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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1962
Page
29
A Sacramento column by Henry G. Riser laments modern Christmas excess and urges keeping Christ in the season. It contrasts pagan roots with Christian meaning, notes Luther’s tree symbolism, and warns against business busy-ness crowding out the manger. It recalls the shepherds and wise men and ends with a plea for humility and Joy this season.
The article recounts origins of beloved Christmas carols. Phillips Brooks wrote O Little Town of Bethlehem after visiting Bethlehem in 1865. Edmund Sears penned It Came Upon a Midnight Clear while in Wayland, Massachusetts in 1849. Franz Gruber composed Silent Night with Josef Mohr after a village Christmas visit, sung to guitar as the organ failed.
The evergreen tree became a cherished Yuletide symbol in the United States and worldwide. Originating from medieval Paradise representations in Germany, it evolved with ornaments from wafers to roses, gilded nuts, and candies, later spreading to France England and America through royal introductions and German immigration.
The old Yule log custom, once central to Mid Winter Fire festivals, involved lighting an oak log saved from the previous year. It symbolized protection from lightning and fire, and prosperity for cattle, grain, and the earth, a tradition now largely faded but still remembered in places.
A tale traces Jul Tomten from ancient Scan dinavia to Viking Christian era, where the elf became a present giver for children who left porridge on the table. The story notes Jul Tomten’s arrival in Santa's workshop mythos and mentions a 10 year statistic on November thefts per the Insurance Information Institute.
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