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Gift giving wasa part of the
holiday season even before
the first Christmas. The an-

‘cient Romans celebrated mid-

winter by distributing
presents to each other.

According to the Bible, the
Three Wise Men brought gifts
to the infant Jesus on the 12th
day after his birth.

- The tradition of Santa

Claus filling. children’s
stockings, with. gifts is not
quite so ancient but, accord-
ing to legend, did start about

. 16.centuries ago. At that time
a Turkish bishop was known

for his great charity. Accord-
ing to one story, he took pity

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dowry: for his daughters and

dropped gold ‘pieces into the
‘girls’ stockings hung up by
-the fire to dry.

According to another, gold

‘fell by accident into a poor
_ child’s ‘drying stocking when
‘the bishop was.on a chari-.

table errand. ;
It ig believed that the

" custom of hanging stockings
- for presents originated in Ger-
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New World by the Dutch
colonists of New Amsterdam,

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full of delicious surprises is
as exciting today. as it. was
100 or 1,600 years ago.

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Many modern: American
parents are pleased ta have
Santa fill their .children’s
stockings with enjoyable and
nutritious Baby Ruth-.and
Butterfinger smack bars that
help give children the quick

‘energy they. need ‘in ‘their
_active lives. Parents and chil- .
dren also appreciate Planters
.Peanuts in stockings since |

they are rich in protein. :.
Many children in Europe

‘don’t hang stockings at all.
Instead, they setout shoes. In.

the morning the good chil-
dren's shoes are found filled

‘with sweets and other gifts,
those of the bad children with
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’Twas. the’ night before
‘Christmas, when all .
through the house

Not a creature was stirring,
not even a mouse;

The stockings were hung
by the chimney with
care; ,

soon would be there.
all snug in their beds,

plums danced in, their —
‘heads; .
And Mamma in her ker-
chief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains
for a long winter's nap.

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Of chiming harp and song, with eager eyes
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