Show superstitious villagers 0 fear year of bad luck if candles die on tree LONDON early carl christmas amas traditions still stil endure among english yule celebrants no christmas Chiist mas tree is considered I 1 complete in rural areas unless it is I 1 be decked with little candles 0 of different I 1 colors many people count it an ill sign it 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 su such ch a size that it would burn from the time it was lit until midnight it if it went out before that evil was portended to the family for the coming year the yule log which mi chhy I 1 hy hold should be lit by a brandy preserved from the previous years stock should be blown into a blaze by the maids but these must have clean faces and hands or the log will not light easily in the north of england it was once customary to let the servants have free drink so long as the log burned |