The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17

hHfnl HWils Elfn them ion mr4 conferences
iH tHfElHia Hbrrf the CHucH al England was
fifaH Hnu a HAbFffnta 6fruuahtly observed thn
h".-. ZEE NH tun home country there Wa uI
wan moro ut tfo GhtiEtmU spirit uud abundant
"lr aua mFftEmallhE llBn elsewhere ut lha
tH. .s''4 barn fha fula log held iU place aud
h# mHfa thr Elma wId the tnaftBr flint madr
y JUDGED thn marG Hrnaou ot the yrHr Later
"lH" #n# Amsterdam hgfHma %rw York and
NlE IHl7H came mtn power tlIr character af the
'hE .atIG holiday HW changed nratn aumr@4at
h.Lh9ar g lhu buich tunhuHru continued dominant
inf % ay tfus
3miHg ~ IHp aree number oF tjrlmBBa In Penn
Hft#aHH EhTatmu4 There pariuuk largely Of the
HHHra - ihU festival tH thh fnthcrfHHh II was
lHEHif d 6miE AFFAIR IHr children tnf months
bHl9w fie dizzy df tHa Nativity Huvra thrr pnnagra
nHd haaH6t mHlfrtai from Whleb they Rrhianed
tteIt r.la wr thrr mFaut7 and far one a1ulhcf
thHaa @ara presented nn Christmas egc aud lh8
ner Hl3 thu Hf,hff iH lum rpFHnd uu thaf praa.
"Hla t4F lHH rHNraB an d i8fsp ERhR In rhe brat
ra4m HiaTElHEH wyr6 huhE too, aud the good
children bind ttem fticd with pWtttmrafr pepper
nHHaz aad other goodies bur those Wh0 had hrFn
tEH aG#Gfmpf iuHHd o birch nod aH Christmas
G.H NHafa Waa 60o custom liltf Wag trnuEHt
with Fesai i.Hm rH children Ono Enelhi Rupert
1eaUf rfun Hag#a ta h1tHF MHnfiHg about thr
ru.lrau uR Christmas pyr sud recommending ~
vHHts or pUnlahmrnta nreardiuH 10 the reports
fhai HH received af thetr cuHduei DURING the year
Taa pans. yfrla Santa cluaB was popularity
EunvH a# hrIH Erlngla corruption oI Christ
hHTIHtH un lltlt Christ
TNfpHe H1ut thr falunra In hr seventeenth nul
EtEUlaHuih centuries tetH were HH almost un
Known BrlnE but wherever CbfFsmRH ulWHrg
aHtra WrrH not tfuwurd upon hY religion feaating
HH1 eal cheer vGrr abundant and bond and tfre.
d0b mil nauf oli and guunR ahafcd in tho Ehmss.
nhuudHul food ana genial atmosphere Not nnb
dtd tHH muuinrrurH hf those whh were we'll sup
piled with worldly goods extend 10 their depend.
pHu and 10 tll within roach Of tbeIf charity. hui
ia SOME places even the animals had m extra
allowance u fond 10 let thun know that Christ
HlHB tHd some RtAIn
~ the eighteenth century tHys BEGAN To make
Hrtr appearance ia the eaaHiaH. same Of them
we're brought from uyrr8raa aud h1d thr cnchaui.
fig quality of novelty Ltttto gflr who hRd helped
% mlthpf Their younger bfathem and sisters were
deiWhtod with dnlia Tint wctt all their own 10
dffaa and undrtaa "a tnndr and eohdle punish
aud reward Simple and quaint we're those early
dnlls, lEa thu children they belonged to one
can fancy tina sufprian uud tffrar ot the tmd
when ihpy urHt behttd u Jack lump into the mir
when an iqnorpnt looking box WAS opened toy
was uing 10 BIZ cherished in thnse DAYS Il
was indeed wandtuus aaint who could bring
such thnes IN hb pack SOME Of the Gifts We're
af f3al lalrnHlr value tor Tho shipping aud trad
inr we're Rrowlne 10 be important factors IN the
.Rlaulsa ana men broughl treasures vi all Kinda
from tbs Faf Eaft 10 the aeapolla, whence they
we're distributed to athoF parts of the colonies
The war for Independence interrupted this aud
the ehlldfen shared In the sefsaeriuces and de-