Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-16

! surprising gifts they would S''ln 70 1 sumt-a >oap-roSe. an artificial flower. ! Knitted iaoe a Christmas cake. CT Il ] >au>a., or cheese. Most of them have : verses attached, written in curious me
 Ter. Not until six o'clock in the eve
 ming are the doors open for m" les tility uf the trees Tonight the horses ! and cows of the German farmers have l peculiar gifts. l. k said that n" eat . ,le kYy,l on Christmas "vc aud say a few animal prayers. IL !S very great sin To listen to 'icir c"uN'r>a- ,ion. else it would be recorded here.
 r reindeer could talk pI 'hTl>tihA>
 eve, the on.> that pull ID" iaIniiF ! >Ir-h~ "f th, Lapp~ "i Laplaud, h'' wouldn't they ,,ll of long journey "N'f l,r and snow for days uylur" CArI>'-
 mas in order tu have 'hc!r 'na>t'i>
 .i.I The children at church uu tAfi>'-
 iHa> morning Miles over 'he sN""
 com. th, people ot 'h, North 10 hear
 tHr familiar m"u"tourd m"NN"-" |"
 ,hy birth of ;Ae Chri~'ch.id from 'heir ] pastors Ilsr, .> uu Ch'n'~> .h l'i> ceremony. nor any 1jtl~ for lhc oAii- ' drcu. nor gay music. The t"n; "r hH'
 homes are filed with -u' ~t~ t"r the
 Christmas hulitu!S, ~o full that there
 i~ uu room for cyer-re,i.> cr candles.
 Th.y take their Christmas with faces
 ., solemn aS .nunmic- and make The
 attendant ceremonies a> uni"ytu. as
 rp~>ille. Marriages ar. performed dur { il. the season. children are sent 70 >rLoo. for a few weeks babies 1T" 1 chrl>'-n,d. ihc dead are buried. ant . uqu"r > sent around with l"vishh"Ss. This k Christmas for 'hc l.aIr>. VII" will change with thomt
 Norway outside of Larlaud has a more joyous time of Y. Norwegian children have Christmas trees and lit- tie gifts that are hidden iu out-o of-,he- way corners for them Co find. Every hi,d in Norway must know of al ap- yrnaclius Christmas, for the boy- and
 girls tie oats and corn on The trees.
 lhc fences, the tops of houses and
 barns and on high poles they erect in
 their wards >o that the birds may feast | with them What chaJtering there must be iu \urway on Christmas morn ing Afier day of fca>'iu. and church services, little boys with white mautle> and >tar-slapcd lanterns, car ryin. dolls to repr. sent inc Virgin Mary and The Chri>tchiid. sing carols fin the homes. StroIlin: musicians serenade at twilight
 To be clean for Christmas is the
 problem that haunt~ the Swedish
 housewife. For days she SCOUTS and
 scrubs and washes. Not a piece of trimming or furniture Is left unpOl-
 i~hed. All dirt is sinful, and must nof
 be tolerated at this holy season. While
 the cleaning is going on. there Is the baking of Christmas breads. ring shaped. that must dry under the
 beams for q week or two, and the
 brewing of Spiced drinks. A wine that the Swedish women make with al-
 mOndS and spices is an aromatic quaff
 with 2 holiday smell. Never can there be proper Christmas in Sweden with out homemade cheeses. especially the
 sweet ones made of boiled sweet milk
 and nodded Enthusiastically. Santa Claus appears in person 10 Swedish children
 and distributes his sled Of gifts. When
 he has disappeared as mysteriously aS
 he came. they join hands and sing
 Christmas jinSleS until they work up
 fine appetite for Christmas mush.
 an Indispensable sweet-rice boiled q
 long time ir milk with cinnamon and
 sugar, with blanched almonds for fla
 yor, 10 be eaten with cream. Christ
 mas fish Tn Sweden has the saue share of responsibility that rare roast beef has in England. II Is buried for days in wood ashes, then boiled and served with hot milk. Sled parties of forty or fifty sleds each go 10 church on Christmas morning. with the ringing
 of long rows of sleigh bells and festive trappings. The day Itself is one of peace and quiet. But on the next day
 the fun begins. and continues until all
 their four holidays are over-Christ-
 mas, the day after, the twelfth day. and the twentieth. The ceremony of
 untrimming the tree is as much of a frolic as its decoration. There are no house greens 10 take down, because this is their sign O: mourning, but
 there are flowers If they can be ob-
 tained.