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18570	Pringle, Mary Poague	Yule-Tide in Many Lands			.txt	text/plain	26000	1453	79	the "old blue-coated serving-man" on Christmas day. The grand Yule-tide festival is opened on the eve of St. Nicholas Day, Because St. Nicholas Day came so near to Christmas, in some countries a play given on Christmas Day it is stated that the people assembled Catholics alike making Christmas the day of all the year in which they Christmas is a great day with them also, for they cling to the old the season; the "Second Christmas," or day following, being far gayer. New Year's Day is of comparatively little importance; the Christmas Christmas until after New Year, but spends the time in visiting, After the ceremony of lighting the Yule-log on Christmas Eve, the features of New Year's Day rather than of Christmas in France, hearth for the Christ-child to fill with gifts on Christmas Eve. In early times New Year's Day was the occasion of the Festival of	./cache/18570.txt	./txt/18570.txt