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Chris tmas never aroused much enthusiasm in Scotland—but on New Year ' s eve the Wassail bowl goes ; around, filled with savory liquid nos-1 t a l g i c a l l y f r a g r a n t .

F l o a t i n g a t o p i h e W a s s a i l b o w l , a p p l e s s t i r m e m o r i e s of t h e " a p p l e -h o w l i n g " w h e n b o y s s w i t c h e d t h e t r u n k s of f r u i t t r e e s p e t i t i o n i n g ' a g o o d h o w l i n g c r o p " : s o m e h o w , t h e " l a m b ' s w o o l " ( a s t h e d e c o c t i o n of t h e W a s s a i l bowl i s o f t e n c a l l e d ) s e e m s r e m i n i s c e n t of y o u n g f o l k s r u s h i n g t o t h e n e a r e s t s p r i n g a t t h e s t r o k e of 12 t o d r i n k t h e " c r e a m of t h e w e l l " — t h e first o n e so d o i n g , m i g h t e x p e c t good l u c k d u r i n g t h e ensuing yea r .

H a n d s e l M o n d a y — t h e M o n d a y a f t -e r N e w Y e a r s, i s t r a d i t i o n a l l y t h o " b i g D a y " f o r S c o t c h b o y s a n d g i r l s : a n d . in a d d i t i o n t o b e i n g t h e S c o t c h d a y of g i f t - g i v i n g , it i s a d a y of f e a s t i n g a n d g a i e t y .

S m a l l w o n d e r , t h a t f a m i l i e s a n d f r i e n d s g a t h e r on N e w Y e a r ' s e v e to

" D r i n k a c u p of k i n d n e s s v e t F o r A u l d L a n g S y n e . "

T h i s c h a r m i n g y o u n g d a u g h t e r of a m a r i n e c o r p o r a l i s a l l s e t to w e l -c o m e t h e a d v e n t of 1915. J u d g i n g f r o m h e r a t t e n t i v e look , s h e i s w a i t -i n g on ly f o r t h e 12 o ' c l o c k w h i s t l e s h e r a l d i n g t h e a r r i v a l of t h e n e w , y e a r .

Tell Me an Indian New Years Story

T h e c e r e m o n i a l f o r t h e s n o w h a s p a s s e d , w h e n e n e m i e s a r e f o r g i v e n a n d h a r s h w o r d s f o r g o t t e n , a s a n e w t r a i l h a s b e e n b l a z e d f o r a l l t h r o u g h t h e N e w Y e a r ' s f e s t i v i t i e s .

" i h e s t o r y - t e l l i n g g r a n d m o t h e r h a s t a u g h t t h e a n c i e n t c h a n t s a n d c u s -t o m s t h r o u g h t h e b e a d s of t h e s t r i n g s of h i s t o . i c w a m p u m ; b u t n o w s h e a g a i n h a s t i m e t o e n t e r t a i n t h e c h i l d r e n .

G a t h e r e d a r o u n d h e r l o d g e - f i r e , t h e y p!- iad f o r a n o t h e r s t o r y w i t h t h e i r b r i g h t e y e s a n d s h r i l l v o i c e s . T o s a t i s f y t h e m , s h e t e l l s a n a n c i e n t l e g e n d a b o u t t h e c l o u d s .

" L o n g m o o n s a g o w h e n t h e w o r l d w a s first m a d e , t h e s k y a t w i n -t e r t i m e w a s c l o u d ' e s s m u c h a s it is on c l e a r m : d s u r r . m c r d a y s . T h e g r o u n d w a s c o v e r e d w i t h w h i t e s n o w a n d iiit- i i c c s , e x c e p t t h e p ; r . cs , -.cc— b a r e . T h e c o l d w i n d w h i s t l e d a r o u n d t h e b a r k c a b i n s ; a n d w i t h a c l o u d -l e s s s k y , e v e r y t h i n g a b o v e a n d be -low l o o k e d d r e a r y .

" T h e c h i l d r e n , t oo , m i s s e d t h e g r e e n l e a v e s a n d c h a n g i n g c o l o r s o v e r t h e l a n d s c a p e a n d t h e y g a v e a w i s h t h a t t h e s k y m i g h t h a v e c l o u d s n o w a n d t h e n . I t is t r u e , d a r k - g r a y , fierce-looking c l o u d s c a m e in g r e a t m a s s e s a n d c o v e r e d a l l t h e s k y a n d l e t d o w n s n o w f l a k e s to a m u s e t h e c h i l d r e n . B u t t h e c h i l d r e n a l s o w i s h e d f o r b r i g h t c l o u d s a n d t h e o d b e a r in t h e s k y h e a r d t h e i r w i s h e s .

" S o t h e old b e a r b l e w h i s m o i s t b r e a t h i n t o t h e h e a v y c l o u d s a n d b r o k e t h e m u p ; h e e v e n m a d e h u m p s in s o m e of t h e m , a n d he ld o n to t h e c o r n e r s of o t h e r s , u n t i l w h e n t h e y p a s s e d o v e r t h e v i l l a g e , e a c h c l o u d h a d a d i f f e r e n t s h a p e , s o m e l i k e b e a r s , s o m e l ike w i l d c a t s , s o m e l i k e h i l l s a n d e v e n s o m e l i ke f u n n y p e o p l e . E v e r a f t e r w a r d , t h e c l o u d s took t h e s e s t r a n g e s h a p e s

u/a likfl, — a l l c h i l d r e n in m i d w i n t e r . " — D r . E . A . B a t e s , C o r n e l l .

