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Korlnatj
: According to tradition, church bells are heard chiming in all the cities of Norway, calling the people to five o’clock church on Christmas Eve, December' 24th, : when the Christmas celebrations begin. 5 Many weeks before, the families are busy making Jpfts for Christmas and preparing food to be stored against the long winter. Cheese • and sausages are made; breads hid animal shaped cookies are baked; little colored candles for the tree • are finished; and the “iutefisk’ is ready. . *
One of the most canning customs of Norway is the remrmbirds,-
birds,brance of the animals and 'since they were the only ones present at the birth of the Holy Babe. The farm beasts are carefully tended, and the cattle are given extra fodder. But the most beautiful of all the customs is saved for . t: x fti rds. The especially gleaned sheaf, saved from the' fall harvest, is placed on top of a tall pole in the yard - and on Christmas mornSi g, every gable, gateway and barn door is decorated with a huddle of grain - the birds' Christmas dinner.,
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