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At the beginning of the winter, when the days were short, the Teutons thought heavily of their sun God Odin. They asked for its assistance for defeating winter and winter death. They also tried to reconcile the Winterdaemonen by dancing around the fires, humming, sacrificing people under the large oaks and practiced many other religious customs. They also ate and drank a lot and decorated their houses with laurel, Mistel and branches of fir. Annually they waited diligently for the victory of their sun God over bad powers and the new strength of the sun, the warmth and the light. This time of year the sun was celebrated, always reverenceful and friendful, particularly at the longest night of the yearly, December 22.Sun Turning Celebration of The Teutons Most Romans did not believe in God and Christ. From the 17th to the 24th of December they celebrated the birth of the Roman God Saturn with large rejoicing after the style of the Germanic winter sun turning celebration. The Romans decorated their houses with laurel, branches of fir and candles, and drank and ate much. The Roman celebration Saturns was called Saturnalien. Another part of the Roman winter celebration was celebrating the
313 coronation/culmination constant in, the first Christian king At Christmastime many people operated the superstitious customs of the time, like the heathen harvest celebrations, the winter sun turning celebrations, which Roman New Year celebration came. The following is a list of medieval superstition for Christmastime. 4. If on the Christmas Eve a ring of the barrel falls, someone dies in a house. 1. Water becomes wine. If one says however, that devil will appear and will say: " and you child are mine." In the church there were three fairs; they included the Holy Communion. The Germans of that time sang Latin songs in honor Christ and prayed to him. Some churches had laurel as decoration, other one had small figures of the holy family beside the altar. Nowhere, however, one saw old wooden figures of the Gods or heard one praise of the old Gods, because Karl the Great had forbidden it. 11. Who pulls Straw from the roof and finds still grains, in the coming year will have luck. 754 Karl the Great arranges of the Germanic chieftains to be baptized. 2. During a walk at the Christmas Eve by the winter cornfield one hears everything that will occur in the coming year. Karl the great united the Germanic tribes under Christianity, and under it the celebration of the birth Christ became a significant day for the bulk of the population in his realm. 7. If one pours at the Christmas table on the reason, they become small plants with holy powers, which are called " Krumwort ". They celebrated the birth Christ on 25 December; the 6 January remained as the three-king celebration, nevertheless a high holiday, which celebrated the arrival of the holy three kings, Kasper, Melchoir and Balthasar, to the stable in Bethlehem.
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Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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