Tradi t ional New Year's Gif ts Were Sacred

T h e D r u i d s d i s t r i b u t e d b r a n c h e s of t h e s a c r e d m i s t l e t o e , c u t w i t h p e c u l i a r c e r e m o n i e s , a s N e w Y e a r ' s g i f t s to t h e p e o p l e a n a t h e S a x o n s o b s e r v e d t h e d a y w i t h g i f t s a n d f e s -t i v a l s .

T h e R o m a n c u s t o m of t a k i n g g i f t s t o t h e e m p e r o r w a s i n t r o d u c e d in to E n g l a n d a s e a r l y a s t h e t i m e of H e n r y I I I . Q u e e n E l i z a b e t h i s s u p -p o s e d to h a v e s u p p l i e d h e r s e l f w i t h h e r j e w e l s a n d w a r d r o b e a l m o s t en -t i r e l y f r o m t h e s e g i f t s .

A s l a t e a s 1692 t h e E n g l i s h n o b i l i t y w e r e a c c u s t o m e d e v e r y y e a r to s e n d t o t h e k i n g ? p u r s e c o n t a i n i n g go ld .

U n d e r t h e T u d o r s a n d t h e S t u a r t s it w a s t h e h a b i t of a l l c l a s s e s t o g i v e p r e s e n t s to f r i e n d s w i t h t h e b e s t w i s h e s f o r t h e N e w Y e a r .

L a d i e s r e c e i v e d p r e s e n t s of g l o v e s o r p i n s w h i c h w e r e t h e n e x p e n s i v e . S o m e t i m e s i n s g i f t s w e r e w r a p p e d in m o n e y a n d f r o m t h i s p r a c t i c e w e h a v e t h e t e r m " p i n m o n e y . "

P r e s i d e n t ' s R e c e p t i o n I t h a s b e e n t h e c u s t o m f r o m t h e

b e g i n n i n g of t h e R e p u b l i c f o r t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s to w e l c o m e t h e N e w Y e a r by h o l d i n g a r e c e p t i o n o p e n to t h e g e n e r a l p u b -l i c .

O n t h e first N e w Y e a r ' s d a y a f t e r h i s i n a u g u r a t i o n P r e s i d e n t W a s h i n g -t o n r»p»»ned His h o m e t o r e c e i v e t h e p e o p l e . T h r o u g h o u t t h e s e v e n y e a r s w h i c h W a s h i n g t o n l i ved in P h i l a -d e l p h i a a s t h e c a p i t a l of t h e n a t i o n , h e c o n t i n u e d t h i s c u s t o m .

New Years Day Ante-dates the Birth of

Christ by 452 Years T h e c e l e b r a t i o n of N e w Y e a r s o n

J a n u a r y 1 b e g a n in 452 B . C . . a n d t h e r e f o r e , c o n t r a r y t o l o g i c a l r e a s o n -i n g , h a d n o t h i n g w h a t s o e v e r t o ' d o w i t h t h e b i r t h of C h r i s t .

T h e a n c i e n t R o m a n c a l e n d a r b e -g a n in , a n d w i t h , t h e m o n t h of M a r c h : t h e r e w e r e t e n m o n t h s , t h e l a s t s i x of w h i c h w e r e n a m e d Q u i n -t i l i s . S e x t i l i s . S e p t e m b e r . O c t o b e r . N o v e m b e r , a n d D e c e m b e r — o r . t h e F i f t h . S i x t h . S e v e n t h , E i g h t h , N i n t h a n d T e n t h m o n t h s r e s p e c t i v e l y . N u -m a a d d e d t w o m o n t h s , J a n u a r y a n d F e b r u a r y , p l a c i n g t h e f o r m e r a t t n e b e g i n n i n g of t h e y e a r a n d F e b r u a r y a t t h e e n d . I n 452 B. C . . F e b r u a r y w a s p l a c e d b e t w e e n J a n u a r y a n d M a r c h : t h u s e s t a b l i s h i n g t h e o r d e r of m o n t h s a s of t o d a y . T h e a n c i e n t c a l e n d a r y e a r d id n e t c o r r e s p o n d t o t h e s o l a r y e a r a n d by t h e t i m e t h e d a y s cf J u l i u s C a e s a r r o l l e d a r o u n d t h e a c t u a l a n d c a l e n d a r e q u i n o x e s w e r e m o n t h s a p a r t : a s i i u a i i o n w h i c h C a e s a r s e t ou t to r e m e d y .

