Show CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS it must he be remembered that tile principles of christianity that is its basic teah teachings ings were nvere known and practiced for thousands or of years lie fore the a avent of the nazarine Nazar cne and those principles hill to do with mans inner nature and Us its relation rel sUlon to tile the universe in those early days ninn man was wont to express ills his fleas particulars those concern concerning inz spiritual things which did nt not lend themselves vc to words by symbols which Ile become carile a sort or of universal language fany of our cus customs tejay are loit surl vals of mans attempt to cepro duce some of those earlier sy symbols with their inherent significance one fit fc the ea earliest deariest riest of these was tile the sym liol fiol from which conics comes out our christinas tree first christmas tree this was in reality a 1 combination of symbols an aal in its first form con coi JK 1 aisted of an up right pole crossed by several liars bars of varying length set in tit til c canter anter of a circle the Jia Ji ameter or of the circle tile the length of the ni iral U ht find and the fill crossing liars bars all ai hil na I 1 t 11 i ier n 1 I lan lain definite deri deff nite to bah other As time went on and man found in nature something which represent ell ed in its form and characteristics tills this early symbol he a lopped adopted the cone shaped or flame shaped shape ever green tree to express the aslA rations of his soul gradually as man became more materialistic the si sign itic ance was lost and forgotten we find that evergreen all aidi trees were used as decorations at the saturnalia lit tho the roman feast or of sat urn was inas the forerunner of it our christmas festival tile the early german peoples es who anally icare froni Palest flie before the days of the galilean paced evergreen trees before their floors an at one time on top ot of their houses as an invocation for protection |