Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1953 — Page 10

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Christmas Candles Are Traditional For Many Peoples *Te L«r« your luck for tbo yror titry i»y> ' Bunt 4 buybtrry dip ott CbrittutM duy. \ ‘ If tbr flumr burns bright mod tbr light sbinrs cleor, ' Good luck will bo youn through | tbo your." » I This old verse is believed J» many lands around the eerMAnd |s said to be one of the reasons that candles in homos are traditional around the world. The custom is believed to have Started in Ireland. As the Irish put it: "Who knows, eo some Christmas Eve, Jesus and Mary and Joseph may come again, not to Palestine, but to the Holy Isle on the fartherest edge of Europe.” And it is the custom that the candle can only be snuffed by one named Mary. i Their first use for Christmas is not recorded in the annals of any nation, but that the "Christ Child Candle,” burned tn the window on Christmas Eve is, according to an old legend, placed there to light His way if Ho makes an earthly visitation and in atonement for the night of His birth when there was no room for Him. """"I—l——- I Germans First Lighted Christmas Tree Here German immigrants, homesick for the traditions Os their native land, were the first to decorate Christmas trees in their homes in the United States, according to tradition. Historians believe it was about the end of the Revolution that the practice began to grow in the colonies. Before that the Pilgrims forbade Christmas celebrations on the " grounds they were pagan. And s Massachusetts law In 1889 sub jected anyone to a fine who ob served the day by feasting, refraining from work or in any othei manner. Historians also believe that Mar tin Luther was the first to deco ? rate and light a tree. He was fascinated by evergreen trees, glis i tening with starlit-snow, pointing to the heavens at Christmas time ; So he brought an evergreen into ■ his house and lighted it with can dies for his children. g"" i- .'. ' '. 11 lad Rhyme ' Tenn., UP—Mrs. M. McGaughran said the huge trailertruck had this sign on the back: "Pass this side (left) and you’ll be iona» r * Poor thin side (right) and you’ll see St. Peter.

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