The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-23


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mas dinner next Monday until le lns
irst raised aioft a Christmas iinncr 19r
.he birds in the cold and snow Without
A quiet but very happy Christmas fts-
Iivai will take place at the royal bal
acc. WIRE King Oscar has assembled
his samiiv around him. The gancring
usunliy takes place Do tile priva-e apart
rae az of Queen sophia, who IS an inyA-
id The erandcnloi,in often bring gifts
OF their own making. ace there Is great
giving of presents among the meuibers
Of the royal fnmlly. The queen, who Is
very pious and chR-itable sends Christi
mas gifts t9 number OF institutions.
christlania. Dec 2S.--In spending their
arsi Christmas in their newly found /
kingdom. king Haakon and queen Maud T,
must stop to wonder at the truly mar /
voious changes wrought by tho hand Of
time. one year ago, IN accordance with /
their custom since marriage. the royal
couple passed the yuloude season at
sandringhefn. little dreaming that ere
another Christmas rolled around. they
would be set up by the course .of everts
upon htronc OF their own Regret at
the forced separation from the old IA
miliar Preside viii be ameliorated by The
food OF good wishes and Christmas to-
Sens from their new subjects Many
beautiful presents for themselves and
their children have been received this
week from their royal relatives in Eng
land and Denmark.
The Hauue, Dec 23.-oueen Wilhel-
nina and Prince Henry OF the Neither
lands viii celebrate Christmas with
mingiing OF Dutch ard German cu8ioms.
Tomorrow evening three trees win re
set up in tho palace. one for the royal
/ family. another for the court and a
| third for tho household, from which
| gifts viii be distributed TO everybody in
the palace. Christmas day tho queen
and court will attend service IN the
\ Chapel Royal, and again on the follow
ing day, for both the twenty-fifth and
the twenty-sixth rye Christmas days in
Holland, though it is against the tradi-
ton of the Dutch Reformers to make a
Z festival Of either day. The queen. how
ever, win have a special banauet At the
palace Monoay night, and VIII observe
the occasion WITH other festivities.
Brussels, Dec. 23.-Belglum. like other
countries. has its own peculiar Christ
mas customs. In an the cities and towns
beautiful spectacle may be witnessed
on Christmas eve Amid the sound OF
drum, cornet, cymbal and other musical
, Instruments with the chanting Of car
OILS, a long. gayly decked procession
) marches through the principal streets
children Of all ages, each division dressed
in It's special color. and all bearing som'
, badge or emblem or grasping a brigh
ribbon attached TO shrine or cruciaN. III,
, emect OF grouping and color Is very ar
, tistlc Here and there In the throng
older stronger hands bear aloft preciou
e relics, upon which tho spectators rever
entity gaze Many novel features com
b into view os the procession passe
70 along but the pretties. sight is the trail
q Of beautiful children in fantastic dres
n marching oyer the flower strcwn pave
|, ment, each small person gravely alb
r. sorbed in the special part Il performs.
d Madrid, Dec. 90 Spain is preparin
e TO celebrate Christmas with the usu'
" magnificent pomp and ritual Of tho Rc
: man Catholic church. With The roy
/ family the festival lasts twelve day
Oh On Christmas eve the young king an
y queen mother, accompanied by n
Is graudees Of the court magnihcently a
10 tired. go In state procession TO the Chap
Royal on Christmas morning the kir
pc ana his court again attend mass
state. after which the day is spent
y merrymaking.
n- Rome, Dee 29.-Rome IS hlled wi
ry pilgrims from all parts Of the worl
es come to attend The Christmas servlc
EN- at the Vatican The celebration las
ef twelve days and Is ecllpsed in brilian
cd and magnihcence only By the East
er festival,
as Tho royal family OF italy will spe
ef the Christmas holidays with tho usu
ag quiet domestic gathering, The lit
d. prince and princesses viii nave thi
r. Christmas trees, and the Roman urn
,ly fate will be set uD Ia the palace, fry
which they ana the children Of the con
ma draw presents by lot according TO {
on old Italian custom, while he yule L
ISL which blazes as brightly in the hon
NJ Of sunny italy as in those Of other oiim
lts sheds II light around
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