Evening star., 1923-12-25
characterization Pupils Tell
Of Christmas IN Natiue Lands
AIuskans Celebrate With Candles Made
of Sea Lion Fat-Sm,ny France
Has Charming Day.

rate the tree with little pieces of
homemade cake. little lighted candles
of all colors and other beautiful
things.
make big cakes and a very fine hot
drink with oranges, sugar, etc. For
dinner they have goose.
At midnight on Christmas eve a bell
is rung, then the children receive
their presents and all the candles are
lighted.
ANTOINETTE ALCANTARA,
Munich, Germany.
Christmas in my country-France.
In the sweet country of Lorraine l
know a charming place. 1t is Dun
sur Meuse
Christmas is one OF its most i'm
portant holidays. We invite all our
best friends to come to our houses
and We play cards. When the bell
rings we go all together to midnight
vinity.
After we come back with our
friends to home, sweet home and a
delicious meal is served. cold chick en-.
mayonnaise, fruits, cake and hot
DRINK
Sometimes we forget to go to bed
and we are still dressed to go to the
next days mass. Everybody looks
sleepy and talks about the good time
they had and plan for the new year.
LOUISE ELLISON.
Dun sur Meuse tMeuse). France.
Celebration in Greece.
Celebrating Christmas in Greece:
On 25th day of December we cele-
brate for the birth of our Lord Jesus
celebrating. On that day every heart
is full of joy. There is no room for
hste-nothing but love for all.
Every one appears in his best
clothes. That day is the day Of for
giveness and joy. The families rise
church some one at the house is pre-
pairing a big and beautiful Christmas
dinner.
In Greece the custom is to fast for
forty days. beginning from the 14th
day of November to the cath day of
Dece mber. At that period we are
not supposed to eat meat. eggs, milk,
butter. We eat only vegetables with
olive oil. We eat only two times a week
fish. Saturdays and SUNDAYS.
on the table you will find almost
everything. Meat. fish. cheese, appe-
Tiers, fruits wines etc. Rich and
poor, celebrate on Christmas day
Yes. the poor also on that day. A
society provides for the poor. Let
us pray to the Almighty God to pro-
vide the whole world this year and
every year, with peace and prosper
ity. l heartily wish merry Christ
mas and happy new year to all.
MARY KUTSIS.
Agina, Greece.
San Nicolaus day in Germany.
I'VE have on the 9Th of Decem-
ber a feast, but it is not a great feast,
the school children are not free. In
the yil1agesit begins in the evening.
Boys and girls have bells and sticks
and are very wild. This is not good.
In the good families and in the good
parts in the city it is not so.
There comes to the good children
a man with a white costume, a white
long beard and q gold stick in his
hand, and he gives the good children
nuts and other presents, but only
small presents.
But to the bad children comes a
man with a black costume, long
horns, a long red tongue and red
eyes, also chains on the feet and a
tail. He has also a rod. This is the
krampus. There is also a third form
A man has a long great coat, great
and high shoes and great rod This
is ever on the evening of the 9Th of
December.
Sometimes are the presents in the
shoes or in the stockings Of the
children and laid in the window
This is the San Nicolaus day for
nernorium of a bishop, who on the
;th of December in Italy gave bread
md other food to the hungry people.
1t is to honor him that this feast
is held every year on the 9Th De-
cember in Europe.
GEORGE vEITH. EArmauA