The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-11
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HRIsTMAS would not seem
III cheerful without decorations Some
IN years ago thu interiors OF honses
were neglected. 40 far as
ornamensing them With
holly and pine and miztietoe was con-
cerned Now there Is scarcely a window
on any prosperous residential street that IL
not prettier and brighter for wreath or
gllstening leaves tied with a bow o. scarlet
ribbon Weeks hsfora Christmas men are
securing tho northern mountain slopes for
tho lir. shs spruce. the pine ana the pal
sam trees. In mole southern states the
baack-faeed aunties ard uncies and even
the little psckaninnias are busy all day cut
ting the most fiosaishing sprays from the
holly bushes To be packed and shipped 10
the Christmas markets. IN the orchards
ara, the woods hundreds OF iIttle boys and
girls are peering. hgight-eseSf. among the
branches % inc trees. looking for the
whits-berrted miStietoe.
When /, reaches the market 1t Is taken
out and displayed on stalls for sale, and
for weeks before it Is needed peepia who
are anxious lest the stock Of greens should
fail buy ti1efn up ard pack them away in
damp. cold cellars 10 keep untA Christmas.
Exergreesss used 10 he bought ard then
made up into wreatts hsrt for fesfse decor
alton they can be had from the florist and
the other dealers So cheap that Il ~ nct
worth whlls SO make them er 81 home. Ia
most hasneg tie decorations consist simply
Of few wreatas az holly hung about the
walls q spray Of holly and tuisttstoa on
the chandelier and tree trimmed fer the
chiereu and kept carefully hidden unsii
Christmas eve. Yards or evergreen may he
housht 81 the shops. ard salS. With a clus~
ter Of holy or missietoe. shining hexe ard
there among It's folds. serves admirably 10
decorate archways. Palms and Ivy ere ser
vieeshse In decorating. bat neither svv nor
msStietos should he u&ezi IN churches, he
cause Ivy IL - pssat sacred IN BaesAns and
was assa IN she cid ssessEsssn eeiehratians
Msssiesoe was t,sesi by she nrusds at their
ceremessiass and Is taerctaTe eat OF place
al - Christian festival, rs It, as well rs Ivy
Is toe closely connected with the religions
OF the past
The Christmas tree is one aF tbs customs
that Wa owe 10 cur Scandinavian anees-
tors AMI ia due 90 The ola story III Ner~e
mythology eff tho ward tres yxirsa xii
When the missionaries converted the say
ese northern vikings, the Festival Of The
tree was continued under sssfY1rent form
the bishops making ire Pine tree win SIS
evergreen leaves. the sv-shei IS eternal nf.
which che Christ had canse 20 bestaw and
the ssvsng az presents hung ug~en sss green
toaghs tho type ef she good ssfts that
God gives 80 nseE.
The tree rs In many houses tha real eantee
CT the Christians sns~<ess. Tse xsfss II the
eatue hoaseh1}a aee placed ug>ea Il sar
distribution "a Christmas eve. All sorts
OF asssAe oFfs~ssasEa are cf essssrss hunx
upon the tree. with ~ other oaioc. tsss,
10 beauty r. ard the quantity az these
used determines It's EXPENSE A tree s.gsv
De utrsisseS fsg any prize frczr 81 70 sssse
As q ruiz sae Price os = ssce IL about g.
rves eo@fs however al TIE wSv fss,su :.
eats 10 - aid are OF rsnc, hesaseos, bah
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