“DAY OF NEW CLOTHES.”
In France at one time Christmas Day was called the “day of new clothes,” because of the custom of giving all those in attendance on the Court new clothes on that day. In the History of France, Kitchin says : “On Christmas Eve, 3245, the King Louis IX, bade all his Court he present at early morning Mass. At the chapel door each man received his new cloak, put if on, and went in. A- the day rose each man saw on his neighbour’s shoulder what betokened “the crusading vow,” and so, willy-nilly, was committed to fight for the holy places'against the infidel.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2525, 4 January 1923, Page 4
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106“DAY OF NEW CLOTHES.” Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2525, 4 January 1923, Page 4
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