4 THE ACORN Busy All the Time WRIGHT'S -there's a reason LINDSAY Elite Meat Market WM. WOLFORD, Manager Dealers in Fish and Oysters Fresh and Salt Meats 2321 and 2323 Washington Avenue Phones Independent 643 Bell 53 Stylish, well-made Suits for the Boys -the kind that is made with the same sort of tailoring as the best of men's clothes. O where you will, pay what you may, you will find no better clothes for boys than our clothes. Suits start at $2.50 and gradually increase to $10. Clothing Co. Where the best is sold 376 24th Street The Acorn Volume Four DECEMBER Number Two Christmas in Germany Every Christian nation has designated certain days as times of holiday or thanksgiving, times at which the minds of the people are turned from their many and varied duties of life and are concentrated upon events worthy of commemoration. Some of these holidays are of a secular nature kept in honor of a national hero; others religious, in remembrance of saints or events connected with the church; some apply to but one event; others to several. But of all religious festivities, Christmas is perhaps the the most widespread in its application and the most universally observed. It would be difficult to find any nation believing in Christ which does not in some manner hold sacred by outward ceremony the day of His birth. Around this great central nucleus, a host of customs, traditions and ceremonies have been wound, many of them very peculiar and interesting. There is something decidedly quaint, home-like and beautiful about the cheerful glow of the Yule-log in England on Christmas Eve, something attractive in the mistletoe and holly. The happiness caused by these scenes has taken such hold upon the hearts of the English people, that men, women, and children cross land and sea to join their dear ones on this occasion. Germany also has her share of peculiar holiday customs. But while clinging to traditions handed down from earlier times, she has succeeded even better than some of her sister nations in preserving the spirit of genuine happiness and true religious devotion which should characterize such a sacred event. Christmas is indeed a Christ-mass and Christmas Eve a "Weihe-Nacht" or night of consecration. Of course the manner of holiday observance is different in many respects from that in the north and varies among rich and poor. One feature, the Christmas tree, is common to all, nothing but abject poverty can rob the German family of this splendid symbol of everlasting life. Old and young alike assist in arranging the decorations, but when the time comes for placing the presents, only the parents are permitted to take part.