C a e s a r ' s a s t r o n o m e r s a n d c a l e n -d a r e x p e r t s t ixed t h e c a l e n d a r y e a r a t 365 d a y s — a n d b e c a u s e t h e v e s t i -m a t e d t h e s o l a r y e a r a s of 365"« d a y s — a n e x t r a d a y way t o b e a d d -e d e v e r y f o u r t h y e a r . T h i s J u l i a n c a l e n d a r w a s e f f e c t i v e , by d e c r e e of C a e s a r , on J a n u a r y 1. 46 B C .

A c t u a l l y , t h e e a r t h t o e s a r o u n d t h e s u n in :<65 d a y s , 5 h o u r s . 48 m n-u t e s . a n d 46 s e c o n d s : a n d by 1532 A. D . , th"? J u l i a n c a l e n d a r w a s 10 d a y s b e h i n d t h e s u n . P o p e G r e g o r y X I I I r e m e d i e d t h e s i t u a t i o n b y o r -d e r i n g t h a t t h e c a l e n d a r p l a y l e a p f r o g a n d t h e i n t e r v e n i n g d a y s b e -t w e e n O c t o b e r 5 a n d O c t o b e r 15. 1582, w e r e lost f o r e v e r .

I n o r d e r to p r e v e n t r e p e t i t i o n s of t h e s u n r u n n i n g a w a y f r o m t h e c a l -e n d a r a n d v i c e v e r s a . P o p e G r e g o r y d e c i d e d t h a t a l e a p y e a r s h o u l d b e o m i t t e d n o w a n d t h e n : h e n c e o n l y t h o s e y e a r s d i v i s i b l e b y f o u r — e x -c l u s i v e of y e a r s n u m b e r i n g t h e c e n -t u r i e s — s h o u l d h ? v e sfift rtays> a n d t h e c c n t u r y - n . \ r k i n g y e a r s s h a l l b e l e a p y e a r s on ly if d i v i s i b l e b y f o u r a f t e r t h e c i p h e r s h a v e b e e n o m i t t e d .

T h e G r e g o r i a n c a l e n d a r h a s b e e n o f f i c i a l l y a d o p t e d in m o s t c o u n t r i e s of t h e c i v i l i z e d w o r l d : h o w e v e r , m a n y c r e e d s a n d p e o p l e s s t i l l c e l e -b r a t e t h e i r r e l i g i o u s a n d t r a d i t i o n a l f e s t i v a l s in a c c o r d a n c e w i t h a n c i e n t c a l e n d a r s .

P r e - C h r i s t i a n R o m a n i n a u g u r a t e d t h e n e w y e a r b y o f f e r i n g s a c r i f i c e s to t h e g o d s , e x c h a n g i n g g r e e t i n g s , a n d b e s t o w i n g g i f t s . D u r i n g t h e e a r l y C h r i s t i a n c c n t u r i e s , N e w Y e a r ' s f e s t i v i t i e s p e r s i s t e d a n d be -c a m e s o b o i s t e r o u s t h a t t h e f a i t h f u l w e r e f o r b i d d e n to p a r t i c i p a t e t h e r e -i n .

A f t e r D e c e m b e r 25 h a d b e e n e s -t a b l i s h e d a s t h e d a y of n a t i v i t y , t h e c h u r c h m a d e J a n u a r y 1 a r e l i g i o u s f e s t i v a l h o n o r i n g t h e c i r c u m c i s i o n of J e s u s : t h e d a y b e i n g t h u s o b s e r v e d in t h e R o m a n c h u r c h s i n c e 487, a n d i n t h e A n g l i c a n c h u r c h s i n c e 1549.

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beautiful face. And hope in his -glorious eyes.

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D u r i n g t h e l a t t e r p a r t of t h e 19*.h c e n t u r y t h e c u s t o m of m a k i n g s h o r t c a i i s o n N e w Y e a r ' s d a y w a s in fu l l s w i n g t h r o u g h o u t A m e r i c a . M e t r o -p o l i t a n n e w s p a p e r s c a r r i e d c o l u m n s of " a t h o m e " n o t i c e s w h i c h , i n c l u d -ing n a m e s of s o c i a l p r o m i n e n c e a n d t h o s e m a k i n g no s u c h p r e t e n r ? , an -n o u n c e d h o u r s d u r i n g w h i c h vis i -t o r s w o u l d b e r e c e i v e d : h a v i n g d u l y r e c e i v e d , h o s t s a n d h o s t e s s e s c l o s e d t h e i r r e c e p t i o n s to j o i n t h e p r o c e s -sion of c a ! l e r s a t o t h e r " o p e n h o u s e s . "

A s u c c e s s i o n of " o p e n h o u s e s " a n d n n n r h h n w l j minimiTOi< t h e r n n r ' a c c o r d e d h o s t e s s e s — i n m a n y c a s e s — a n d e v e n r e s u m e d in r e c e p t i o n s b e i n g " c r a s h e d " by b i b u l o u s y o u n g m e n ; t h e s e a b u s e s led t o t h e a b a n -d o n m e n t of t h e " o p e n h c u s e " c u s -t o m . N e w Y e a . ' s c a l l s n o w b e i n g e x c h a n g e d on ly by i n t i m a t e s a n d w i t h o u t a n y p u b l i c a n n o u n c e m e n t of i n t e n t i o n t o r e c e i v e .

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