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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1963
Page
7
The Encyclopedia Americana notes most Christmas customs stem from pagan or non Christian origins. Saturnalia inspired feasting gift giving and candles, while Mithras sun festival influenced solstice traditions. Germanic Yule fed into Christmas with the Yule log and wassail bowl and solstice rites were integrated into Christian celebration.
In 1818 the church organ failed in an Austrian village as mice damaged it sparking Father Joseph Mohr to write lyrics later paired with music by Franz Gruber shaping the Christmas carol Silent Night.
A survey of holiday hues traces red and emerald green through Christian art medieval superstition and cultural beliefs. Red signals passion divine energy and danger while green stands for hope and renewal across various regions and eras. The piece notes kissing balls and a Belgrade ad for a German shepherd dog that eats everything.
Holly symbols mark gender roles in England and Germany with he and she varieties and rules about who leads a household. Peafowl roast was a medieval Yule delicacy with rustic sewing of the head for service. Handel's Messiah began in August and premiered in April. A 60-foot star lights Bethlehem Georgia for a Christmas carol service.
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