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Show CANDLES PLAY XMAS ROLES Throughout the world wherever Christmas is celebrated cel-ebrated it is customary to place a lighted candle in the window . .'. The legend is that candles originally were set out to light the Christ child's way as he made his visits to the children. chil-dren. One explanation of the custom of hanging stockings stock-ings on Christmas Eve recalls re-calls the baronial halls of ' England where huge fireplaces fire-places were constantly in use . . . Each Christmas a, special log, the Yule log, was thrown on the fire . . . This log burned steadily as i long as the feasting and 1 celebrating continued. Na-i Na-i turally, it burned with a f pungent odor and stock-i stock-i ings were hung over the fireplace to absorb some of this odor and to protect the owners from evil spir- its. A far cry from the V present custom of loading them with goodies! |