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    Myths and Legends of Christmastide
    Myths and Legends of Christmastide
    Myths and Legends of Christmastide
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    Myths and Legends of Christmastide

    By Bertha F. Herrick

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJul 1, 2009
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      Myths and Legends of Christmastide - Bertha F. Herrick

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      Title: Myths and Legends of Christmastide

      Author: Bertha F. Herrick

      Release Date: December 26, 2007 [EBook #24044]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF CHRISTMASTIDE ***

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      Myths and Legends

      of Christmastide

      BY

      Bertha F. Herrick

      San Francisco

      Printed by the Stanley-Taylor Company

      1901

      The following article originally appeared in one of the Christmas editions of the San Francisco Chronicle and is now reprinted by permission from that journal.

      Myths and Legends of

      Christmastide

      "Lo! now is come our joyful'st feast,

      Let every man be jolly.

      Each room with ivy leaves is drest,

      And every post with holly.

      Now all our neighbors' chimneys smoke,

      And Christmas blocks are burning;

      Their ovens they with bak't meats choke,

      And all their spits are turning."

      The celebration of Christmas, which was considered by the Puritans to be idolatrous, has for many centuries been so universal that it may prove of interest to contrast the rites, ceremonies and quaint beliefs of foreign lands with those of matter-of-fact America.

      Many curious customs live only in tradition; but it is surprising to find

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