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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1972
Page
22
A Moslem mosque in the city bears an imprint described as the rear hooves of Mahomet's white horse, claimed to be the horse that the Prophet rode up to heaven according to the Koran. The report notes the unusual mark as a notable local curiosity.
A Christmas Eve farm custom lights two candles for the farmer and helper to bless the animals. The animals are fed double rations as they recall sharing shelter with a holy night. At midnight cathedral bells ring and the beasts respond.
A classic Christmas tale explains why trees gleam with tinsel and icicles. Spiders trim the tree and leave webs that the Christ Child transforms to silver, inspiring the tradition. A second story tells of tears freezing into icicles as a pine shelters the Christ Child, inspiring festive adornment.
The origin of carols traces to 1859 when Dr John Henry Hopkins Jr wrote words and music for a Bethlehem themed carol inspired by a Holy Land trip. Phillip Brooks wrote the text in 1868 with Lewis Redner composing the music. Dickens 1843 Christmas Carol is noted for reading rather than singing.
The passage traces Christmas etymology across languages. Greece uses Genethlia for Nativity, France uses Noel, Italy uses Nativita with possible Spanish Navidad, Germany uses Heilige Nacht, and English Christmas likely derives from the Hebrew mas meaning tribute.
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