span-lah Span-lah American war the people of tha South Imve entered more heartily Into the nolay onacrvance t the Fourth. Colored folk will a d liiulr laat dollar for flrnorafkcra mill rockota. Chrlat'a Birthplace. According to an article by Paul Carua la The Open Court, Chicago, tha aixicrypual goapela tell a aomnwbat ilinerent atory of Christ', birth from tha canonical book. According to tba former, Chrlat waa born In a cuve and thence traxferred to a atnhle, wnnre the oi and aaa worHhlpnl him, whlla, according to the canonical goepola, tha Nativity tnkca pluco lu a atable. The aHicryphnl k'KOiiila proved ao strung that In aptte of the canonical vnralun of the atoi y, a envo reur lioth-I lioth-I lehom caino to bo finally .vcarded aa i lh-i place of the Kutlvlty, and , chjrch waa erected on the apot to coiiniHMiiurnto the event and atlll atanda aa a laxtlng uiunumont of thla hellnf. Chriatmaa In Bohemia, t Hubemla alone, amoni! all the Chrle-I Chrle-I t'an c janlr , .iiaKes Chri.tinaa a I day f .iKoroua fuHttnir. Kvu children child-ren :jm u,,t inu lo deny th.maelrea all fK;i; from tuiirie to .uinot. Thll Jj also a vorliahlo collection ay for workmon of every clam, uu(j tha maater of thi fco;:: acedi a pocketful of money to aatlHfy all the deinanda mada uinm him by Uie artl.ani, inual-clana, inual-clana, pot mendera, bell rinse, ch!m-neyawoopa, ch!m-neyawoopa, cobblor., etc.. who throng tha bouae from early dawn to wish him a "Merry Chrlntma" and receive from htm a remembrance . L Marry Chriatmaa. In lha rtiah of early tnnrnlng. Whm tha red hum Ihruugh tha gray. Anil the wlnlry wurld Una waiting Kor lha glory nf lha day. Then we h-.ir a nirm mailing Juat wlllmut uixn Hie atalr. Boa two amall wnlte phunlnma coming, Catch the glaam uf aumiy hajr. Are they Chriatmaa fnlrlea ataallng Howa of Utile ao.-ka to nil? Are they anaela hoallng hither With llnor mexaane nf gnod-wlll? What aweel atiell ara them elvaa wenvlng. Aa like larka they chirp and alnaT Are ttli'ae imllna of hhi'0 from heaven .That llieee luvaly atdilta brlngT noay faet upon tha thrrnhnld, l;:iKT rn'ia peeping llirntmh, Willi the nrat red ruy nf MiuiKhlna, riuilitlna I'lierutm rurne In vlaw; illsll.'ln,, und aleainlng holly. HymUula nf a tilixx d ihiy. In llM-lr chutOiy lunula llit-y carry, Ulreainliig all alung the way. Well wa know them, nevnr weary I f thla llilHM'ent aurprlee; Wiillliiit, wal.-long. luii'iiiinr nlwaya Wllh full h.'ima nnd I. ikI.t evea, While our little hmiren.dd ancala. Wnlle and guld. ii lu the uu. Orf'l u wllh Ihe aw i-e.1 old welcome "Merry I'hrlaUuaa, every one!" Lejuia. Alrult. Soma Chriatmaa Not... In Slleala there la a auperalltlon that a boy born on Chriatmaa day muat be brought up a lawyer or be will become a thief Chriatmaa in I nee plea In the seventeenth seven-teenth and elithtunnth tenlurloa were made with cnut ao ehapud aa to represent rep-resent the mangnr. In the fourth century the celehrntion of Cbrlstmaa waa Uicil by the lutln church for Docemhnr 2&lh. Ilefore that time It had been a movable festl-ml festl-ml like Kaster. In France It la a common practice to celebrate, Chrlstmua by giving an extra ex-tra ration to domcatlc aulmalg, on tha theory that all creaturea ihould unl'.e In rojolclng at thla season. Mince pica are Brat mentioned In 16S0 aa lu common use at Chrlalmaa time. Culinary authorities doclared that they in 1 1; lit oe eaten aa early aa December H They were made of mutton, mixed with rulslna. cloves, allspice, all-spice, nuts, and other Insrodlnnta. The children at llethlnbeui are atlll told by their mothcra that on Chrlit-maa Chrlit-maa eve a choir of anKela alwaya sing above the pluce where Chrlat was born. Travelers nay that on this evening even-ing scores, and aomutlmoa hundreds of children may be aeon In the open air, looking up Into the aky, waiting to hear the angels sing. In Sweden there ta a superstition that the men of the extreme northorn reglona become wolves during Christ-maa Christ-maa week. y . Holly the "Holy" Tree. In the middle of the Forest of Dean, England, there atanda a building called call-ed the Speech Holme, around which grow, a number of old holly trees. They wero looked upon by tba folk of the locality with ao much veneration venera-tion that, ao recently aa 1830. boughs war cut from it-era and used to take the place of the Testament In swearing swear-ing In wltneiaea In tha adjoining court. It la aald that the ancient Ilrlt-ona Ilrlt-ona held the tree aa sacred, and plante ed It round their villages In Cornwall. When holly came to be coupled with Chriatmaa other notlnna prevailed. la Itullandshlre It waa thought unlucky to bring It Into the house before Christmas. In the Wostorn ahtroa tha branches were taken home from tha cburches which they bad adorned and kept for luck during Ihe following yoar. School boya used to make blrd-limo blrd-limo by chewing the bark. Hcoause the loaves of Ha lower branches ara muro spiny than those of the upper, the tree eHcnpes tiamage from cattle, which causo harm to uioxt trees. Dear, howMrer, attack It. Utile Folks. Celebration at Lima, ftru. i'robably the moBt gorgeous Christ mas spectacle In the world lakes in l.trna, Peru, where a wonderful pro cession aovcral miioa long winds through the streets, bearing figures nf hundreds of saints and tue sacred pictures of the cathedral. Many thou-sands thou-sands of soldier in their bright uniforms, uni-forms, Indian women, decked with ribbons and (lowers, nnd asses heavily laden with choice fruits and harness-ed harness-ed with strings of golden bells all appear ap-pear In line, and on atanda paased by the paradn are representations ol scones from the Nativity. At night the whole city makes morry with guitars, gui-tars, cantanets and weird natlva dances, and tha celebration ends with great public teams where rich and poor exchange greetings. True Meaning of Chriatmaa. In all the mlrlhnmklng nnd the hap. pluexs of the coming holiday tlma wa should not get ton far away from the fuct that of all the celebrations of the year It la tho ono thut unquestionably belongs In its higher meaning to tha humble and the Hor. "And this shall bo a sign unto Jon. Ye shall find the babe wrapped In swaddling clothes, lying In a mauger. "And suddenly thnre.waa with tha angel a multitude of the heavenly ho!, praising Ood and saying: "Glory to Ood In the highest, aud on earth peace, good will toward men." |