Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1948 — Page 10

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1948

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I Flowers Are Part Os Yule Legends There are several flowers appropriate during the Yuletide season which are connected with the birth of Christ by the legends of history. Sainfoin, or "Holy Hay," is said to have cradled the infant Christ in the manger. The snowdrop is the 1 flower of the Virgin Mary, and is said to be the emblem of the candles she lighted on Christmas. According to legend, the Christmas rose was divinely created. A shepherd maid wept at having no gift to lay before the Babe in the manger. Suddenly an angel appeared to her. On hearing why the maiden wept, the angel touched the ground where her tears had fallen and immediately the plaoe was ■ white with Christmas roses, which ' the maid gathered and laid in the manger. The chrysanthemum is said to have appeared first on Christmas Eve near the manger as a sign to | the Wise Men that they had reached the spot where the star had bidden them.

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V/JANY unusual and picturesque I -L’4 tales have been told about the I modern usage of Christmas flowers. Although they are legendary, the carefully spun bits of folklore provide a colorful background for present day flower decorations which are used during the Christmas season. Holly, with its red berries, dark green leaves and needle-like spikes is a light-hearted symbol of friendship and good will when December arrives. According to legend, though, holly originally was used as an instrument of cruelty. The crown of thorns which Christ wore was fashioned from holly. Prior to the Crucifixion the plant bore white berries but after the Crucifixion the berries turned a bloody crimson. Mistletoe, a close associate of holly, is said to ■ have been the wood from which j Christ’s cross was made. One of the most beautiful legends woven around Christmas flowers

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1 ! concerns the Christmas rose. While 1 : en route to Bethlehem the Wise Men i | crossed the path of a little shep- | herdess named Madelon. Enrap--1 tured at the wondrous tale about • the birth of Christ which they re- > lajjd, she was heartbroken because I slie-lwd no gift to offer. 1 While she was crying she detected a sweet-smelling aroma and looked up. Standing next to her was an » angel who inouiied the reason for J her sadness. Madelon explained that i while she wanted to pay homage • to the newly-born Babe, she didn't i even have a single, bea'itiful flower ! such as grew in the fields in the j summer to give Him. The angel 5 waved her arm and a stunning bunch ; of gorgeous, snowy white Christmas > roses anoeared ; Madelon gathered her precious i gift in her arms and hurried off to j Bethlehem where the Wise Men had S gone. After the Wise Men's offerings j of gold, frankincense and myrrh, ! she humbly preferred her flowers to | the tiny Infant, who stretched out j a hand to touch the roses. His I fingers lightly brushed the immacu--5 late petals and immediately they 5' changed to a delicate pink. s I Poinsettias which head the popui larity list of Christmas flowers, iron- » ically enough do not have any legj ends attached to thefn because of I ,

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their recent introduction. In the beginning of the last century the poinsettia was introduced by J. R. [ Poinsett, an American politician and diplomat. For years evergreens have flourished in homes at Christmastide to create a woodsy, outdoor atmosphere. In the aged line "hang up the holly, the box and the bay” it Is significant to note that two of the plants mentioned, box and bay, are mentioned in Holy Scriptures as thriving on the mountains of Lebanon in the Holy Land. Because of its symmetrical leaves, bay has been used for design throughout the ages. The Greeks used it on their coins and the Romans, too, favored it as a beautiful show piece. Today bay shrubbery graces the entrances to many American homes at yuletide. Cedar, which furnishes greens for Christmas, likewise existed in Lebanon. The people of Lebanon re-

garded cedar as a symbol of endurance. strength, life and eternity. Recognized by its characteristic, pleasant aroma, cedar also was an emblem of purity because its treetops were frequently covered with snow during a large part of the year. , ( An old-time favorite of sailors who visited Mediterranean ports was because of the aromatic perfume the plant yielded. Familiar to most Americans as a straggling hedge plant, Rosemary droops in massive festoons 12 feet long in its native Italy. Legend has it that the flowers were colorless until the Blessed Virgin, during the flight into Egypt, hung the clothes of Jesus on Rosemary bushes to dry. Thereafter, RoseI mary bushes blossomed forth with ; I’their sparkling blue flowers. 1! The Hawthorn bush with its white I or red flowers originally was the May tree of the Old World. Peculiarly, the bush never blooms in 1 May. According (0 historians. Jos- ; eph of Arimathea went to England ; and on the completion of his pilgrimage at the Abbey of Glaston- ■ bury he pushed his staff into the ground where it burst forth leaves and flowers. Since then the Haw- . thorn bush always flowers at Christ- • mastide. which is out of its regu--1 lar season.

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