Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 23, 6 December 1912 — Page 25

THE RICHMOND rAIAADIUH AND SUN-TELEGRAM, FRIDA? DECE3IBER 6, 1912.

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kP course you know that

Christmas is celebrated in different ways la different countries, but did It ever occur to you that

our United States and her possessions have also a variety of ways of observing this festive day? While In the cold North the snow may be piling high, and evidence of Jack Frost and his magic paint brush may be In evidence everywhere, down in the sunny southland the Are crackers, sky rockets and roaring cannon are heard from morning to night. There Christmas begins., at midnight, and it is the noisiest, happiest day in the year. The soldiers march, the band plays, patriotic songs are sung and any northern stranger would surely think he was witnessing a Fourth of July celebration. Although now Christmas Is commemoVated In all parts of the United States, In the year 1659, in New England, a law was passed that for a great many years prohibited the people from recognizing the day. This law said, "Anyone found to be

every offense five shillings." Anyone who even dared to call "Meryy Christmas' was promptly arrested. And altho, of course, that is all changed, to this day there are men

and women living who never knew

a Christmas durfhg their childhood.

In New Mexico, among the Spanish settlements, Christmas festivities begin one week before Christmas day. Happy parties of young folks call at the different houses each evening. After entering the house they participate in a short re

ligious exercise and the remainder of the evening they spend in having a Jolly good time. The villagers celebrate the day by dramatizing the story of Bethlehem in the town hall. The rich and poor alike take part in these plays. Did you know that the Shaker men and women do not sit at the same table except on Christmas day? Then after the church services they enter the community house where the men sit on one side of the table and the women on the other. The Elder presides at the head and says grace. Not one word is spoken during the meal. After dinner they all join in song, marking time with their hands and feet, and swaying their bodies. From these shaking movements they received their name of "Shakers." I

would hardly call this a merry way

of celebrating Christmas, would you? I think we prefer our Jovial, festive family manner of spending Christmas. The Pennsylvania Dutch call their Santa Claus Pelgnickle. One of the men of the community impersonates the part. He goes from house to house carrying a bundle of toys over his shoulder for the good youngsters, but also carries a switch for the naughty ones. Our children no doubt, prefer to have their Santa Claus come down the chimney, and not walk up to the front door like

any other man. In Porto Rico the little folks believe that Santa Claus comes Hying through the air like a bird. I wonder if before many years he will come to us in an air ship? The children place little boxes on their roofs or in the courtyards, and dear old St. Nicholas drops the gifts in them and flies by. In Porto Rico he is expected every evening for a week. Think of the children's excitement as they ruBh to their boxes every morning. But the Christmas celebration in Porto Rico is really a holy one, and It is commemorated with many religious ceremonies. The feast days beginning at Christmas. last almost until Easter time. In the glamour and merriment of the day they do not forget its teal significance. In Alaska some of the natives

have a pretty custom called "Going

around the star." A large star, covered with bright paper, Is carried

around at night on a pole, by a

crowd of men, women and children. They proceed from door to door of

the well-to-do people singing carols. They are made welcome and

invited into the houses and given re

freshments. Since the United States owns Hawaii they celebrate Christmas the same way as we do. Only it is as hot there as our hottest July day, so of course they don't expect Santa in a sleigh and drawn by our proverbial reindeer. Their chidren look for Santa in a boat. The Filipinos greet each other on Christmas morning with "Buenas Pasquas." Here Christmas is also a great religious event. Religious plays called- Pastores are given by men, women and children who travel from village to village. And now as we have taken a little peek at the way Christmas is celebrated in different territories owned by. our United States on Christmas Day let us give a thought of Merry Christmas to some of our brothers and sisters many, many miles away from us.

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