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Page 296 Origin of Christmas Customs — By ANN GALE /^^UR Christmas customs are a peculiar combination of old pagan celebrations of the winter solstice and Christian rites. Children in the upper grades are interested in the sources of some of these customs. These pictures may be traced on slides and used as the basis for discussion and stories of the persistence of these ancient usages. 1. The Scandinavian peoples erected huge bonfires in honor of Thor at the winter solstice or Yule, as they called it. 2. The Yule log persisted through feudal times. The im- mense log was dragged to the main hall of the castle where it The Educational Screen In Hand-Made Lantern Slides Arf Department, Lindblom High School, Chicago crackled a welcome to all comers, and burned out all wrong. 3. At the winter solstice the Druids gave people mistletoe from the oak tree to hang on the doors of their houses as propitiation to the sylvan gods of tliat time. 4. To-day the mistletoe has kept this one meaning. 5. The old Teutons at the winter solstice decorated the fir tree which they thought of as a symbol of the sun. 6. The Germans continued the custom of decorating fir trees at Christmas time. This idea spread from there to England during Victoria and Albert's reign and to America. PI tiW ''\> g^_^|^^^ The sim- plest type of h and- made slide is made by draining or tracing o n finely fin- ished etched glass with oI dinar y medium lead pencil. Col- or, by spe- cial crayons or inks, en- hances t h c slides great- ly. Fine ef- fects are ob- tained by b I e n d i n g ivith cray- ons. About one - third inch margin should be left all around the slide. The slide is read- ily cleaned ti'ith soap or IV a s h i n g powder to receive a nexv pic- ture. ?f>"n A ig^